St Helens Cemetery, 1916

11310 Private James Barton Smith, 7th South Lancashire Regiment. Killed in action in France on 11th March 1916, aged 35. Son of Henry and Elizabeth Smith, of 55, Chapel Street, St. Helens. 9

9827 Private William Critchley, 11th Lancashire Fusiliers. Killed in action at Cabaret Rouge, Souchez, on 6th May 1916, aged 24. Son of James and Mary Ellen Critchley, of St. Helens. 9

19132 Private Sidney Palmer, 2nd South Lancashire Regiment. Died in France on 3rd July 1916, aged 31. 11





18176 Private Robert Leadbetter, 7th The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Died of wounds, received in action, on 11th July 1916, aged 33. Son of Henry and Mary Leadbetter. 9

28983 Private Herbert Jameson, 3rd South Lancashire Regiment. Died 19th July 1916, aged 27. Husband of Bertha Alice Jameson. 10



GS/8878 Private George Alan Bradley, 20th Royal Fusiliers. Killed in High Wood on 20th July 1916, aged 19. Son of Arthur Walter and Mary Bradley, of 18, Devonshire Road, Princes Park, Liverpool. Born at Bury. 11









11509 Private John Harrison, 7th South Lancashire Regiment. Killed in France on 24th July 1916, aged 23. Son of Jonathan and Margaret Harrison, of 71, Parr Street, St. Helens. 25



7823 Company Serjeant Major Robert Isaac Johnson,1st/1st West Lancashire Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Died 28th July 1916, aged 49. Son of William and Emily Johnson; husband of Annie Johnson, of 80, Lingholme Road, St. Helens. 2

3497 Rifleman Harold Johnston, 1st/5th South Lancashire Regiment. Killed in action in France on 2nd August 1916, aged 19. Son of William and Margaret Johnston. 2

4685 Rifleman John Rigby, 1st/5th South Lancashire Regiment. Killed in action on 7th August 1916, aged 25. Son of John Rigby. 11



428447 Sapper William Gillis, 2nd/2nd West Lancs Field Company, Royal Engineers. Reported missing, and presumed killed, at Guillemont, France, on 8th August 1916, aged 18. Son of William and Mary Gillis. 10







426454 Sapper Joseph Case, 422nd Field Company, Royal Engineers. Reported missing after the Battle of the Somme, on 26th September 1916, aged 26. Son of John and Alice Case, of 83, Argyll Street, St. Helens. 9

8456 Driver John Almond, 2nd/1st West Lancashire, Royal Engineers. Killed in action on 27th September 1916, aged 19. Son of Joseph and Margaret Almond. 2

2163 Private Harold French, 1st/3rd West Lancashire. Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Killed in action on 28th September 1916, aged 20. Son of William and Margaret French, of St. Helens. 9

13862 Private Thomas Molyneux, 11th Lancashire Fusiliers. Killed in action on 21st October 1916, aged 33. Son of Thomas and Sarah Ann Molyneux; brother of Mrs. Esther Rigby, of 172, Speakman Road, Denton Green, St. Helens. 11





84752 Gunner William Grimble, "B" Siege Depot, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died 25th October 1916, aged 24. Husband of Elizabeth Ann Grimble. 11







140831 Sapper William Crooks, 79th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action on 28th October 1916, aged 28. Son of Thomas and Edith Maude Crooks, of St. Helens. 11





7604 Sapper John Smith, 419th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died of wounds in France on 29th October 1916, aged 33. Son of Henry and Elizabeth Smith, of 55, Chapel Street, St. Helens; husband of Jane Smith, of 79, Friar Street, Windle City, St. Helens. CWGC database gives his age as 35. 9

41187 Private John William Topping, 11th Manchester Regiment. Killed in action on 26th November 1916, aged 33. Son of William and Elizabeth Topping; husband of Lily Topping, of Bradley Lane, Eccleston, near Chorley. CWGC database gives his date of death as 28th November 1916. Also named on the Eccleston memorial. 11