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Men with a Bare connection who are listed on the CWGC database -
6445 Private James Hall 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays), attached 1st Life Guards 11.2.1915, aged 31 Son of James and Elizabeth Hall, of Lancaster; husband of Frances Sarah Hall, of 39, Princes Crescent, Bare
68672 Private Ernest Lambert Royal Army Medical Corps 2.3.1919, aged 26 Son of James and Sarah Ann Lambert, of 15, Bench Street, Bare
13755 Private Thomas May 12th West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 27.9.1915, aged 36 Husband of Maria May, of 20, Beach Street, Bare
Second Lieutenant George William Stuart Muchall 2nd King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 10.5.1915, aged 33 Husband of Elizabeth Muchall, of 10, Grange Street, Bare
2544 Private George William Phillips 1st/6th Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 8.7.1916, aged 26 Son of George Shillito Phillips and Mary Grace Phillips, of Holme Lea, Hest Bank Road, Bare; native of Guiseley
TR3/97582 Private William 'Willie' Strickland 53rd Manchester Regiment 17.10.1918, aged 18 Son of John William and Elizabeth Strickland, of 70, Seaborn Road, Bare
Second Lieutenant Samuel Herbert Wood 5th King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 26.10.1917, aged 29 Son of the late Alexander and Kate Wood, of 67, Ulleswater Road, Lancaster; husband of Elsie Muriel Wood, of "Langdenholme," Queen's Drive, Bare
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Wounded Morecambe Soldier.
PTE. GEORGE STRICKLAND, OF BARE.
This is a portrait of Pte. George Strickland, son of Mr. J. W. Strickland, Seaborn-road, Bare, who joined the 4th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (Territorials), from Clarke's College, London, on the outbreak of the war. The regiment was inspected at Bedford by the King, and was one of the first Territorial Battalions to be sent to the front.
Private Strickland was wounded on January 17th, by a gunshot in the right [unreadable, but a short, possibly 4-lettered, word], and is now in hospital at Henham Hall, Wangford (Suffolk).
(Morecambe Visitor, 3 February 1915)
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6445 Private James Hall, 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays), attached 1st Life Guards. Killed in action on 11th February 1915, aged 31. Son of James and Elizabeth Hall, of Lancaster; husband of Frances Sarah Hall, of 39, Princes Crescent, Bare.
Killed by the Bursting of a Shell.
On Monday, Mrs. Hall, of Princes-crescent, Bare, received the sad news that her husband, Trooper James Bare, had been killed in action at Ypres, on Feb. 11th.
The news came as a great shock, inasmuch as earlier in the day Mrs. Hall had received a letter from her husband in which he said that he was all right.
The intimation of his death came from Capt. T. Astor, who was in command of the squadron of the 1st Life Guards, with which Trooper Hall was serving. Capt. Astor stated that Trooper Hall's death was instantaneous, being caused by the bursting of a shell in the house where he was resting, after being five days and five nights in the trenches.
Trooper Hall went out to the front on October 5th, having been called up as a reservist. Had the war not broken out his time would have expired in November last.
Mrs. Hall has a son who is also serving his country, he being a private in the 5th (Reserve) Battalion the King's Own R.L. Regt., at present stationed at Blackpool. Private Hall is at present home for a few days' furlough.
(Morecambe Visitor, 17 February 1915)
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Killed at the Front.
The Late Trooper Hall, of Bare.
Trooper Hall, of Princes-crescent, Bare, whose wife has received the sad news of his death, caused through the bursting of a shell in a house where he was resting after five days and nights in the trenches at Ypres. A full account was given in last week's "Visitor."
(Morecambe Visitor, 24 February 1915)
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12503 Private Richard Gaughan, 1st King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Killed in action on 8th May 1915, aged 22. Son of Andrew and Ellen Gaughan, of 32, Hessle Mount, Hyde Park, Leeds.
Death of Pte. Gaughan of Bare.
A DOUBLE BEREAVEMENT.
