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21607 Private Thomas German, 5th Canadian Infantry. Killed in action on 4th May 1915, aged 27. Son of Thomas R. and Rachel German, of Canal Head, Kendal.
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Pvt. T. Britton, of the 1st Canadian Contingent, has sent Mr. T. R. German, of Kendal, a letter describing the death of his son, Pvt. T. German, of the Canadians, which was announced in these columns last week. Pvt. Britton writes, "I expect you will have received before now the sad news of the death of your noble son Tom. In writing this letter to you I must say that my feelings are a mixture of regret and pride; regret at the irreparable loss of a near and dear chum, one of the best of the boys, in my mind an honest, upright and God-fearing man, loved by all his comrades and fearless to a degree, and my feeling of pride for Tommy is one which I am unable to express sufficiently in these lines, and I am voicing the feeling of all the boys in his section when I say that his place in the ranks will be hard to fill. I may say that I was only five feet away from Tom when he was killed; he was struck by a shell and killed instantly. It happened at nine-thirty on the morning of May 4th. We placed him in a clean white sheet and buried him at dawn in a pretty little garden on the banks of a canal. All the boys of his section were there and stood with uncovered heads bowed in respect, while Captain Currie, our officer, repeated the solemn rites of the Church of England service. I can tell you it was a sorrowful little party who had to turn their backs on their fallen comrade and go back to the trench to continue the fight for our right and liberty for which our brother had so nobly died. We erected a wooden cross to his memory and placed some boxwood hedging round his grave." Pvt. German was 27 years old, and went out to Canada five years ago, during most of which time he was engaged in farm work. He ultimately settled in Normac, and his letters home have referred frequently to the fine feeling existing among them all at Normac, the kindness extended to new settlers such as himself, and the spirit of camaraderie among the Canadians who had enlisted.
(Westmorland Gazette, 22 May 1915)
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7308 Lance Corporal John Moore, 13th Hussars, attached 2nd Life Guards. Killed in action on 13th May 1915, aged 26. Son of Isaac and Rebecca Moore, of 13, Lound Street, Kendal.
News has been received in a letter from the front, that Corporal Jack Moore, of the 2nd Life Guards, has been killed in action. The writer, Trooper A. Metcalfe, says: "Corporal Moore was killed on May 13th, at 5-15 a.m., in my trench. He was my section commander. We were in trenches north-east of Ypres. I am sorry to say we lost three-parts of our regiment, for they blew us out of the trenches. Please accept the deepest sympathy from all the men in the troop." Corporal Moore was the fifth son of Mr. Isaac Moore, of 13, Lound Street, Kendal. He has another brother at the front and two brothers in Kitchener's Army. Corpl. Moore enlisted in the army some years ago, and did eight years in India in the 13th Hussars. He then came home and passed into the reserve. He was a postman in Kendal and was moved to Kirkby Stephen shortly before the war. He was called up on August Wednesday, attached to the 2nd Life Guards, and went out to France in the first week of October. He was through all the fighting from then and never wounded. He was 26 years of age.
(Westmorland Gazette, 22 May 1915)
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54130 Serjeant Leslie Maurice Boreham, 23rd Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Died of injuries on 21st May 1915, aged 32. Son of Alfred Boreham, of The Grove, Rayne, Braintree, Essex.
A well-known member of the Westmorland Motor Cycle Club, Sergeant Leslie Maurice Boreham, has lost his life while on service as a despatch rider. Sergeant Boreham enlisted last October, and after doing duty at Chatham and Aldershot was moved to Canterbury, where he was attached to the 23rd Signal Company Royal Engineers. At seven o'clock on Thursday night of last week Sergt. Boreham was riding on his motorcycle along the Dover road when he met with the accident which led to his death. There was a long straight stretch of road ahead with no sideroads, but suddenly a motor ambulance lorry came out of a gate leading from a farm. When Sergt. Boreham saw the lorry he was only five yards from it, and he took a sweep to try to avoid a collision. His machine, however, struck the back of the lorry, and he received injuries of a very serious nature. He was removed in a private motor car to the Canterbury military hospital, where he died at 10-30 the following morning. The inquest was held on Saturday evening, when a verdict of "Accidental death" was returned by the Coroner's jury. Mr. Boreham was 32 years of age and a native of Rayne, Essex. He came to Kendal rather over seven years ago, and up to the time of enlistment was engaged by Messrs. C. and R. Pennington. He was a popular member of the Westmorland Motor Cycle Club, and had been connected with it from its initiation. He generally filled an official position at the trials held by the club, but occasionally competed. On Wednesday the military funeral took place at Canterbury, the firing party being composed of Carabineers of the R.E., and the band of buglers, who sounded the Last Post, attending. Among the mourners were Mr. A. Boreham (father), Messrs. Herbert and Sidney (brothers), Mrs. Edye (sister), and the Misses A. and C. Walker (Kendal). The officers, N.C.O.'s and men sent wreaths.
