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The fallen from Afghanistan.

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The intention here, is to remember those who have fallen, or served then survived, the extent of that survival is truly only known by those men themselves, For we can never imagine how many suffered in silence. This is from from the wider districts of what is now ‘West Lancashire’ inclusive of Burscough, Lathom, Newburgh. With the town of Ormskirk being ‘centrepoint’ Aughton, Bickerstaffe, Halsall to the South, Scarisbrick West, Burscough, Lathom, Rufford to the North, Skelmersdale East.

Throughout 2014 – 2018 i produced a publication monthly entitled Lest We Forget identifying the men from the above locatiosn who had fallen each month, it picked up some districts not mentioned, whilst omitted two areas due to volume of work involved, Up Holland being one.

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Intention is to commence this page February 2024. A ‘monthly’ post per week should ensure the war August 1914 thro November 1918 is concluded in around twelve months.

As means of starting this Lest We Forget.

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The very first casualties (on land) known to have been born in the district were killed serving with The 1st Bn Loyal North Lancashire Regt.

In what is regarded as its ‘first official battalion action’ of the war, its losses 14th September; 14 officers, 500 NCO’s & men killed, wounded or missing, ”B Coy alone, lost 3 out of 5 officers, 175 from 220 ranks casualties

14th September on The Aisne.

Arthur James Brown son of Isaac Brown see 1901 cencus, no mother stated.

Aged 19 when killed a regular soldier.

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Kenneth Pye son of Ellis & Annie Pye of Skelmersdale, Lancashire. Aged 21 another regular soldier.

Vendresse British Cemetery. 

Three named Loyals ( one being Kenneth Pye) were exhumed and reburied here at Vendresse in the early 1920s the exhumation report shown ‘is signed of 1923’ See report below.

Vendress British Cemetery taken from the winding road that the 1st Bn marched up enroute to the heights of Chemin Des Dames place of the action

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The 1st Bn Loyal North Lancashire Regt Memorial. Troyon, Chemin Des Dames, Aisne.

KODAK Digital Still Camera

Images graves / memorial Richard Houghton.

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Right the original wooden marker of Capt Kyrke-Smith 1st Kings The Liverpool Regt.

Images of Braine Cemetery Richard Houghton.

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Gheluvelt, nr Ypres. 30/31st October 1914 ” First battle of Ypres”

The third and fourth losses of the district were sustained this day, again the 1st Bn Loyal North Lancashires being the battalion.

Again losses servere.

 

1911 census much clearer.

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James Duffy son of James & Elizabeth born Ormskirk 1880 circa verified by both census below. Enlisted  November 1898.

The account edited below is taken from The Regimental History of the Regiment Two Volume, And is culmination of the action to the daye of Duffy death 3rd November invoking Brady & Newton above and events prior 31st October 1914 First Battle Ypres. 

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4978 Pte Athony Hamilton. 2Bn East Lancashire Regt.

Son of William & Anne Hamilton, resided Blackburn in 1901 / 1911.

The whole family natives of Ormskirk.

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Anthony Hamilton was the last local born or lived man to die in 1914, it would be five months before the next death.

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It was not until November 1915 that The Advertiser first published photographs of those serving, some weeks before they published a request “should any readers like to send in image/s of those serving we would be pleased to publish them”

St. Helens, Wigan four papers (two each town) had been promoting images since March 1915, earlier with some men, Southport, Warrington, Widnes, Ditton doing the same.

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1950 Pte Thomas Rooney  5th Manchester Regt Pre war Territorial.

Son of Thomas & Alice Rooney, Halsall Lane Ormskirk. Aged 19

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19877 Pte Patrick Gorman♦ 14th Kings Liverpool Regt. 

Son of Patrick & Ann Gorman Green Lane, Ormskirk 

K4 man of Kitcheners New Armies. 14th Kings – K4, fourth hundred thousand men.

Paid the price of taking a bet ‘he couldnt dring a bottle of whisky’ by a local resident of Eastbourne, died of alchoholic poisoning.

He was the first enlisted man from the district (post August 4th 1914) to die during The Great War.

Advertiser March 1915

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This appeared autumn of 1915 The Ormskirk  Advertiser.

