Post by BereniceUK on Apr 12, 2017 8:54:23 GMT
THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY THE
INHABITANTS OF THIS VILLAGE
TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE BRAVE MEN
WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
THAT WE HERE MIGHT LIVE IN PEACE.
John Edgar Bird - possibly 13084 Lance Bombardier John E. Bird 14th Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery 2.10.1918, aged 27 Son of George R. and Ellen Bird
30085 Private Nathan Wignal Carey 2nd/4th East Lancashire Regiment 3.6.1918
Possibly 203329 Private John Thomas Crook 2nd East Lancashire Regiment 24.4.1918
92999 Private Richard Duxbury 2nd (Garrison) The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 29.10.1918, aged 26 Son of John and Ann Duxbury, of Withnell; husband of Annie C. S. Duxbury, of 2, West Street, Blackburn
Possibly 43757 Corporal Harry Highton 9th Royal Welsh Fusiliers 22.3.1918, aged 21 Son of William and Margaret Highton, of 66, Whalley New Road, Blackburn
23197 Private Wallace Leigh 1st The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 24.9.1916, aged 27 Son of Mark and Jane Arm Leigh, of 4, East View, Abbey Village
17481 Driver Joseph Marsden 311th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 29.10.1917, aged 25 Son of Richard and Elizabeth Marsden, of Withnell
18537 Private Daniel Marsden 2nd Border Regiment 25.9.1915, aged 21 Brother of Mrs. Mary E. Thom, of 119, Bolton Road, Abbey Village
Joseph Miller
Possibly 202388 Private James Henry Scott 1st/4th The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 18.11.1917
18540 Private Harold Cecil Thom 2nd Border Regiment 25.9.1915, aged 26 Husband of Mary Elizabeth Thom, of 119, Bolton Road, Abbey Village
Harold Waddington
William Walsh
31082 Private Daniel Wareing 2nd/4th The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 13.9.1918, aged 28 Son of Robert and Fanny Wareing; husband of Edith Wareing, of 83, Bolton Road, Abbey Village
31896 Private David Waring 2nd/4th The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 20.4.1917, aged 19 Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Waring, of 8, East View, Abbey Village
Possibly 26600 Private William Whiteside 1st East Lancashire Regiment 4.8.1916, aged 38 Son of William and Arabella Whiteside
243305 Lance Corporal George Wilkinson 1st/5th The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1.10.1918, aged 24 Son of John and Elizabeth Wilkinson, of 1a, Lodge Bank, Brinscall; native of Withnell
16835 Private Lawrence Wilkinson 7th/8th King's Own Scottish Borderers 17.9.1918 Son of John Wilkinson, stationmaster, Withnell; brother of George Wilkinson
419138 Private Percy Wilson 1st North Staffordshire Regiment 17.10.1918, aged 28 Son of Thomas and Sarah Wilson, of Withnell; husband of Dorothy Wilson, of 2, Stanworth Terrace, Withnell
