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Post by BereniceUK on Apr 17, 2017 20:54:06 GMT
             The angled name in the bottom left is Pte. Jackson W. East Lancs.        |
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Post by BereniceUK on Apr 17, 2017 20:54:41 GMT
James Wharton Thompson. Killed in the Boer War on 10th February 1900, aged 24.  18339 Private Herbert Harrison, 6th The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Missing in the Dardanelles, 9th August 1915, aged 20. Son of Edward and Ellen Harrison, of 13, Gill Lane, Longton.  10705 Private William James I'Anson, 1st Scots Guards. Died of wounds in Belgium on 14th July 1916, aged 22. Son of Robert and Elizabeth I'Anson, of "Arden Dee," Hall Lane, Longton.  5381 Driver Richard Snalam Hunt, Australian Engineers. Died of wounds on 8th November 1916, aged 27. Son of Richard and Jane Hunt, of "Summerfield", Liverpool Road, Longton.  13909 Private Thomas Shorrock, 7th King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Killed in France on 15th November 1916, aged 22. Son of James and Alice Shorrock, of Slate Farm, Hall Carr Lane, Longton.  22750 Private Benjamin Tyson, 1st The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Killed in France on 7th December 1916, aged 22.
Major James Arthur Rigby, Royal Army Medical Corps. Died 25th December 1916, aged 67.
21638 Private Richard Wright, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Died 10th March 1917.
202637 Private Richard Banister, 1st/4th The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Killed in action in France on 31st July 1917, aged 24.
59621 Private Richard Rawcliffe, Royal Army Medical Corps. Killed in action on 20th August 1917, aged 39.
52459 Private Richard Marsden Higham, 9th Royal Welsh Fusiliers, attached 94th Field Coy. Royal Engineers. Died of wounds in France on 19th September 1917, aged 19. Son of Richard and Margret Higham, of 1, Poplar Avenue, Longton.  51726 Private Herbert Usher, 21st Manchester Regiment. 26th October 1917, aged 31. Son of John and Sarah Usher, of Longton, Preston, Lancs.; husband of Margaret Jane Usher, of 5, Morecambe Bank, Grange-over-Sands. R/14933 Rifleman William Bennett, 12th King's Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action on 1st December 1917, aged 27.
41851 Private Thomas Dawson Scarlett, 2nd South Staffordshire Regiment. Killed in action near ermies, France, on 1st December 1917, aged 21. Son of Harry and Sarah Ann Scarlett, of Liverpool Road, Hutton.  Second Lieutenant William R.Gibson, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Died 17th June 1918.
35970 Private James Coulton, 1st/6th The King's (Liverpool Regiment). Killed in action on 8th September 1918, aged 21. Son of John and Margret Coulton, of 16 and 17, Gill Lane, Longton. 32280 Corporal Harold Hesketh Swindlehurst, 1st Grenadier Guards. Died in France on 28th September 1918, aged 27.
45383 Private Edward Higham, The King's (Liverpool Regiment). Died 5th October 1918, aged 41. Husband of Mary Jane Higham, of School Lane, Longton.93658 Private Alfred Holden, 17th Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Killed in action in France on 29th October 1918, aged 23. Son of Alfred and Mary Ann Holden, of "Brooklands", Liverpool Road, Hutton. 13/274 Serjeant George Edgley, 13th York and Lancaster Regiment. Died 26th November 1918.
439960 Corporal Stanley Dodd, Royal Engineers, formerly (2996) Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry. Died 7th December 1919, aged 27. Son of Maud Sarah Dodd, of "The Willows," Leyland Road, Preston, and the late Austin Dodd. Born at Blackpool. 8217 Gunner Joseph Nickson, Royal Field Artillery. Died 8th June 1921, aged 30. Son of Joseph and Mary Nickson. Born at Preston. 7917828 Trooper Thomas Gaskell, 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), Royal Armoured Corps. Killed in action on 13th December 1941, aged 28. Son of William and Mary Jane Gaskell; husband of Elizabeth Alice Gaskell, of Lostock, Preston. FX. 88911 Petty Officer Airman Gerald Patrick Hagerty, Royal Navy. Died 2nd December 1943, aged 21. Son of George and Elizabeth Hagerty, of Longton. 14594220 Gunner Sydney Webster, Royal Artillery. Died 13th December 1943, aged 35. Son of Arthur and Dorothy Webster; husband of Edna Webster, of Longton. 326334 Lieutenant Thomas Byron Blackett, Lancashire Fusiliers. Died 10th August 1945, aged 22. Son of James and Isobel Blackett, of Longton. David Anthony Strickland. Killed on H.M.S. "Coventry" on 25th May 1982, aged 29.
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