Twenty Five years ago 1999 this began, still denied, still fighting..               Still no Memorial, shamefull.

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Parbold & District War News.

     Inclusive of Bispham, Dalton, Hilldale, Newburgh.

Sub titled  ‘Lest We Forget‘ for our freedoms.

         It will be loaded oldest ‘posting’ bottom, newest top, for easier editing, not in timeline/date sequence, more as I access images pertinent the districts above.     Could be quite a ride.

 

May 1916.

Honourable dishcharge February 1917.

April 1916.

March 1916.

10th February 1916.

 

Advertiser January 23rd 1916

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From Beatrice Slater Scrapbook (courtesy  Micheal Dawson)

December 1915 

  

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       Details on this man will be found in Bispham Roll of Honour Or Hilldale                                                        & Bispham in Parbold Library.                                            

Buried at La Brique Military Cemetery.

Image Richard Houghton.

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December 1915 this account of Gilbert Holmes of Parbold appeared. Lest we forget those who suffered to survive.

 

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5th Manchester Officers 

From September 1914 when they went to Egypt commanded by Lt Col Henry Darlington a Wigan Solicitor later Sir Henry who lived in Parbold.

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Grave of Levi Horrocks, Newburgh Parish Churchyard.

Richard Houghton.   

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Preparatory bombardement The Battle of Loos.

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The only war grave in Our Lady & All Saints. In WW2 a serviceman retained his service number of his parent or original Regiment in which he enlisted.

3446208 Cuthbert Boyers Lancashire Fusiliers.. given his age 32 in 1941, very likley BEF France 1940, subsequently Dunkirk, all is never what you see.

Image Tom Lucas.

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Harry Howden commemorated on his family grave Newburgh Parish Churchyard.

More to be found Parbold WW1 or Lathom Burscough War Memorial pages.

                                                       Lived at The Gables.                                                        Large house as you rise Parbold Hill, large wooden double gates.

No Grave has he, but in Flanders Fields. Tyne Cot Memorial.

               November Dawn 2017, 100 Years the capture of Passchendaele Village.        ‘The Third Battle of Ypres’

Images Battlefield Walker.

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Refer to Lest we Forget or War Memorials Lathom Burscough or Newburgh.

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April 1915. 

 

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Commanding Officer 5th Manchester Regt ( Wigan Territorials) Long serving officer pre 1908 when they were 1st Volunteer Bn Manchester Regt prior to Haldane Reforms 1908/10.

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September 1915 the Derby Armlet to show you have attested for service, or have served then discharged.

Internet image courtesy of Long Long Trail.

 

December 1914.

November 1914.