Ministry of Defence
Lest We Forget
The Royal British Legion
| Ministry of Defence |
Lest We Forget |
The Royal British Legion |
|
|
No
photograph currently available |
Photograph
required please |
| ALSTON | Dixon |
Rifleman
Y/1697, 3rd Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action
9 March 1915. Aged 27. Born 13 May 1875, and enlisted, Clitheroe.
Baptised 6 June 1875 at St Mary Magdalene, Clitheroe, Lancashire,
son of James Alston and Margaret, of Clitheroe. Siblings Elizabeth;
James; William; Thomas (below). Throstl(?) Room Labourer, resident
106, St. Paul's Street, Low Moor, Clitheroe, in 1911 census. Church
of England. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL,
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 51 and 53. See also Manchester
CWS Shopfitting Department |
| ALSTON | Thomas | Rifleman
R/3996, 8th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action
3 May 1917. Aged 32. Born and enlisted Clitheroe. Son of James and
Margaret Alston. Siblings Elizabeth; James; William; Dixon (above).
Cotton Weaver in 1911 Census. Church of England. No known grave.
Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7. See
also Manchester
CWS Shopfitting Department |
| BOWKER | Robert |
Private
11819, 6th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Killed in action
in Mesopotamia 3 December 1917. Aged 32. Born and enlisted Clitheroe.
Son of Robert and Margaret (nee Murphy) Bowker, married 1875 in
the Clitheroe area. Siblings John; Mary Alice; Ellen; Michael; Margaret;
Joseph. Address as given - 8 Primrose Street, Clitheroe. Rejoining
his old regiment as a time served reservist in September, 1914,
but now in the 6th Battalion, Robert had only one break, in April,
1916, between enlisting in 1914 and his death in 1917 almost three
years later 6th Battalion was a service battalion formed in Preston
in August 1914 as part of Kitchener's First Army and came under
the command of 38th Brigade, 13th (Western) Division. Moving to
Lucknow Barracks in Tidworth by January 1915, they were later to
be found in Winchester before moving to Alma Barracks at Aldershot
in February, 1915. Sailing from Avonmouth on 16th June, 1915, the
division landed at Mudros on 4th July ready to move to Gallipoli;
landing at Gallipoli on 7th July. No known grave. Commemorated on
BASRA MEMORIAL, Iraq. Panel 19. See also Manchester
CWS Shopfitting Department |
| DAVIES | Joseph Samuel | Private
200402, 1/4th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Died of wounds
28 June 1917 when the Germans released gas shells as the regiment
was being relieved: they did this periodically throughout the war.
Aged 26. Born West Bromwich, Staffordshire, enlisted Clitheroe.
Son of Joseph and Rebecca (nee Elcock) Davies, married 1888 West
Bromwich. Siblings Lily Husband of Margaret (nee Taylor) Davies,
married 1912 in Clitheroe area. Issue Harry Johnson. Address as
given 130, Bawdlands, Clitheroe. Before enlistment, Joseph worked
at the C.W.S. farm at Chaigley. Buried in RUYAULCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot/Row/Section C. Grave 22. See also Manchester
CWS Shopfitting Department |
| DURHAM | Joseph |
Private
1441, East lancashire Regiment. Died from gunshot wounds to lung
after 10 months 25 March 1916. Son of Christopher and Bridget (nee
Groke) Durham. Siblings James; Patrick; John; Catherine; Thomas;
Margaret. Resident Brownlow Street, Clitheroe. Joseph was wounded
during an early battle in Gallipoli. 42nd (East Lancashire) Division.
He worked for the Co-Operative Society at their piggeries farm at
Chaigley before he enlisted. In 1911 he was a labourer at a cement
works. Buried in North-East part of CLITHEROE (ST. JOSEPH'S) ROMAN
CATHOLIC CEMETERY, Lancashire. Also commemorated on St Michael and
St Johns' Memorial. See also Manchester
CWS Shopfitting Department |
| FELL | James | Rifleman
Y/1692, 3rd Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Died of wounds
13 May 1915. Aged 32. Born and enlisted Clitheroe. Son of James
and Elizabeth (nee Slater) Fell, married 1865 in Clitheroe area.
Siblings Mary Ann; Rachel; Benjamin; William; Margaret; Thomas;
Ellen; Elizabeth; John. Husband of Mary Elizabeth Taylor (nee Cardess,
formerly Fell), of Corporation Yard, Clitheroe, Lancs, married 1912
in the Clitheroe area. Formerly of 20 Taylor Street, Clitheroe.
