Post by BereniceUK on Apr 16, 2017 5:24:41 GMT
999 Lance Corporal John Hirst Harper, 1st/5th King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Killed in action on 13th April 1915, aged 22. Son of Alexander and Ellen Harper, of 29, Wellington Road, Lancaster. CWGC database gives his age as 21.
Lieutenant Arthur George Wills, 9th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment). Fell in action at "Gallipolia" on 9th August 1915, aged 21. Son of the late Lt. Col. Caleb Shera Wills, C.B., and Octavia Christina Wills. Born at Lunecliffe, Stodday, on 13th March 1894.
10333 Private James Palmer Harper, 2nd Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Died of wounds on 25th October 1915, aged 20. Son of Alexander and Ellen Harper, of 33, Wellington Road, Lancaster.
Lieutenant Spencer Ellwood Barrow, 5th King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Died of wounds on 16th November 1915, aged 42. Son of William and Ann Dinah Barrow. Born at Lancaster.
18691 Private James Blackburn, 6th King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Killed in action on 6th April 1916, aged 26. Son of Richard and Amelia Annie Blackburn, of 58, Wellington Road, Lancaster. CWGC database gives his date of death as 5th April 1916.
1249 Lance Corporal Robert Corless, 1st/5th King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Killed in action on 15th August 1916, aged 29. Son of William and Sarah Jane Corless, of 29, Connaught Road, Bowerham, Lancaster.
198221 Private Robert Procter, 1st Border Regiment. Died a Prisoner of War in Germany on 26th August 1916, aged 26. Son of Robert and Ann Jane Procter, of 31 Bradshaw St., Lancaster. CWGC database gives his date of death as 29th August 1916.
192869 Private Andrew Yule, 15th Canadian Infantry. Killed in action in France on 26th September 1916, aged 26. Son of Andrew and Margaret Yule, of Scotforth; husband of Dorothy Maud Whitewood (formerly Yule, nee Kemshead), of 20, Davenport Street, Toronto, Ontario.
17742 Bombardier Edwin James Green M.M., Royal Field Artillery. Killed in France on 20th December 1916, aged 19. Son of Henry and Agnes Green, of 3, Willow Lane, Lancaster.
23989 Private William Ernest Crayston, 11th Border Regiment. Died at or near Etaples, France, on 22nd February 1917, aged 29. Son of William and Elizabeth Crayston, of School House, Stodday, Lancaster. Native of Burton, Westmorland.
PLY/1361(S) Private John Myerscough, Royal Marine Light Infantry. Killed at Arras on 28th April 1917, aged 22. Son of Thomas and Alice Mary Myerscough, of Green Bank, Eden Park, Lancaster.
18739 (formerly 6693) Serjeant John Corless M.M., Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action on 15th May 1917, aged 34. Son of William and Sarah Jane Corless, of 47, Beresford Terrace, Bowerham, Lancaster. This is a different address to that given by the CWGC for his brother.
201551 Private Edward Victor Monks, 1st/4th King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Killed in France on 18th May 1917, aged 19. Son of John and Elizabeth Monks, of Lancaster.
701711 Gunner William Brown, Royal Field Artillery. Died, of wounds received in action, on 25th July 1917, aged 19. Son of John and Mary Brown, of 1, Bridge Road, Greaves, Lancaster.
Captain Thomas 'Tom' De la Rue, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Died 28th July 1917, aged 62.
23845 Private Arthur Knowles, 2nd East Lancashire Regiment. Killed in action in France on 31st July 1917, aged 27. Son of William and Annie Jane Knowles, of 36, Greaves Road, Lancaster.
R/2347 Able Seaman John Shaw, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Killed in action on 26th October 1917, aged 19. Son of Thomas and Margaret Elizabeth Shaw, of 9, Ayr Street, Lancaster.
72493 Rifleman Herbert Waiting, 2nd/6th The King's (Liverpool Regiment). Missing on 30th October 1917, aged 25. Son of Tom and Isabella Waiting, of 13, Cavendish Street., Lancaster.
680163 Gunner George Henry Pennington, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action at Ypres on 3rd November 1917, aged 23. Son of William and Elizabeth Pennington.