(Westmorland Gazette, 29 May 1915)
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Captain Frank Cecil Clegg, 6th Border Regiment. Killed at the Dardanelles on 22nd August 1915, aged 27. Son of Calder Hurst Clegg, of Kendal.
Capt. Frank C. Clegg, 6th Border Regiment, who is reported to have been killed at the Dardanelles on August 22nd, was a son of the late Mr. Calder Clegg, of Littleborough, and had an interest in the firm of Messrs. E. Clegg and Son, cotton spinners. He was about 27 years of age, and in civil life was a solicitor in practice at Kendal. His brother, Captain Victor Clegg, 6th Lancashire Fusiliers, died recently of wounds received in action at the Dardanelles. Another brother is Capt. E. B. Clegg, of Shore House, Littleborough.
(Lancaster Guardian, 4 September 1915) Victor Clegg is named on the Littleborough memorial
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1566 Private John Friend, 1st/4th Border Regiment. Drowned in Burma on 28th October 1915, aged 21. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Friend, of 1, Pump Yard, Far Cross Bank, Kendal.
Kendal Territorial Drowned in Burma.
News has been received in Kendal of the death in Burma of Pvt. John Friend, the intimation coming officially from the Territorial headquarters in Preston, and briefly stating that No. 1566, Pvt. John Friend, of the 4th Border Regiment, was accidentally drowned at Gakteik on October 28th. Pvt. John Friend , of 16, Far Cross Bank, Kendal, being 21 last July. He had been in the Territorials for three years, and was in F Company. He went out with the regiment to Burma, and after being at Mandalay for a time he went on up to Maymyo. Writing to his parents on September 25th, Pvt. Friend said: - "Excuse pencil as we are up country guarding the big viaduct at Gakteik, as there is a party of Shans under arms, and it is believed to be led by a white officer. The Government appears to be afraid that the Shans will try to blow up the bridge here, so they sent a batch of the 1/4th Borders up to guard it. Although I am writing this letter I don't know whether I shall be able to get it posted, as we are forty miles from the nearest town or village, which is Maymyo. I am on patrol and we have to see that there is nothing lurking about or anyone trying to blow up the bridge. We relieved a batch of Ghurkas and they went on to Lashio a hundred miles higher up the line. Yesterday they caught a man, and we saw him being brought down. He had chains on that would hold an elephant, so you may guess how well the Ghurkas are looking after their prisoners. I think we shall be here for a fortnight. We have been here three days now. One lot go on guard every second day, and when we are not on guard we always have something to do." Writing later, Pvt. Friend said, "We are expecting a surprise attack any time now by the Shans. We have all loaded rifles when on patrol. We have heard that a lot of gun cotton has been smuggled into the Shan States." In the last letter received by his parents, and written in October, Pvt. Friend said: - "We are still at Gakteik. I am on guard every day and have been for a fortnight. I am very tired of being up here, for there is no town or village near - only the jungle. I am glad to say I have got rid of the fever and am keeping O.K." The Shan States Railway runs through Gakteik, and at this point crosses a deep gorge through which a river runs. The old track across the gorge followed by anyone travelled from Maymyo to Lashio, and the frontier of the Shan States on the borders of China, is called the Gakteik Pass, and there is an old iron bridge at the bottom of the gorge. The viaduct which carries the railway, and on which Pvt. Friend had evidently been keeping guard, spans the gorge and is 400 feet above the river. Pvt. Friend presumably was accidentally drowned in the river which runs through the gorge, and as nothing has been cabled but the bare announcement of his death, definite particulars will have to be awaited, and may be expected by mail shortly. Of course it is not unusual in the rainy season, which ends with October, for a bridge to be washed away by the floods which rise after rain with astounding rapidity. Before the Territorials were mobilised at the outbreak of hostilities, John Friend worked at Mr. Little's tannery in Longpool. He was a well-built youth and of a quiet disposition, and well liked by all who knew him. He attended Mr. Hayes Sunday morning class at Stramongate Hall, and himself took a class on Sunday afternoons at St. George's Mission Hall. He was educated at St. George's day school.
