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Name | James, CLARKE |
John Thomas, DAVIES |
Arthur Walter, EVANS |
William Henry, GRIMBALDESTON |
---|---|---|---|---|
Rank | Sergeant | Corporal | Sergeant | A / Company Quartermaster-Sergeant |
Force | 15th Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers | 11th Bn, South Lancashire Regiment | 6th Bn, Lincolnshire Regiment | 1st Bn, King's Own Scottish Borderers |
VC won | Happegarbes, France, 2 November 1918 |
Eppeville, France, 24 March 1918 |
Etaing, France, 2 September 1918 |
Wijdendrift, Belgium, 16 August 1917 |
London Gaz | 6 January 1919 | 22 May 1918 | 31 March 1919 | 14 September 1917 |
Born | Winsford, Cheshire, 6 April 1894 |
Birkenhead, 29 September 1895 |
Liverpool, 8 April 1891 |
Blackburn, 19 September 1889 |
Died | 16 June 1947, Rochdale |
28 October 1955, St Helens |
1 November 1936, Sydney, Australia |
13 August 1959, Blackburn |
Grave | Rochdale Cemetery ( headstone erected 1994 ) |
St Helens Borough Cemetery | Park Cemetery, Lytham-St-Annes ( North Stubbs Crematorium, Sydney ) |
Pleasington Crematorium, Blackburn |
Location of VC |
Lord Ashcroft Gallery Imperial War Museum, London |
Lord Ashcroft Gallery Imperial War Museum, London |
Not publicly held | King's Own Scottish Borderers Museum, Berwick-upon-Tweed |
Remarks | None | None | DCM | None |
LANCASHIRE
LANCASHIRE
LANCASHIRE
LANCASHIRE
Name
Joel,
HALLIWELLAlbert,
HALTONWilliam Edward,
HEATONJohn,
HOGANRank
Lance Corporal
Private
Sergeant
Sergeant Force
11th Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers
1st Bn, King's Own ( Royal Lancaster ) Regiment
1st Bn, King's ( Liverpool ) Regiment
2nd Bn, Manchester Regiment VC won
Muscourt, France,
27 May 1918Poelcapelle, Belgium,
12 October 1917Geluk, 2nd Boer War,
23 August 1900Festubert, France,
29 October 1914London Gaz
25 July 1918
26 November 1917
18 January 1901
22 December 1914 Born
Middleton,
29 December 1881Carnforth,
1 May 1893Ormskirk,
2 January 1875Royton,
8 April 1884Died
14 June 1958,
Oldham24 July 1971,
Lancaster5 June 1941,
Southport6 October 1943,
OldlhamGrave
Boarshaw New Cemetery, Middleton
Lancaster & Morecambe Crematorium
( Image courtesy Iain MacFarlaine )Ormskirk Parish Churchyard
Chadderton Cemetery, Oldham Location
of VCFusilier Museum Lancashire, Bury
King's Own ( Royal Lancaster ) Regiment Museum, Lancaster
King's Regiment Museum, Liverpool
Oldham Civic Centre Remarks
None
None
None
None
Name
Francis Arthur,
JEFFERSONJoseph,
LISTERRichard George,
MASTERSJohn,
MOLYNEUXRank
Lance Corporal
Sergeant
Private
Sergeant Force
2nd Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers
1st Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers
Royal Army Service Corps ( MT )
att'd 141st Field Ambulance2nd Bn, Royal Fusiliers VC won
Monte Cassino, Italy,
16 May 1944Olga House, Ypres, Belgium,
9 October 1917Bethune, France,
9 April 1918Langemarck, Belgium,
9 October 1917London Gaz
13 July 1944
26 November 1917
8 May 1918
26 November 1917 Born
Ulverston, Cumbria,
18 August 1921Salford,
19 October 1886Southport,
23 March 1877St Helens,
22 November 1890Died
4 September 1982,
Bolton19 January 1963
Stockport4 April 1963,
Southport25 March 1972,
St HelensGrave
Overdale Crematorium, Bolton
Willow Grove Cemetery, Reddish
St Cuthbert's Churchyard, Churchtown, Southport
( new headstone erected April 2023 )St Helen's Crematorium Location
of VCVC stolen from his mother's house in 1982
Lord Ashcroft Gallery
Imperial War Museum, LondonRoyal Logistic Corps Museum, Worthy Down, Hampshire
Royal Fusiliers Museum, Tower of London Remarks
None
None
None
None
Name
Anthony,
PALMERJames,
PITTSThomas,
STEELEJames,
TOWERSRank
Private
Corporal
Sergeant
Private Force
3rd Bn, Grenadier Guards
1st Bn, Manchester Regiment
1st Bn, Seaforth Highlanders
2nd Bn, Cameronians ( Scottish Rifles ) VC won
Inkermann, Crimea,
5 November 1854Caesar's Camp, Natal, 2nd Boer War,
6 January 1900Sanna-y-Yat, Mesopotamia,
22 February 1917Mericourt, France,
6 October 1918London Gaz
24 February 1857
26 July 1901
8 June 1917
6 January 1919 Born
Brereton Green, Cheshire,
10 March 1819Blackburn,
26 February 1877Springhead, Saddleworth, West Riding, Yorkshire,
6 February 1891Broughton,
8 September 1897Died
12 December 1892,
Crumpsall Hospital, Manchester18 February 1955,
Blackburn11 July 1978,
Springhead, Saddleworth, Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council24 January 1977,
PrestonGrave
Heywood Cemetery
Whalley New Road Cemetery, Blackburn
St Anne's Churchyard, Lydgate, Oldham
( Hollinwood Crematorium, Oldham )Preston Crematorium Location
of VCGrenadier Guards RHQ, Wellington Barracks, London
Manchester Regiment Museum, Ashton-under-Lyne
Lord Ashcroft Gallery
Imperial War Museum, LondonLord Ashcroft Gallery
Imperial War Museum, LondonRemarks
None
None
None
None
Name
Thomas,
WHITHAMWilliam,
YOUNGRank
Private
Private
Force
1st Bn, Coldstream Guards
8th Bn, East Lancashire Regiment
VC won
Pilckem, Belgium,
31 July 1917Fonquevillers, France,
22 December 1915London Gaz
6 September 1917
30 March 1916
Born
Worsthorne,
11 May 1888Glasgow,
15 Janaury 1876Died
22 October 1924,
Oldham27 August 1916,
Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot, HampshireGrave
Inghamite Burial Ground, Nelson
New Hall Cemetery, Preston
Location
of VCTowneley Hall Museum, Burnley
Lancashire Infantry Museum, Preston
Remarks
None
None