News has reached Mr. and Mrs. Gaughan, of Park-street, Bare, that their son, Pte. Richard Gaughan, has been killed in action in France. Pte. Gaughan was on the staff of the "Yorkshire Evening Post" and left to take a position on the "Daily Citizen," Manchester. He enlisted on the 4th September and became attached to the 1st Battalion of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, and left for the front early in January. Only a week ago his parents received from him a cheery letter, saying he was quite well and full of hopefulness. In the official intimation of his death the Commanding Officer writes:
"Your son fought well, died nobly, and was much respected by his comrades, who send their deepest sympathy to you and those dear to him."
A very sad circumstance connected with the young soldier's end was the death of his brother, Alfred, on the 12th of May, who passed away at his home at the promising age of 24 years. In their double bereavement, almost tragic in its suddenness, Mr. and Mrs. Gaughan are to be sincerely sympathised with - a sympathy that will be genuinely shared by their many friends, both in Morecambe and Leeds.
AN APPRECIATION.
The following "appreciation" by "Impressionist" appeared in the "Daily Citizen," on which staff Private Gaughan was employed: -
On September 4, 1914, I received the following telegram: - "Have enlisted. - Gaughan."
There is a world of pathos now in that telegram, for Private Richard Gaughan, of the KIng's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, has died for his country. "Dick" Gaughan was my assistant sporting editor on The Daily Citizen. He was something more than a mere colleague, and it is a personal grief to everyone connected with the staff to hear that he has been killed in action. Quiet, unassuming, that laconic telegram was just typical of the boy - for he was but 22 years of age.
Before joining us, "Dick" Gaughan was on the sub-editorial staff of the Yorkshire Post, with which journal his father, who now resides at Bare, Morecambe, was also connected. On joining The Daily Citizen staff he made himself a popular but inconspicuous figure, and had many Manchester friends. It seems but yesterday that we sent him our good wishes with a personal message from our editor, and only the other day a colleague remarked, "Well, when it is all over you'll have 'old' Gaughan back there again" - pointing to the vacant desk.
"Dick" Gaughan went out with one of the early drafts of his regiment, and only a week ago a cheery letter was received from him stating his ..ness and hopefulness for the future.
A truer appreciation cannot be found than the words of his commanding officer to his parents: "Your son fought well, died nobly, and was much respected by his comrades."
An enthusiastic cyclist, but a sportsman in all things, he has died as we knew he would, if needs be, to be a cherished memory on the staff of this paper, for which he was as enthusiastic as any.
THE LAST LETTER.
"There's many a laugh among the tears."
In the last letter to his parents, Private Gaughan writes in the following cheery strain: -
"I am writing this letter in a little dug-out in a wood just behind the trenches. It is like a little cave, which is made of fir tree branches.
"Who would have thought the day would come when Dick, of all people, would have had to rough it?
"But I feel as happy as a king, just at this moment, and if a squarehead had to pop his ugly face round the doorway of my 'little green home in the wood' here I'd - I'd - let's see - yes, I'd fetch a policeman! I would, bless me if I wouldn't! I think that would be best.
"I must apologise for not having a V.C. before now. I've searched round here a deal, but I can't find where they grow, or get to know much about them. There are plenty of Iron Crosses over the road there, but then I can't cross the road - war is such a funny game!
You should see me go into a cottage and say, "Donnez-moi une lasse de café!" "Merci beaucoup." We march along the streets of the towns or villages here and a French 'swad will ask 'you go trenches to-night?'
"Tommy shrugs his shoulders in best Parisian style and boldly makes reply, 'Wee, wee, mercy, buck up,' and passes on feeling that he has settled the point so that there will be no more doubt about it. Ah! there's many a wee laugh among the tears here.
As the song says, 'We're not downhearted yet,' and with the sun shining and the warm weather ahead Tommy will keep his heart up and his head down.