I would add NO repatriation of dead existed until The Iraq War 

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9032 Pte John Nicholson 4th (Reserve) Bn The Kings Liverpool Regt.

Born, schooled in Ormskirk, John his father an Everton resident when Imperial War Graves edited the page. He enlisted pre war in what was the Kings reserve (Fourth) battalion made up of old sweats and new recruits. 

The image shown appeared in December 1915 alongside a Thomas Prescott of Aughton who had been killed in the previous two weeks in November of that year

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Once again Eastbourne Sussex was the location of the fourth casualty of 1915.

Born Ormskirk, resided Orrell Lancashire, enlisted Blackburn.

Image Peter Taylor.

Left his residual monies to his former guardian Fred Bowler, in essence to care for those whom he left behind.

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Pte Richard A Halton 10 Liverpool Scots ‘Maidener’ 

Later Capt R A Halton South Lancashire Regt.

Advertiser February 1915.

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James Tasker Motorcycle Mechanic served MMG Motor Machine Gun Corps.

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Baxter Brothers Arnold & Clive Up Holland, Lancashire.

Worthy of mention KIA 25th January 1915 both missing commemorated Le Touret Memorial. The first casualties of the greater district in 1915 in action.

Pairs of brothers, trio of brothers, father & son were all to follow in the next four years.

 

https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/823874/arnold-baxter/

https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/823877/clive-baxter/

 

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3425 Pte John Selkrk 10th Kings Liverpool (Scottish) Bn.

Son of John Selkirk Born Wigan Lived Ormskirk.

 

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May 1915 saw two more local lads who gave their all.

10274 Pte Charles Stewart 2nd Bn Kings Own Royal Lancasters aged 22..

1911 census Stewart regular army.

https://www.cwgc.org/umbraco/surface/Pdf/WarDeadCertificate/?id=914985

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On the 7th April 1915 The Advertiser ran this edit.

                          SS Falaba                                       

The Lusitania Rescource

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13th October 1914 6th Cavalry Bde entering Ypres.

First British troops into the city.

Image from “I Was There”

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Levi Horrocks Newburgh POW.

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Parbold out of my specific area of research, but extensive research undertaken by virtue of the then council chairman seeking a village war memorial. Two churches collective 16 names of so, doubled that, resulting in a lectern and two memorial registers, richest village in the area denied a memorial in 1921, and so again 2000.

This way back 1999 as this original CWWG page shows, then all black n white.

Capt. Henry Millward Rogers 5th Manchester Regt ( Wigan Territorials).

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6644 Pte Peter Johnson born Bickerstaffe, Lived Up Holland

Landed June 1915 replacement draft.

https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/603156/peter-johnson/

 

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The Szczypiorno Prisoners of War Cemetery is a solemn resting place located in Poznan, Poland. Let me share some historical details about this significant site:

• Name: Szczypiorno Prisoners of War Cemetery
• Location: Poznan, Poland
• Coordinates: Latitude 52.41799, Longitude 16.93272¹.

Image Peter Bennett.

Poznan War Cemetery in which the above symbolic grave lies.

After the First World War, the graves of Commonwealth servicemen who had died in Poland as prisoners of war were gathered together in this cemetery. There are now 174 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. One of the burials is unidentified. Special memorials commemorate one casualty known to have been buried in Czersk Prisoners of War Cemetery, 29 known to have been buried at Szczypiorno Prisoners of War Cemetery and 18 known to have been buried at Pila (formerly Schneidemuhl) Prisoners of War Cemetery, all of whose graves could not be identified.

The majority of the 283 Second World War burials in the cemetery are those of airmen, many of whom died in bombing operations on Stettin (now Szeczin). Also buried here are those involved in the mass escape from Stalag Luft 3, Sagan (now Zagan), in March 1944  (The Great Escape)

Others who died while prisoners of war during the German occupation, at Stalag VIIIC, Sagan, Stalag XXID at Poznan, Oflag XXIB (also known as Oflag 64) and Stalag XXIB, both at Schubin (now Szubin). There are also 19 war graves of other nationalities in the cemetery, most of them Polish. The cemetery also contains the POZNAN MEMORIAL commemorating five RNAS armoured car ratings who died near Brezazany in July 1917 and whose graves were never located.

