Carnforth

R. Unsworth, son of Mr. Unsworth, of Carnforth, clerk in the employ of the Manchester and District Bank, at Morecambe, has enlisted and will join the Royal Engineers in a few days.
(Morecambe Visitor, 18 November 1914)
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ROLL OF HONOUR - Men who are serving

Albert H. Armer, Wm. Ashton, Harry Atkinson, Thomas Balderstone, Ambrose Bamber, Robt. Barton, Harry Bagguley, Ernest Beck, James Beckett, George Bretherton, Robert E. Brookbank, John R. Brown, Harold Byram, Thomas Byram, James Cambray, William Carruthers, Joseph Carter, William G. Clark, Wm. T. Cherry, Joseph Cook, William Coupland, Oliver R. Clegg, Joseph Dawson, James B. Dean, Thomas B. Dean, Richard Dugdale, William Dent, William Edgar, William O. E. C. Evans, Walter Farnworth, Richard Farrer, George F. Fleming, William H. Fleming, Robert H. Forrester, Thos. W. Forrester, Edward Gardner, Robert Gardner, Sam Gardner, Edward Garner, Fred. Greenland, Wilfrid Hague, Arthur E. Hammill, Lionel Harrison, John H. Harper, George High, Victor High, Anthony G. Hobbs, Frank Uniff, EdwardS. Jackson, Richard Jackson, Thomas Kelly, Maurice King, James S. Kirkby, Richard H. Kirkby, Norman Knowles, Albert Lindsay, Frank Loy, Nicholas Manley, William Marsden, John Martin, Alfred Morley, George Morley, Joseph Noble, Robt. W. Parker, William Pedder, Herbert Penrith, Robert Pickthall, George Pool, Herbert E. Preston, Robt. Radcliffe, Harold Ripley, Lancelot Ripley, John Robinson, Reginald L. Ruddock, William Shaw, Ernest Serwin, Mason Simpson, William Edward Simpson, Alfred Slinn, Frank Speight, William Storey, William Stott, Arthur Swithinbank, George Thompson, Harvey Threlfall, Alfred Townson, John R. Tysoe, John C. Watson, Wm. Whiteside, Robert Wilkinson, James Wood, and James Woodhouse.

(Lancaster Guardian, 12 December 1914)
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Carnforth Soldier Killed.
Mr. W. J. Weeks, newsagent, Carnforth, has received news that his brother, Sergt. Arthur E. Weeks, of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, formerly of Penrith, was killed by shrapnel in France on August 21st, his officer writing that he died nobly doing his duty during an attack on an enemy position. Sergt. Weeks had been in the grocery trade in Penrith, Alnwick, and Kendal, and ten years ago he emigrated to Canada. He joined the Army in 1915, and being an old Volunteer he soon gained promotion, being an instructor ad recruiting sergeant. He went to France about August, 1916.

(Lancaster Guardian, 6 October 1917)
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Commission for Carnforth Soldier.
Mr. George Thompson, jun., third son of Mr. George Thompson, Lancaster-road, has been gazetted Second Lieutenant in the 4th East Yorkshires. He enlisted as a private in September, 1914, in the King's Own, and went to the Front in France in July, 1915. He was wounded on the Somme in July, 1916, promoted Sergeant, awarded the Military Medal, and recommended for a Commission. He has been for a few months at an officer cadet school at Oxford. Prior to joining the Army he was in business with his father.

(Lancaster Guardian, 24 November 1917)
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THE THEFT FROM THE STATION HOTEL. - At Manchester Assizes, on Tuesday, Albert Cecil Stanley (28), soldier, pleaded guilty to stealing a cash-box and £110 at Carnforth on May 5th. - Mr. Wingate-Saul said prisoner and his wife had lunch at a Carnforth hotel, and after they had left, the cash-box, belonging to the son of the landlord, was missed from the bedroom. Accused was arrested on his release from a Scottish gaol, where he had served six months. - Mr. Justice Shearman said he had a long statement from the prisoner, which gave his whole life history, and stated that he came from the Argentine to enlist, and he got married. Having no money, he appeared to have gone on his wedding tour at the expense of the hotels he stayed at. It was very desirable that this young man should be able to leave prison with a clean sheet, and not be subject to re-arrest for other offences. His letter spoke of the offences he had committed. - Supt. Scott said there was a charge of stealing £32 10s. from a house at Appleby on May 5th, and he understood there were other charges of a similar nature in London. - The Judge deferred sentence, prisoner undertaking to give full details to the police of all offences he had committed. He desired that the money found on him, when arrested, £80, part of the proceeds of the robbery at Carnforth, should be restored to the owner.

(Lancaster Guardian, 24 November 1917)
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LOCAL TRIBUNAL. - A meeting was held on Monday. Present : - Messrs. J. Himsworth (chairman), A. Hoyle, T. Jackson, F. W. Lambert, A. Jackson; Mr. R. Unsworth (National service representative), and Mr. E. E. Unsworth, clerk - Applications for exemption were made by or on behalf of twelve persons, nine of whom had previously been granted temporary exemption. Three employees of the Co-operative Society, viz., a coal porter and loader, a boot and shoe department manager, and a branch manager of a grocery and provision department, none fit for general military service, were given exemption to the end of February. A corn miller's warehouseman and a traveller for foodstuffs were, on the application of the employer, also exempted to the end of February, both being in low medical categories. A pawnbroker's assistant, who has a defective leg, was represented by Mr. J. S. Oglethorpe, and it was stated that the man had been previously rejected, and that over 60 of the same employer's men in various towns had joined the colours; but the Service Representative pointed out that the employment was not provided for in the reserved list. A saddler and machine belt manufacturer, who said he did work for agriculturalists and Government-controlled firms in a wide district, also applied. Exemption to the end of February was given in both these cases. A foreman joiner claimed on grounds of sickness and domestic hardship, and a road carrier and coal carter claimed that his business would be ruined and that he would suffer severe financial hardship. Both were given exemption to the end of February. Conditional exemption was granted to a 19 years old horseman and general agricultural worker ; and an 18 years old student was granted temporary exemption to January 31st for the purpose of studying with a view to gaining an exhibition at a University. A former manager of an orchard and gardens, with a deformed arm, was exempted to the end of November, on condition that after that time the applicant becomes engaged on munition work.

(Lancaster Guardian, 24 November 1917)
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William V. Gilbert - 22533 Private Vernon William Henry Gilbert, 1st Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Died on 20th September 1918, aged 19. Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Gilbert, of A/1, Jail Road, Lahore, Punjab, India. Nephew of Dr. Moss, of Carnforth.


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(Lancaster Guardian, 5 October 1918)