(Westmorland Gazette, 6 November 1915)
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Forty-Five Recruits at Kendal.
The following 45 recruits have enlisted at Kendal Town Hall during the week: - J. C. Webb, Kendal, R.A.M.C.; S. Hall, Kendal, K.O.Y.L.I.; . Ashworth, Kendal, R.A.M.C.; H. Bland, Kendal, R.A.M.C.; W. E. Cannan, Kendal, R.A.M.C.; J. S. Metcalfe, Kendal, R.A.M.C.; R. J. Ewan, Campsie, A.S.C. (M.T.); W. Nicholson, Kendal, R.A.M.C.; N. Sarginson, Kendal, R.G.A.; W. Sarginson, Kendal, R.G.A.; John Langhorne, Old Hutton, R.A.M.C.; A. E. Woodend, Ambleside, R. Fusiliers; F. Robinson, Kendal, R.A.M.C.; W. Bigland, Ambleside,, R.G.A.; A. Creighton, Ambleside, Gordon Highlanders; J. A. Birkett, Windermere, Gordon Highlanders; E. Dobson, Kendal, R.A.M.C.; T. Everson, Kendal, Army Cyclist Corps; J. W. Robinson, Barbon, A.S.C.; J. J. Rawes, Langdale, Gordon Highlanders; J. M. Dawson, Firbank, R.A.M.C.; J. Townley, Natland, 3rd Borders; H. Sykes, Windermere, R.E.; H. E. Wilson, Barnetby, R.A.M.C.; H. C. Woof, Milnthorpe, R.A.M.C.; R. Sudlow, Lancaster, A.S.C. (M.T.); B. Bibby, Ravenglass, Lonsdales; B. Dixon, Claife, A.S.C. (M.T.); J. V. Robinson, Liverpool, R.A.M.C.; C. Duxbury, Kendal, Yorkshires; H. Park, Satterthwaite, A. and S.H.; T. Reay, Carlisle, R.A.M.C.; J. T. Wilcock, Milnthorpe, A.S.C. (M.T.); A. J. Brown, Hartlebury, R.E.; A. Hall, Sedbergh, R.G.A.; E. S. Wadeson, Sedbergh, R.G.A.; H. Parker, Kendal, R.A.M.C.; W. Reid, Kendal, R.A.M.C.; H. Stables, Kendal, -----; C. Williams, Preston Patrick, R.G.A.; J. E. Bateman, Sedbergh, R.G.A.; G. R. Mullen, Cockermouth, A.S.C. (M.T.); F. Garner, Troutbeck, A.S.C. (M.T.); A. B. Wilson, Sedbergh, R.A.M.C.; and R. N. Bell, South Shields, R.A.M.C.; John Woodburn, Kendal, R.A.M.C.
(Westmorland Gazette, 6 November 1915)
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15122 Serjeant Walter Dixon, 8th Border Regiment. Killed in action on 3rd July 1916, aged 26. Son of John and Mary Ann Dixon, of Brookside, Highfield, Kendal.
MISSING, NOW PRESUMED KILLED.
DIXON, Sgt. W. ("Togo"), Border Regiment, son of Mrs. J. E. Dixon, Market Place, Kendal, who was reported missing in July last on the Somme, is now officially presumed to have been killed.
(Westmorland Gazette, 28 April 1917)
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23763 Private William Holme, 8th Border Regiment. Killed in action on 5th July 1916, aged 24. Brother of Miss M. Holme, of 7, Captain French Lane, Kendal.