Images and historical information above from CWWG.

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This account is from Pte S H Jones 7th Kings who’s death can be seen above, said letter being submitted to the press after his death by his father.

Three Advertiser edits above 7th April 1915.

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Same edition as above April 1915 letters home made good promotion in the local press, nor was Ormskirk alone in this telling the tales of the front.

St Helens, Wigan Warrington each two weekly press avid for news, while been promoting longer with images than The Ormskirk Advertiser.

So the next few weeks its catch up on ‘news from the front’ April – August 1915.

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‘News from the Front’ April 1915.

The Witter family sent four brothers; Robert 7th Kings, John 11th Hussars, William CEF, Thomas Royal Engineers, with a cousin in The Black Watch..

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7th April 1915 this appeared in The Advertiser. Please refer casualty timeline

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David Oswald 10 Kings ( Scottish) Bn. Liverpool Regt.

Son of Farm Bailiff David assistant to his father.

 

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Mid April 1915 the following ‘letters home’ appeared in The Advertiser..

Ernest Farrington 9thBn Kings Liverpool Regt.

 

 

No image of this man

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More from Sgt Robert Witter 7th Kings

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More from Robert Witter 7th Kings Liverpool.

By April 1915 recruitment was dwindling despite some areas holding good, in July Lord Derby invoked his Derby Scheme which ran until March 1916. Even his input did not result in enough men, hence conscription.

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Continuation of April 1915.

14th London (Scottish) Regt The very first territorial infantry battalion in the Ypres Salient 16th September 1914.

‘Pals’

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French Spanish parentage, his father owned Scarisbrick Estate / Hall.

Awarded a Military Cross

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Rfmn Herbert Dutton Phillips 6th Kings ( Rifles) Liverpool Regt.

Foreign Service Declaration of the Territorial Force pre 1914, used in 1914 for all TF enlistments as the TF was originally for home defence when constituted in 1910.

This edit appeared in May 1915

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The four battalions were to land in France November 1915.

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2649 Pte John James Cash. 1/9th Bn Kings Liverpool Regt.

Enlisted 6th October 1914.

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8th May 1915.

18153 Pte Henry Dutton 2bn Kings own Royal Lancaster Regt.

Son of Alexander & Ellen Dutton born Lathom, Lived Prescot Lancs.

Father worked for BICC British Insulated Calender Cables likely at this juncure on war work shell manufacturer. Very Large employer sent many of its workforce to war, whilst a major industry in war work.

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May 9th 1915 saw  local men killed.

1681 Pte Thomas Rawsthorne son of Peter & Elizabeth of Elm Place, Bickerstaffe.

9th Kings Liverpool Ormskirk Territorials.

Elm Place was the most patriotic singular location of the whole distict number of houses per man enlisted.

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May 9th 1915

B/99 Riflleman Robert W Williams.

Son of the late Robert & Jane Williams of Aughton

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10th May 1915.

8388 Rifleman James Marshall 3rd Bn Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Agd 21.

Son of Robert & Mary of Healby Lane, Halsall, Nr Ormskirk

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First week May 1915.

Padre Christopher Chavasse MC

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Second Battle of Ypres ‘First use of gas’.

Pte N W Wickham service file CEF

http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?op=pdf&app=CEF&id=B10339-S056

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May 1915 List of wounded comes to Ormskirk District.

 

Ernest Farrington.

William Ball below

Harry Foster.

Robert Rogers The Aughton Postman

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All Saints Church, Ellamsbridge Road, Sutton, St Helens, Lancashire.

The dead of one village spanning three churches, two Anglican (other St Nicholas0 Roman Catholic, three Welsh Chapel’s.

Sutton, Sutton Oak, Sutton Manor, Sutton Leach.

Thomas Griffiths 4th Kings( Reserve) Bn The Liverpool Regt top of middle panel. Lived 22 Peckers Hill Road, yours trully lived at 24, his brother Percy the Mayor of my town Twice, never been done before of since, he seved 5th South Lancashire’s (Rifles) Bn, Percy married a Belgian Refugee (baked bread made good toast to) neve forget the aroma of bread, coffee, pipe tobacco.