241231 Private Albert Edwin Brown, 2nd/5th King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Killed in France on 6th November 1917, aged 20. Son of George Edwin and Hannah Sophia Brown, of 50, Newsham Road, Lancaster.
32769 Private Norman White, 6th Border Regiment. Killed in action in France on 19th November 1917, aged 19. Son of James William and Elizabeth White, of 5, Hampton Street, Ashton-on-Ribble. Born at Barrow-in-Furness.
268251 Lance Corporal Frank Taylor Law, 2nd West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own). Died of wounds on 25th March 1918, aged 35. Husband of Bertha Law.
Captain Arthur Ellwood M.C., 4th King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Killed in action on 14th April 1918, aged 32.
91245 Private William Haigh Abbott, 4th The King's (Liverpool Regiment). Killed in action in France on 18th April 1918, aged 18. Son of James Hartley Abbott and Martha Abbott, of 46, Regent Street, Lancaster.
Second Lieutenant Herbert Hunter, 1st/4th King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Killed in action at Givenchy, France, on 26th April 1918, aged 34. Son of Edward and Jane Hunter, of Lancaster; husband of Sarah E. Hunter, of the Athenaeum Hotel, Lancaster. CWGC database gives his age as 33.
3467 Private A. Lythgoe, 9th Royal Scots. 25th May 1918.
T3/022650 Driver Joseph Masheder, Army Service Corps. Died 3rd August 1918, aged 31. Son of Richard Masheder, of 6, Cumberland View, Bowerham.
53013 Private Robert Riley, 16th Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Killed in France on 26th August 1918, aged 36. Husband of Mrs. Harriett Riley, of 52, Prospect St., Lancaster. CWGC database gives his age as 38.
44564 Private John Davis Bell, 2nd Lincolnshire Regiment. Died a prisoner of war on 27th August 1918, aged 21. Son of John R. and Faith Bell.
267948 Corporal John Bland, 12th Cheshire Regiment. Killed in action on 19th September 1918, aged 38. Husband of Elizabeth Ann Bland, of 54, Bridge Rd., Greaves, Lancaster.
92209 Private Joseph 'Joe' Thompson, 9th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment). Killed in action at Sebourg, France, on 4th November 1918, aged 22. Son of John and Dinah Thompson, of 35, Golgotha Road, Bowerham.
13 Corporal Thomas Calvert M.M., 1st Canadian Engineers. Died, of wounds received in action, on 23rd November 1918, aged 36.
50873 Corporal Edward Roland Shaw, Royal Engineers. Died in India on 6th December 1918, aged 34. Son of Edward Bolton Shaw and Elizabeth Shaw; husband of Lilian Shaw, of 10, Edwin Street, Houghton-le-Spring. Memorial inscription gives his date of death as 17th December 1918.
'Valiant hearts who to your glory came'
695570 Driver John Thomas Such, Royal Field Artillery. Died 22nd March 1919, aged 21. Son of W. Thomas and M. Such, of 5, Golgatha Road, Bowerham. Born at Knighton, Staffordshire.
53904 Private L.W. Slee, Royal Army Medical Corps. Died 6th July 1919.
91580 Private William Stainton Valentine, 3rd Durham Light Infantry. Died 11th July 1919. Son of J. J. Valentine, of 49, St. Oswald Street, Bowerham, Lancaster
* Below is the gravesite of the Valentine family; the other two interred here are John Joseph Valentine, died 22nd November 1934, and Miss Agnes Mary Valentine, died 29th March 1943. The records kept by the cemeteries department, at Morecambe Town Hall, indicate that there's never been a headstone on the grave.
214097 Gunner G. Kellett, Royal Field Artillery. 27th February 1920, aged 39. Son of W. and T. Kellett, of Michels, Garstang; husband of A. L. Kellett, of 37, Eastham Street, Lancaster.
2401 Private Albert Parkinson, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment), transferred to (268021) Western Command Labour Corps. Died 21st May 1921, aged 34. Son of Mr. and Mrs R. Parkinson; husband of Margaret A. Parkinson, of 82, Prospect Street, Lancaster. Born at Lancaster.
Company Serjeant Major George Lewis Leadbeater, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Died, of wounds received in the Great War, on 23rd December 1921, aged 46.
Richard Nelson. Served in the Great War, died March 7th 1931, aged 45.