MISSING, NOW PRESUMED KILLED.
HOLME, Pte. W., Borders, Kendal, who was reported missing in July last, is now officially presumed to have been killed.
(Westmorland Gazette, 28 April 1917)
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14312 Private John Crone Jennings, 8th Border Regiment. Killed in action on 15th July 1916, aged 21. Son of Henry and Catherine Jennings, of 8, Lound Street, Kendal.
MISSING, NOW PRESUMED KILLED.
JENNINGS, Pte. J. C. - Mr. H. Jennings, of Lound Street, Kendal, has received official notification that his son, Pte. John Crone Jennings, of the Border Regt., who was reported missing on the 15th July, 1915 (sic), is now presumed to have been killed in action.
(Westmorland Gazette, 28 April 1917)
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15006 Private Ernest Wilson, 8th Border Regiment. Killed in action on 15th July 1916.
MISSING, NOW PRESUMED KILLED.
WILSON, Pte. Ernest, Border Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Wilson, Caroline Street, Kendal, who was reported missing on July 5th (sic), 1916, is now officially presumed by the War Office to have been killed.
(Westmorland Gazette, 28 April 1917)
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24759 Private George W Nelson, 11th Border Regiment. Missing on 18th November 1916, aged 26. Brother of Mr. Richard Nelson, of 4, Hoggarth Square, Chapel Lane, Kendal.
(Westmorland Gazette, 13 January 1917)
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17742 Bombardier Edwin James Green M.M., "A" Battery, 170th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action on 20th December 1916, aged 19. Son of Henry and Agnes Green, of 3, Willow Lane, Lancaster.
GREEN, Bombardier E. J., R.F.A., of Kendal, a Military Medallist, has been killed in France. Mr. and Mrs. Hy. Green, of Kendal, but now living in Lancaster, have received notification from the War Office of the death in action on December 20th of their eldest son, Bombardier Edwin James Green, of the County Palatine R.F.A. Deceased was in his 20th year. After seven months training he went out to Egypt in December, 1915, returned to France in February, 1916, and was awarded the Military Medal for bravery and devotion to duty September, 1916.
(Westmorland Gazette, 13 January 1917)
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Pvt. T. Britton, of the 1st Canadian Contingent, has sent Mr. T. R. German, of Kendal, a letter describing the death of his son, Pvt. T. German, of the Canadians, which was announced in these columns last week. Pvt. Britton writes, "I expect you will have received before now the sad news of the death of your noble son Tom. In writing this letter to you I must say that my feelings are a mixture of regret and pride; regret at the irreparable loss of a near and dear chum, one of the best of the boys, in my mind an honest, upright and God-fearing man, loved by all his comrades and fearless to a degree, and my feeling of pride for Tommy is one which I am unable to express sufficiently in these lines, and I am voicing the feeling of all the boys in his section when I say that his place in the ranks will be hard to fill. I may say that I was only five feet away from Tom when he was killed; he was struck by a shell and killed instantly. It happened at nine-thirty on the morning of May 4th. We placed him in a clean white sheet and buried him at dawn in a pretty little garden on the banks of a canal. All the boys of his section were there and stood with uncovered heads bowed in respect, while Captain Currie, our officer, repeated the solemn rites of the Church of England service. I can tell you it was a sorrowful little party who had to turn their backs on their fallen comrade and go back to the trench to continue the fight for our right and liberty for which our brother had so nobly died. We erected a wooden cross to his memory and placed some boxwood hedging round his grave." Pvt. German was 27 years old, and went out to Canada five years ago, during most of which time he was engaged in farm work. He ultimately settled in Normac, and his letters home have referred frequently to the fine feeling existing among them all at Normac, the kindness extended to new settlers such as himself, and the spirit of camaraderie among the Canadians who had enlisted.
(Westmorland Gazette, 22 May 1915)
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7308 Lance Corporal John Moore, 13th Hussars, attached 2nd Life Guards. Killed in action on 13th May 1915, aged 26. Son of Isaac and Rebecca Moore, of 13, Lound Street, Kendal.