There are names on here who I knocked around with from both faiths, in particular the primary school two hundred yards from the church.. Sutton National School.

Transfixed was a young ten year old on this wonderful piece of history.

Proud of my heritage.

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Fighting the good fight

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Reservist missed out on 1914 Star entering theatre 29th November 1914.  Died of wounds / sickness not as edited medal card,

 

Believed be the son of Henry Thomas & Harriet Sharpe (nee Cobley) Born circa 1879.

Married man to Eliza (Hillock) enlisted 24th July 1901 aged 19.

 

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Brandhoeck New Military Cemetery No 3.

November 2014

2016

Images Richard Houghton

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May 1915 draws to a close with more news of wounded

Merchantile Marine Officer

Robert Witter who has been mentioned before has now been reported wounded.

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An eventful three months of 1915

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First week June 1915.

This caused much irritation in the Ainscough family as you can imagine, while the source leaves more questions than answers as why it came about.

 

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Pilkington is the Glass family St Helens, as with Faircloughs Builders of Warrington who supported and commanded the 4th South Lancashire Regt.

Pilkington were renowned for their subsistence to employee’s family’s, whilst opened a hospital to accept wounded of their employment thus taking a burden share p\aid for by the company.

The ‘Book Now thus, Now Thus’ history of the company spares no neglect by works or colliery to honour the company dead.

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The month of June albeit 1917

See social history for more.

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Buried Boulogne Eastern Cemetery.

 

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Richard Houghton

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May 15th / 19th 1915.

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June 16th 1915.

Sjt William Chas Ormesher 10th Bn Kings Liverpool ( Scottish) 

Born Ormskirk, missing in action, missing from Menin Gate for 87 Years, worse was he was missing from ever existing CWWG, albeit recognised as dead Soldiers Died.

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June continues

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War Memorial Royal Military Academy Sandhurst imaged from Chapel doorway.

May 2015.

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July 1915

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July 1915 continues more letters home appear in the local press.

Holmes Fisher Carter Parbold lads mentioned are Gallipoli

 

Home town man (St Helens) Ormskirk press 5th Suth Lancashires  Major Pilkington 

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Aughton district still July 1915.

Pte J Huyton.

Crompton Bros Joseph mention in Norris letter.

Pte’s E Bradley, J Rimmer no images.

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Nice testimony to Capt Fairclough mentioned some week ago on this thread.

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July 1915

Clergy provided many fighting sons, some of whom took up ‘the calling’ of their fathers after the war was over.

Well known local cricketer 

No image have I ever seen of Tom Gill, nor Price or Winstanley..

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Three brothers one killed.

Belated June 1st 1915.

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28083 Pte Harry Jones 1st Bn the Kings Liverpool Regt

Born Omskirk, lived Chadderton lived there 1911 census with family

He was 46 when killed, been at the front one month, three days.

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Well into July 1915

In Februrary 1916 Signaller Swift came home, he never returned back to theatre due to his wounds…. Lest we forget.

 

In the the same Red Cross Hospital was Thomas Shaw of Ormskirk.

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Not just one son did Lady Florence Bootle Wilbraham lose, but three!

Lady Florence married Lord William Gascoyne-Cecil later to become The Lord Bishop of Exeter. ( seen below top hat)

Lord William.

They had four sons, all served only one was to survive.

First to die.

Followed by.

The fourth and surviving Brother

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Another who would remember every day. 

July 1915 continued.

In January of 1916 he was discharged from Hospital.

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Puchevillers British Cemetery.

Hodgson Walter age 23 19th Bn 6th Aug 1916. Farlow C H 13 Bn 15th Aug 1916. 

Hamilton Gavin 3363 14th 31.Aug 16. John & Mary H of Narracan Victoria, Born Tasmania.

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July 1915 saw the firs news locally of Gallipoli landings.

Pte Price is with 5th Manchesters 42 Inf Division, he departed England in September 1914 for Suez Canal, then on to Gallipoli.

Price makes mention of Holmes & Fisher. Fisher here reporting his mate been badly wounded, as was the case.

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The Grave of Joseph & Sarah Clare, upon which is commemorated their son

Samuel John Clare ‘Boy’ HMS Hogue enlisted at 12 years old kia aged 15.