"I am just getting ready for another of my little trips to the trenches. To tell the truth, Dad, I'm one of the old soldiers of our lot now. They are nearly all new faces, and we will have to have another big draft this time out. Good-bye."
The very day this cheery letter reached his home, Dick - like so many other good, brave fellows - had already given his life for his country. "Greater love than this no man hath - that he lay down his life for his friend."
(Morecambe Visitor, 26 May 1915)
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Second Lieutenant George William Stuart Muchall, 2nd King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Killed in action on 10th May 1915, aged 32. Husband of Elizabeth Muchall, of 10, Grange Street, Bare. CWGC database gives his age as 33.
Death of Second-Lieut. Muchall.
A Fine Soldier's End.
Official notification was received from the War Office on Friday of the death in action, on the 10th inst., of Second-Lieutenant George Muchall, the King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment. The deceased married a daughter of Mr. William Jackson, of 15, Cheltenham-road, The Greaves, Lancaster, who survives with three children.
After 14 years' service with the 2nd King's Own Line Battalion, while holding the rank of colour-sergeant, the deceased was given a commission from the ranks in January, and since then had been with the battalion on active service. While with the battalion he distinguished himself in musketry, and won many prizes in regimental competitions, including the battalion challenge cup in 1909, 1911, and 1912. Lieut. Muchall was 32 years of age, and was a native of Manchester. The notification of death was sent by telegram from the War Office, with an expression of Lord Kitchener's regret and sympathy, and delivered by post on Friday morning. Mrs. Muchall's father has been 33 years in the service of Messrs. Storey Bros.
(Morecambe Visitor, 26 May 1915)
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1381 Private Henry Ernest Waite, 1st/5th King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Killed in action on 23rd April 1915.
He Died Bravely.
MORECAMBE MAN KILLED IN ACTION.
Pte. Waite, of Princes-crescent, Bare, who was killed in a bayonet charge. "He died bravely and was buried with all the honour and respect possible," says one of his comrades.
(Morecambe Visitor, 5 May 1915)
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Morecambe Organist as Soldier.
His many friends in Morecambe and district will be pleased to have news of Private A. N. Bulmer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bulmer, of 7, Beach-street, Bare, Morecambe, who is now in training in the south of England, with the 3rd East Anglian Field Ambulance. Pte. Bulmer was organist at S. Barnabas' Church, Morecambe, when only 17 years of age, but he displayed marked ability as a musician and winning a scholarship which entitled him to four years at the Royal College of Music he went to London and has been there for the last sixteen years.
He has won the diplomas of F.R.C.O. and A.R.C.M. He was organist at a church in London when the war broke out, but responded to the "call," and joined the 3rd East Anglian Field Ambulance Corps. He is at present training at Thetford, Norfolk, but since last September, until quite recently, was stationed at Peterborough, and whilst there he was frequently in demand as an organist and pianist, and had the distinction of acting as organist at Peterborough Cathedral on numerous occasions. When the battalion with which he is serving were leaving Peterborough Pte. Bulmer gave a farewell organ recital in Peterborough Cathedral, and on several occasions he gave organ recitals in Peterborough institutions with the object of raising funds for the Red Cross and other charitable organisations, and the critics in Peterborough spoke in high praise of his organ and pianoforte achievements.
(Morecambe Visitor, 21 July 1915)
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16869 Lance Corporal John Ernest Airey, 2nd Hampshire Regiment. Died 23rd November 1915. Son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Airey, of 32, Beach Street, Bare.
The Fallen Brave.
CORPL. J. E. AIREY, OF BARE, DIES OF DYSENTERY AT DARDANELLES.
Mr. and Mrs. T. Airey, of 32, Beach-street, Bare, received official notification on Friday that their son, Corpl. John Ernest Airey, had died of dysentery in hospital at Alexandria, on Nov. 23rd.