News has been received in a letter from the front, that Corporal Jack Moore, of the 2nd Life Guards, has been killed in action. The writer, Trooper A. Metcalfe, says: "Corporal Moore was killed on May 13th, at 5-15 a.m., in my trench. He was my section commander. We were in trenches north-east of Ypres. I am sorry to say we lost three-parts of our regiment, for they blew us out of the trenches. Please accept the deepest sympathy from all the men in the troop." Corporal Moore was the fifth son of Mr. Isaac Moore, of 13, Lound Street, Kendal. He has another brother at the front and two brothers in Kitchener's Army. Corpl. Moore enlisted in the army some years ago, and did eight years in India in the 13th Hussars. He then came home and passed into the reserve. He was a postman in Kendal and was moved to Kirkby Stephen shortly before the war. He was called up on August Wednesday, attached to the 2nd Life Guards, and went out to France in the first week of October. He was through all the fighting from then and never wounded. He was 26 years of age.
(Westmorland Gazette, 22 May 1915)
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54130 Serjeant Leslie Maurice Boreham, 23rd Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Died of injuries on 21st May 1915, aged 32. Son of Alfred Boreham, of The Grove, Rayne, Braintree, Essex.
A well-known member of the Westmorland Motor Cycle Club, Sergeant Leslie Maurice Boreham, has lost his life while on service as a despatch rider. Sergeant Boreham enlisted last October, and after doing duty at Chatham and Aldershot was moved to Canterbury, where he was attached to the 23rd Signal Company Royal Engineers. At seven o'clock on Thursday night of last week Sergt. Boreham was riding on his motorcycle along the Dover road when he met with the accident which led to his death. There was a long straight stretch of road ahead with no sideroads, but suddenly a motor ambulance lorry came out of a gate leading from a farm. When Sergt. Boreham saw the lorry he was only five yards from it, and he took a sweep to try to avoid a collision. His machine, however, struck the back of the lorry, and he received injuries of a very serious nature. He was removed in a private motor car to the Canterbury military hospital, where he died at 10-30 the following morning. The inquest was held on Saturday evening, when a verdict of "Accidental death" was returned by the Coroner's jury. Mr. Boreham was 32 years of age and a native of Rayne, Essex. He came to Kendal rather over seven years ago, and up to the time of enlistment was engaged by Messrs. C. and R. Pennington. He was a popular member of the Westmorland Motor Cycle Club, and had been connected with it from its initiation. He generally filled an official position at the trials held by the club, but occasionally competed. On Wednesday the military funeral took place at Canterbury, the firing party being composed of Carabineers of the R.E., and the band of buglers, who sounded the Last Post, attending. Among the mourners were Mr. A. Boreham (father), Messrs. Herbert and Sidney (brothers), Mrs. Edye (sister), and the Misses A. and C. Walker (Kendal). The officers, N.C.O.'s and men sent wreaths.
(Westmorland Gazette, 29 May 1915)
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Captain Frank Cecil Clegg, 6th Border Regiment. Killed at the Dardanelles on 22nd August 1915, aged 27. Son of Calder Hurst Clegg, of Kendal.
Capt. Frank C. Clegg, 6th Border Regiment, who is reported to have been killed at the Dardanelles on August 22nd, was a son of the late Mr. Calder Clegg, of Littleborough, and had an interest in the firm of Messrs. E. Clegg and Son, cotton spinners. He was about 27 years of age, and in civil life was a solicitor in practice at Kendal. His brother, Captain Victor Clegg, 6th Lancashire Fusiliers, died recently of wounds received in action at the Dardanelles. Another brother is Capt. E. B. Clegg, of Shore House, Littleborough.
(Lancaster Guardian, 4 September 1915) Victor Clegg is named on the Littleborough memorial
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1566 Private John Friend, 1st/4th Border Regiment. Drowned in Burma on 28th October 1915, aged 21. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Friend, of 1, Pump Yard, Far Cross Bank, Kendal.
Kendal Territorial Drowned in Burma.