Sinking of the HMS  Aboukir, Houge, Cressy, was one of the sea disasters of the war.

Grave images and photo of Samuel Clare courtesy of family

 

 

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Enlisted September 1914 19th Kings (3rd City Pals) Bn.

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August 1915 first year of war.

 

 

 

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Gallipoli casualty Skelmersdale

 

As with her sister Florence who lost her youngest of four sons, three of whom died, Lady Barbara lost her husband of 7 months.

Son of Hugh Francis & Rachael Seymour, St Leonards on Sea, Sussex.

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First week of August 1915.

The roll of honour is testimony to the club and its players who served 

Served 6th (Rifles) not 7th

Thompson.

Gilmartin.

Farrington image shown before.

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Gallipoli campaign took it first local casualties..

Halligan born in Skelmersdale mining family lost on Chocolate Hill.

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Burscough also lost its first Gallipoli casualty who could even have been OC of Thomas Halligan. 

Norman Lancaster Wells was one of the three first photographic images on regular basis of The Advertiser. John Hesketh, George Bradley of Aughton the other two

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William Darwin was discharged medically unfit in 1916.

 

 

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August 1915 Sgt Horrocks wrote regular to Mr Halton the schoolmaster

 

While the local press ‘stuck up’ for the navy !

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August 19th edition, Norman Lancaster Wells was reported missing (his death recorded only recently above) It would be twelve months November 1916 before he was confirmed dead, which coincided in the very same paper edition, that of the death of his father.

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Newburgh first casualty. News arrived mid August 1915.

 

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Latter days of August 1915.

Stephen Price 5th Manchester’s.

Silver war badge roll for Stephen Price  this man enlisted 1912 5th Manchester Regt fondly known as the Wigan Territorials commanded by a Wigan Solicitor Henry Darlington who himself lived Parbold next village to Price in Newburgh.

He Price, was discharged under his original four digit number, which suggests (whilst allocated the six digit post 1916 service number as all TF) he never served theatre under that number. In essence those wounds he sustained at Gallipoli were the cause of discharge,

5th Manchester’s did not return to Europe until February 1917.

 

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19158 L’Cpl James Dunn 11th Kings Liverpool Regt.

Ormskirk born lived Skelmersdale.

Died same day and buried alongside Harry Fitzroy Norris of Aughton.

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Harry Fitzroy Norris. An original 11th 1st Service battalion man KI

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Late August 1915

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September 1915.

A service was held for Cyril Ainscough

Previously posted in date order

L’Cpl Dunn left, Cpl Norris right killed by the shell described in the edit.

Continuation of the early days of September 1915.

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September 1915 twelve months of war…

Royal Edward was used to bring Canadian troops to Europe before being used as an internment ship anchored off Southend-on-Sea.

On 28 July 1915, Royal Edward embarked 1,367 officers and men at Avonmouth.^] The majority were reinforcements for the British 29th Infantry Division, with members of the Royal Army Medical Corps. All were destined for Gallipoli. Royal Edward was reported off the Lizard on the evening of 28 July, and had arrived at Alexandria on 10 August, a day after sister ship Royal George had sailed from Devonport. Royal Edward sailed for Mudros on the island of Lemnos, a staging point for the Dardanelles.

On the morning of 13 August, Royal Edward passed the British hospital ship Soudan, heading in the opposite direction. Oberleutnant zur See Heino von Heimburg in the German submarine UB-14 was off the island of Kandeloussa and saw both ships. He allowed Soudan to pass unmolested, and focused his attention on the unescorted Royal Edward some 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Kandelioussa. He launched one of UB-14‘s two torpedoes from about 1 mile (1.6 km) away and hit Royal Edward in the stern. She sank by the stern within six minutes.

Royal Edward was able to get off an SOS before losing power, and Soudan arrived on the scene at 10:00 after making a 180° turn and rescued 440 men in six hours. Two French destroyers and some trawlers rescued another 221. According to authors James Wise and Scott Baron, Royal Edward‘s death toll was 935 and was high because Royal Edward had just completed a boat drill and the majority of the men were below decks re-stowing their equipment.^] Other sources report different numbers of casualties, from 132  to 1,386  or 1,865. An Admiralty casualty list, published in The Times in September 1915, named 13 officers and 851 troops as missing believed drowned, a total of 864 lost, including posthumous Victoria Cross recipient Cuthbert Bromley and footballer Walter Miller.