His term of seven years' service in the 18th Hussars was almost completed when the war broke out. He went through all the serious fighting, including the retreat from Mons, at the start of the western campaign. He and others were one day engaged as snipers in a building near La Bassee, when the premises were demolished by a bomb. He was crushed amongst the fallen debris and sustained internal injuries, which necessitated his lying in hospitals at Edinburgh and Scarborough for a considerable period. For some time afterwards he was engaged on stores work at Gosport, having presumably been struck off the active service list. However, on Nov. 4th he was ordered out for service at the Dardanelles, and within three weeks of that time he died from dysentery as stated.
His younger brother, Arthur Airey, enlisted in the 5th King's Own last February.
(Morecambe Visitor, 15 December 1915)
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1145 Lance Serjeant Arthur Robin Browning, 9th Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action in France on 2nd July 1916, aged 19. Son of John and Mary Ann Browning, of 22, Beach Street, Bare.
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STRICKLAND. - Died on active service, on October 17th, at the Military Hospital, Kinmel Park Camp, Rhyl, of pneumonia following influenza, William Strickland, Private, 53rd (Y.S.) Batt. Manchester Regt., son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Strickland, Seaborn-road, aged 18 years.
(Morecambe Visitor, 23 October 1918)
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(Morecambe Visitor, 30 October 1918)
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A suggestion has been made that Bare might consider the question of raising a War Memorial of its own. The need for a fairly large sized village hall is said to be very acute.
We give publicity to the suggestion in the hope that it may encourage discussion as to whatever this would meet with the wishes of the inhabitants. On the other hand we do not desire it to be understood that we are in favour of dividing the town on this important question.
There may be the danger, if the people of Bare take up this idea, that the Central and West End may follow on similar lines, and the result would be paltry memorials in all three places, instead of one big central scheme. However, the idea is offered for consideration and in order to see how this proposal will take it would be for the interested to call a meeting to ascertain the views of the inhabitants.
On this matter one resident says Bare would be vastly more interested in a village hall to serve the growing needs of the place than it would in some drinking fountain in the centre of the town. Now is the time to receive expressions of opinion for or against the suggestion
(Morecambe Visitor, 4 September 1918)
6445 Private James Hall 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays), attached 1st Life Guards 11.2.1915, aged 31 Son of James and Elizabeth Hall, of Lancaster; husband of Frances Sarah Hall, of 39, Princes Crescent, Bare
68672 Private Ernest Lambert Royal Army Medical Corps 2.3.1919, aged 26 Son of James and Sarah Ann Lambert, of 15, Bench Street, Bare
13755 Private Thomas May 12th West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 27.9.1915, aged 36 Husband of Maria May, of 20, Beach Street, Bare
Second Lieutenant George William Stuart Muchall 2nd King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 10.5.1915, aged 33 Husband of Elizabeth Muchall, of 10, Grange Street, Bare
2544 Private George William Phillips 1st/6th Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 8.7.1916, aged 26 Son of George Shillito Phillips and Mary Grace Phillips, of Holme Lea, Hest Bank Road, Bare; native of Guiseley
TR3/97582 Private William 'Willie' Strickland 53rd Manchester Regiment 17.10.1918, aged 18 Son of John William and Elizabeth Strickland, of 70, Seaborn Road, Bare
Second Lieutenant Samuel Herbert Wood 5th King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 26.10.1917, aged 29 Son of the late Alexander and Kate Wood, of 67, Ulleswater Road, Lancaster; husband of Elsie Muriel Wood, of "Langdenholme," Queen's Drive, Bare
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Wounded Morecambe Soldier.
PTE. GEORGE STRICKLAND, OF BARE.
This is a portrait of Pte. George Strickland, son of Mr. J. W. Strickland, Seaborn-road, Bare, who joined the 4th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (Territorials), from Clarke's College, London, on the outbreak of the war. The regiment was inspected at Bedford by the King, and was one of the first Territorial Battalions to be sent to the front.
Private Strickland was wounded on January 17th, by a gunshot in the right [unreadable, but a short, possibly 4-lettered, word], and is now in hospital at Henham Hall, Wangford (Suffolk).