News has been received in Kendal of the death in Burma of Pvt. John Friend, the intimation coming officially from the Territorial headquarters in Preston, and briefly stating that No. 1566, Pvt. John Friend, of the 4th Border Regiment, was accidentally drowned at Gakteik on October 28th. Pvt. John Friend , of 16, Far Cross Bank, Kendal, being 21 last July. He had been in the Territorials for three years, and was in F Company. He went out with the regiment to Burma, and after being at Mandalay for a time he went on up to Maymyo. Writing to his parents on September 25th, Pvt. Friend said: - "Excuse pencil as we are up country guarding the big viaduct at Gakteik, as there is a party of Shans under arms, and it is believed to be led by a white officer. The Government appears to be afraid that the Shans will try to blow up the bridge here, so they sent a batch of the 1/4th Borders up to guard it. Although I am writing this letter I don't know whether I shall be able to get it posted, as we are forty miles from the nearest town or village, which is Maymyo. I am on patrol and we have to see that there is nothing lurking about or anyone trying to blow up the bridge. We relieved a batch of Ghurkas and they went on to Lashio a hundred miles higher up the line. Yesterday they caught a man, and we saw him being brought down. He had chains on that would hold an elephant, so you may guess how well the Ghurkas are looking after their prisoners. I think we shall be here for a fortnight. We have been here three days now. One lot go on guard every second day, and when we are not on guard we always have something to do." Writing later, Pvt. Friend said, "We are expecting a surprise attack any time now by the Shans. We have all loaded rifles when on patrol. We have heard that a lot of gun cotton has been smuggled into the Shan States." In the last letter received by his parents, and written in October, Pvt. Friend said: - "We are still at Gakteik. I am on guard every day and have been for a fortnight. I am very tired of being up here, for there is no town or village near - only the jungle. I am glad to say I have got rid of the fever and am keeping O.K." The Shan States Railway runs through Gakteik, and at this point crosses a deep gorge through which a river runs. The old track across the gorge followed by anyone travelled from Maymyo to Lashio, and the frontier of the Shan States on the borders of China, is called the Gakteik Pass, and there is an old iron bridge at the bottom of the gorge. The viaduct which carries the railway, and on which Pvt. Friend had evidently been keeping guard, spans the gorge and is 400 feet above the river. Pvt. Friend presumably was accidentally drowned in the river which runs through the gorge, and as nothing has been cabled but the bare announcement of his death, definite particulars will have to be awaited, and may be expected by mail shortly. Of course it is not unusual in the rainy season, which ends with October, for a bridge to be washed away by the floods which rise after rain with astounding rapidity. Before the Territorials were mobilised at the outbreak of hostilities, John Friend worked at Mr. Little's tannery in Longpool. He was a well-built youth and of a quiet disposition, and well liked by all who knew him. He attended Mr. Hayes Sunday morning class at Stramongate Hall, and himself took a class on Sunday afternoons at St. George's Mission Hall. He was educated at St. George's day school.
(Westmorland Gazette, 6 November 1915)
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Forty-Five Recruits at Kendal.