 

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Week three September 1915

 

Month or more on from the last edit… Wells would remain MIA for months.

Halsall hardly any population. Estates of Blundell, Derby, Casteja all promoted service, sent sons or themselves, farmers followed or upheld the ethos.

 

The Haldane view 1906 First Minister of War Bannerman Liberal Government…. basic common sense. 

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Third week September 1915.

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Thomas Owen emigrated to Canada, enlisted CEF fought at Second Battle of Ypres.

A number of women saw hospital service from the district in its many forms TFNS, VAD, Red Cross.

Yet another Ormskirk Canadian, his elder brother Noel already dead dying of wounds serving 5th South Lancashire Regt.

Capt Frank Wells ( Burscough) brother of Lt Norman Lancaster Wells MIA on Gallipoli. Lost an arm serving in South Africa.

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Last week September 1915.

Joseph Culshaw.

 

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The Battle of Loos saw a significant surge of casualties nationwide and Ormskirk area was no exception.

A monthly publication was produce for the local three libraries, this was done month upon month until December 1918.

By district in order as written, in addition individual publications will be uplifted to acknowledge the men below.

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John Forshaw & Nathan Forshaw not Peter.

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October 1915 The Advertiser newspapers do not exist on film or hard copy Never seen an edition for this month, this occurred again in 1918.

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 The Double Crassiers of Loos from Vimy Ridge Canadian Memorial.

Image Richard Houghton.

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Son of George & Ellen Shuttleworth, born Rainford, Nr St Helens. Soldiers Died has him listed born Ormskirk,, brother James killed at Gallipoli serving 6th South Lancashire’s is listed Soldiers Died as Born Rainford served 1st V B South Lanc’s (Boer War Service)

Listed as Ormskirk by virtue of what he, John stated upon enlistment, born Ormskirk.

Courtesy St Helens Roll of Honour / St Helens Newspaper. Ste M.

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Enlisted 1st September 1914 at Southport an original man of the 12th Bn.           ‘K2’ Second Hundred thousand men. Had served three pre war years with 9th Bn Kings TF.

Thirteen strong family, they are large houses on Knowsley Road.

 

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Born in Burscough 1901/1911 census. Died of wounds 1st November 1915.

Image by Lessaurs Dominique.

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November 1915 was accessible on film circa 2001, later hard copy (upon request) almost one hundred years after it was printed.

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4th November 1915 the Advertiser reported the death of William Gill above less than three days after his death..

Death Telegram Newspaper.

An example of ensuring folk know who’s serving, resonates well with the edit above.

 

Minister of the cloth son.. yet again!  

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Second week November 1915.

Making humour from war.   Hugh Baxter survived.

This appeared week one November 1915.

Editions came out Saturday and Wednesday

Norman Lancaster Wells a well documented Burscough man on this page, was one of the first three, still missing in action November 1915.

George Bradley of Aughton killed at Loos another. Pre war soldier 9 KLR.

John Wilding wounded at Loos was the third of the first three images ever shown.

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The allowing of imaages in The Advertiser resulted in a flurry of images, this the edition following the first three.

Week two continues large edition of war related news.

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The photo appeared belatedly November 1915 of Joseph Johnson who was killed at Loos.

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Last week November 1915.

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Final days of November 1915.

 

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December 1915

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Often forgotten ignored theatre of war.

Publication produced in 2015 for the rolling four year commemoration in four libraries, this for Ormskirk Library. These images prominent December 1915 Advertiser edition, retrospective with Benson who had fallen two months previously.

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December 1915 continues, relatives promote their menfolk. 

13774 Pte Thomas J Higson survived he being an early enlistment 29th August 1914. He was eventually discharged in Decemer.

Late December 1915 the photos many retrospective are offered to the Advertiser It was at relatives behest that these were shown “My man / son shall not be forgotten”

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Rifleman Robt Abram

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This is the conclusion of 1915 the first complete year of The Great War. 1916 will resume on its own page, commencing Monday 10th June. The page will be posted ascending order therefore ending January bottom, December top.