(Morecambe Visitor, 3 February 1915)
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6445 Private James Hall, 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays), attached 1st Life Guards. Killed in action on 11th February 1915, aged 31. Son of James and Elizabeth Hall, of Lancaster; husband of Frances Sarah Hall, of 39, Princes Crescent, Bare.
Killed by the Bursting of a Shell.
On Monday, Mrs. Hall, of Princes-crescent, Bare, received the sad news that her husband, Trooper James Bare, had been killed in action at Ypres, on Feb. 11th.
The news came as a great shock, inasmuch as earlier in the day Mrs. Hall had received a letter from her husband in which he said that he was all right.
The intimation of his death came from Capt. T. Astor, who was in command of the squadron of the 1st Life Guards, with which Trooper Hall was serving. Capt. Astor stated that Trooper Hall's death was instantaneous, being caused by the bursting of a shell in the house where he was resting, after being five days and five nights in the trenches.
Trooper Hall went out to the front on October 5th, having been called up as a reservist. Had the war not broken out his time would have expired in November last.
Mrs. Hall has a son who is also serving his country, he being a private in the 5th (Reserve) Battalion the King's Own R.L. Regt., at present stationed at Blackpool. Private Hall is at present home for a few days' furlough.
(Morecambe Visitor, 17 February 1915)
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Killed at the Front.
The Late Trooper Hall, of Bare.
Trooper Hall, of Princes-crescent, Bare, whose wife has received the sad news of his death, caused through the bursting of a shell in a house where he was resting after five days and nights in the trenches at Ypres. A full account was given in last week's "Visitor."
(Morecambe Visitor, 24 February 1915)
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12503 Private Richard Gaughan, 1st King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Killed in action on 8th May 1915, aged 22. Son of Andrew and Ellen Gaughan, of 32, Hessle Mount, Hyde Park, Leeds.
Death of Pte. Gaughan of Bare.
A DOUBLE BEREAVEMENT.
News has reached Mr. and Mrs. Gaughan, of Park-street, Bare, that their son, Pte. Richard Gaughan, has been killed in action in France. Pte. Gaughan was on the staff of the "Yorkshire Evening Post" and left to take a position on the "Daily Citizen," Manchester. He enlisted on the 4th September and became attached to the 1st Battalion of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, and left for the front early in January. Only a week ago his parents received from him a cheery letter, saying he was quite well and full of hopefulness. In the official intimation of his death the Commanding Officer writes:
"Your son fought well, died nobly, and was much respected by his comrades, who send their deepest sympathy to you and those dear to him."
A very sad circumstance connected with the young soldier's end was the death of his brother, Alfred, on the 12th of May, who passed away at his home at the promising age of 24 years. In their double bereavement, almost tragic in its suddenness, Mr. and Mrs. Gaughan are to be sincerely sympathised with - a sympathy that will be genuinely shared by their many friends, both in Morecambe and Leeds.
AN APPRECIATION.
The following "appreciation" by "Impressionist" appeared in the "Daily Citizen," on which staff Private Gaughan was employed: -
On September 4, 1914, I received the following telegram: - "Have enlisted. - Gaughan."
There is a world of pathos now in that telegram, for Private Richard Gaughan, of the KIng's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, has died for his country. "Dick" Gaughan was my assistant sporting editor on The Daily Citizen. He was something more than a mere colleague, and it is a personal grief to everyone connected with the staff to hear that he has been killed in action. Quiet, unassuming, that laconic telegram was just typical of the boy - for he was but 22 years of age.
Before joining us, "Dick" Gaughan was on the sub-editorial staff of the Yorkshire Post, with which journal his father, who now resides at Bare, Morecambe, was also connected. On joining The Daily Citizen staff he made himself a popular but inconspicuous figure, and had many Manchester friends. It seems but yesterday that we sent him our good wishes with a personal message from our editor, and only the other day a colleague remarked, "Well, when it is all over you'll have 'old' Gaughan back there again" - pointing to the vacant desk.