The following 45 recruits have enlisted at Kendal Town Hall during the week: - J. C. Webb, Kendal, R.A.M.C.; S. Hall, Kendal, K.O.Y.L.I.; . Ashworth, Kendal, R.A.M.C.; H. Bland, Kendal, R.A.M.C.; W. E. Cannan, Kendal, R.A.M.C.; J. S. Metcalfe, Kendal, R.A.M.C.; R. J. Ewan, Campsie, A.S.C. (M.T.); W. Nicholson, Kendal, R.A.M.C.; N. Sarginson, Kendal, R.G.A.; W. Sarginson, Kendal, R.G.A.; John Langhorne, Old Hutton, R.A.M.C.; A. E. Woodend, Ambleside, R. Fusiliers; F. Robinson, Kendal, R.A.M.C.; W. Bigland, Ambleside,, R.G.A.; A. Creighton, Ambleside, Gordon Highlanders; J. A. Birkett, Windermere, Gordon Highlanders; E. Dobson, Kendal, R.A.M.C.; T. Everson, Kendal, Army Cyclist Corps; J. W. Robinson, Barbon, A.S.C.; J. J. Rawes, Langdale, Gordon Highlanders; J. M. Dawson, Firbank, R.A.M.C.; J. Townley, Natland, 3rd Borders; H. Sykes, Windermere, R.E.; H. E. Wilson, Barnetby, R.A.M.C.; H. C. Woof, Milnthorpe, R.A.M.C.; R. Sudlow, Lancaster, A.S.C. (M.T.); B. Bibby, Ravenglass, Lonsdales; B. Dixon, Claife, A.S.C. (M.T.); J. V. Robinson, Liverpool, R.A.M.C.; C. Duxbury, Kendal, Yorkshires; H. Park, Satterthwaite, A. and S.H.; T. Reay, Carlisle, R.A.M.C.; J. T. Wilcock, Milnthorpe, A.S.C. (M.T.); A. J. Brown, Hartlebury, R.E.; A. Hall, Sedbergh, R.G.A.; E. S. Wadeson, Sedbergh, R.G.A.; H. Parker, Kendal, R.A.M.C.; W. Reid, Kendal, R.A.M.C.; H. Stables, Kendal, -----; C. Williams, Preston Patrick, R.G.A.; J. E. Bateman, Sedbergh, R.G.A.; G. R. Mullen, Cockermouth, A.S.C. (M.T.); F. Garner, Troutbeck, A.S.C. (M.T.); A. B. Wilson, Sedbergh, R.A.M.C.; and R. N. Bell, South Shields, R.A.M.C.; John Woodburn, Kendal, R.A.M.C.
(Westmorland Gazette, 6 November 1915)
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15122 Serjeant Walter Dixon, 8th Border Regiment. Killed in action on 3rd July 1916, aged 26. Son of John and Mary Ann Dixon, of Brookside, Highfield, Kendal.
MISSING, NOW PRESUMED KILLED.
DIXON, Sgt. W. ("Togo"), Border Regiment, son of Mrs. J. E. Dixon, Market Place, Kendal, who was reported missing in July last on the Somme, is now officially presumed to have been killed.
(Westmorland Gazette, 28 April 1917)
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23763 Private William Holme, 8th Border Regiment. Killed in action on 5th July 1916, aged 24. Brother of Miss M. Holme, of 7, Captain French Lane, Kendal.
MISSING, NOW PRESUMED KILLED.
HOLME, Pte. W., Borders, Kendal, who was reported missing in July last, is now officially presumed to have been killed.
(Westmorland Gazette, 28 April 1917)
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14312 Private John Crone Jennings, 8th Border Regiment. Killed in action on 15th July 1916, aged 21. Son of Henry and Catherine Jennings, of 8, Lound Street, Kendal.
MISSING, NOW PRESUMED KILLED.
JENNINGS, Pte. J. C. - Mr. H. Jennings, of Lound Street, Kendal, has received official notification that his son, Pte. John Crone Jennings, of the Border Regt., who was reported missing on the 15th July, 1915 (sic), is now presumed to have been killed in action.
(Westmorland Gazette, 28 April 1917)
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15006 Private Ernest Wilson, 8th Border Regiment. Killed in action on 15th July 1916.
MISSING, NOW PRESUMED KILLED.
WILSON, Pte. Ernest, Border Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Wilson, Caroline Street, Kendal, who was reported missing on July 5th (sic), 1916, is now officially presumed by the War Office to have been killed.
(Westmorland Gazette, 28 April 1917)
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24759 Private George W Nelson, 11th Border Regiment. Missing on 18th November 1916, aged 26. Brother of Mr. Richard Nelson, of 4, Hoggarth Square, Chapel Lane, Kendal.
(Westmorland Gazette, 13 January 1917)
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17742 Bombardier Edwin James Green M.M., "A" Battery, 170th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action on 20th December 1916, aged 19. Son of Henry and Agnes Green, of 3, Willow Lane, Lancaster.
GREEN, Bombardier E. J., R.F.A., of Kendal, a Military Medallist, has been killed in France. Mr. and Mrs. Hy. Green, of Kendal, but now living in Lancaster, have received notification from the War Office of the death in action on December 20th of their eldest son, Bombardier Edwin James Green, of the County Palatine R.F.A. Deceased was in his 20th year. After seven months training he went out to Egypt in December, 1915, returned to France in February, 1916, and was awarded the Military Medal for bravery and devotion to duty September, 1916.
(Westmorland Gazette, 13 January 1917)