"Dick" Gaughan went out with one of the early drafts of his regiment, and only a week ago a cheery letter was received from him stating his ..ness and hopefulness for the future.
A truer appreciation cannot be found than the words of his commanding officer to his parents: "Your son fought well, died nobly, and was much respected by his comrades."
An enthusiastic cyclist, but a sportsman in all things, he has died as we knew he would, if needs be, to be a cherished memory on the staff of this paper, for which he was as enthusiastic as any.
THE LAST LETTER.
"There's many a laugh among the tears."
In the last letter to his parents, Private Gaughan writes in the following cheery strain: -
"I am writing this letter in a little dug-out in a wood just behind the trenches. It is like a little cave, which is made of fir tree branches.
"Who would have thought the day would come when Dick, of all people, would have had to rough it?
"But I feel as happy as a king, just at this moment, and if a squarehead had to pop his ugly face round the doorway of my 'little green home in the wood' here I'd - I'd - let's see - yes, I'd fetch a policeman! I would, bless me if I wouldn't! I think that would be best.
"I must apologise for not having a V.C. before now. I've searched round here a deal, but I can't find where they grow, or get to know much about them. There are plenty of Iron Crosses over the road there, but then I can't cross the road - war is such a funny game!
You should see me go into a cottage and say, "Donnez-moi une lasse de café!" "Merci beaucoup." We march along the streets of the towns or villages here and a French 'swad will ask 'you go trenches to-night?'
"Tommy shrugs his shoulders in best Parisian style and boldly makes reply, 'Wee, wee, mercy, buck up,' and passes on feeling that he has settled the point so that there will be no more doubt about it. Ah! there's many a wee laugh among the tears here.
As the song says, 'We're not downhearted yet,' and with the sun shining and the warm weather ahead Tommy will keep his heart up and his head down.
"I am just getting ready for another of my little trips to the trenches. To tell the truth, Dad, I'm one of the old soldiers of our lot now. They are nearly all new faces, and we will have to have another big draft this time out. Good-bye."
The very day this cheery letter reached his home, Dick - like so many other good, brave fellows - had already given his life for his country. "Greater love than this no man hath - that he lay down his life for his friend."
(Morecambe Visitor, 26 May 1915)
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Second Lieutenant George William Stuart Muchall, 2nd King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Killed in action on 10th May 1915, aged 32. Husband of Elizabeth Muchall, of 10, Grange Street, Bare. CWGC database gives his age as 33.
Death of Second-Lieut. Muchall.
A Fine Soldier's End.
Official notification was received from the War Office on Friday of the death in action, on the 10th inst., of Second-Lieutenant George Muchall, the King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment. The deceased married a daughter of Mr. William Jackson, of 15, Cheltenham-road, The Greaves, Lancaster, who survives with three children.
After 14 years' service with the 2nd King's Own Line Battalion, while holding the rank of colour-sergeant, the deceased was given a commission from the ranks in January, and since then had been with the battalion on active service. While with the battalion he distinguished himself in musketry, and won many prizes in regimental competitions, including the battalion challenge cup in 1909, 1911, and 1912. Lieut. Muchall was 32 years of age, and was a native of Manchester. The notification of death was sent by telegram from the War Office, with an expression of Lord Kitchener's regret and sympathy, and delivered by post on Friday morning. Mrs. Muchall's father has been 33 years in the service of Messrs. Storey Bros.
(Morecambe Visitor, 26 May 1915)
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1381 Private Henry Ernest Waite, 1st/5th King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Killed in action on 23rd April 1915.
He Died Bravely.
MORECAMBE MAN KILLED IN ACTION.
Pte. Waite, of Princes-crescent, Bare, who was killed in a bayonet charge. "He died bravely and was buried with all the honour and respect possible," says one of his comrades.
(Morecambe Visitor, 5 May 1915)
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Morecambe Organist as Soldier.
His many friends in Morecambe and district will be pleased to have news of Private A. N. Bulmer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bulmer, of 7, Beach-street, Bare, Morecambe, who is now in training in the south of England, with the 3rd East Anglian Field Ambulance. Pte. Bulmer was organist at S. Barnabas' Church, Morecambe, when only 17 years of age, but he displayed marked ability as a musician and winning a scholarship which entitled him to four years at the Royal College of Music he went to London and has been there for the last sixteen years.
He has won the diplomas of F.R.C.O. and A.R.C.M. He was organist at a church in London when the war broke out, but responded to the "call," and joined the 3rd East Anglian Field Ambulance Corps. He is at present training at Thetford, Norfolk, but since last September, until quite recently, was stationed at Peterborough, and whilst there he was frequently in demand as an organist and pianist, and had the distinction of acting as organist at Peterborough Cathedral on numerous occasions. When the battalion with which he is serving were leaving Peterborough Pte. Bulmer gave a farewell organ recital in Peterborough Cathedral, and on several occasions he gave organ recitals in Peterborough institutions with the object of raising funds for the Red Cross and other charitable organisations, and the critics in Peterborough spoke in high praise of his organ and pianoforte achievements.
(Morecambe Visitor, 21 July 1915)
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16869 Lance Corporal John Ernest Airey, 2nd Hampshire Regiment. Died 23rd November 1915. Son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Airey, of 32, Beach Street, Bare.
The Fallen Brave.
CORPL. J. E. AIREY, OF BARE, DIES OF DYSENTERY AT DARDANELLES.
Mr. and Mrs. T. Airey, of 32, Beach-street, Bare, received official notification on Friday that their son, Corpl. John Ernest Airey, had died of dysentery in hospital at Alexandria, on Nov. 23rd.
His term of seven years' service in the 18th Hussars was almost completed when the war broke out. He went through all the serious fighting, including the retreat from Mons, at the start of the western campaign. He and others were one day engaged as snipers in a building near La Bassee, when the premises were demolished by a bomb. He was crushed amongst the fallen debris and sustained internal injuries, which necessitated his lying in hospitals at Edinburgh and Scarborough for a considerable period. For some time afterwards he was engaged on stores work at Gosport, having presumably been struck off the active service list. However, on Nov. 4th he was ordered out for service at the Dardanelles, and within three weeks of that time he died from dysentery as stated.
His younger brother, Arthur Airey, enlisted in the 5th King's Own last February.
(Morecambe Visitor, 15 December 1915)
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1145 Lance Serjeant Arthur Robin Browning, 9th Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action in France on 2nd July 1916, aged 19. Son of John and Mary Ann Browning, of 22, Beach Street, Bare.
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STRICKLAND. - Died on active service, on October 17th, at the Military Hospital, Kinmel Park Camp, Rhyl, of pneumonia following influenza, William Strickland, Private, 53rd (Y.S.) Batt. Manchester Regt., son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Strickland, Seaborn-road, aged 18 years.
(Morecambe Visitor, 23 October 1918)
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(Morecambe Visitor, 30 October 1918)
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A suggestion has been made that Bare might consider the question of raising a War Memorial of its own. The need for a fairly large sized village hall is said to be very acute.
We give publicity to the suggestion in the hope that it may encourage discussion as to whatever this would meet with the wishes of the inhabitants. On the other hand we do not desire it to be understood that we are in favour of dividing the town on this important question.
There may be the danger, if the people of Bare take up this idea, that the Central and West End may follow on similar lines, and the result would be paltry memorials in all three places, instead of one big central scheme. However, the idea is offered for consideration and in order to see how this proposal will take it would be for the interested to call a meeting to ascertain the views of the inhabitants.
On this matter one resident says Bare would be vastly more interested in a village hall to serve the growing needs of the place than it would in some drinking fountain in the centre of the town. Now is the time to receive expressions of opinion for or against the suggestion
(Morecambe Visitor, 4 September 1918)