In 1911 census he was a weaver in a cotton mill, unmarried. No known
grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 51 and 53. See also Manchester
CWS Shopfitting Department |
| HITCHEN | Thomas |
[Spelt
HITCHIN on memorial] Lance Corporal 11764, 1st Battalion, Coldstream
Guards. Killed in action at the Battle of Cambrai 27 November 1917.
Aged 34. Born Low Moor, Lancashire, enlisted Clitheroe. Son of the
late Benjamin and Margaret (nee Silverwood) Hitchen, of 37, Mitchell
St., Clitheroe, married 1880 in the Clitheroe area. Siblings Benjamin;
Harold; Margaret Elizabeth. Husband of Mary Topping (nee Taylor,
formerly Hitchen), of 8, Mytton View, Clitheroe, Lancs. No known
grave. Commemorated on CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL, Nord, France.
Panel 2. See also Manchester
CWS Shopfitting Department |
| HULLAND | Peter |
Please note the CWGC and SDGW have his service no. as 30870 but his dog tag and medal card read 30876. Photograph Copyright © Carol Pearson 2009 |
 |
||
| LOYND | James |
Rifleman
Y/1426, 10th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps attached Machine
Gun Corps. Killed in action 26 June 1916. Aged 19. Born St. James,
Clitheroe, enlisted Clitheroe. Son of Fred and Margaret (nee Marsden)
Loynd, married 18 April 1896 in St. Mary Magdalene, Clitheroe. Siblings
(Phoebe- died in infancy) Phoebe; Nellie; Margaret; Annie. Address
as given 47, Hothersall Square, Clitheroe. In 1911 census he was
a Labourer. Buried in VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot III. Row C. Grave 15.
See also Manchester
CWS Shopfitting Department |
| PARK | Charles | Private
51899, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) formerly 4234, Reserve Cavalry.
Died on service as German P.O.W. 31 October 1918. Aged 25. Born
and enlisted Clitheroe. Son of Charles and Anne Bella (nee Elliott,
formerly Foster) Park, married 26 October 1889 in St. Mary Magdalene,
Clitheroe. Siblings Eliza; Annabella. Step-brothers James Hamilton
Foster; William Frederick Foster; Robert Henry Foster. Address as
given 3, St. Paul's Street, Clitheroe. In 1911 census employed as
a Cotton Weaver. Buried in LA LOUVIERE TOWN CEMETERY, La Louviere,
Hainaut, Belgium. Plot/Row/Section B. Grave 17. See also Manchester
CWS Shopfitting Department |
| RAWLINSON | Edmund [Porter] aka Teddy |
[Listed
as died of wounds on memorial] Private 2762, 1/4th Battalion, East
Lancashire Regiment. Killed in action at Gallipoli by sniper's bullet
wounds (possibly during Battle of Krithia Vineyard) 11 August 1915.
Aged 18. Born and enlisted Clitheroe. Son of Frederick John and
Grace (nee Geldard) Rawlinson, of 27, Victoria St., Clitheroe, Lancs,
married 3 September 1894 in St James, Clitheroe. Siblings Hugh.
Address as given 8a Bonnygrass, Clitheroe. Employed by the Co- Operative
Society. Buried in LANCASHIRE LANDING CEMETERY, Turkey. Plot/Row/Section
G. Grave 39. See also Manchester
CWS Shopfitting Department |
| THOMAS | William [Brown] |
[There
are 2 entries on SDGW for the same man] Sapper 396457, 5th Field
Squadron, Royal Engineers attached to 5th Cavalry Division. Died
on service in Egypt 30 October 1918. Aged 29. Born and resident
Clitheroe, enlisted Blackburn. Son of Thomas and Alice (nee Brown)
Thomas, of 18, Wilkin Square, Clitheroe, Lancs, married 1891 in
the Hyndburn area. Siblings Sarah Alice; Daniel Thomas; James Richard
Hamby (also fell); Violet; Alice. Address as given 18, Wilkin Square,
Clitheroe. William was employed by the Co-Operative Society. Buried
in ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Section C. Grave
108. Also commemorated on St. Michael and St. Johns' Memorial. See
also Manchester
CWS Shopfitting Department |
Last updated 3 April, 2026
 War Memorials Trust |
Main
page  Commonwealth War Graves Commission Copyright © Roll-of-Honour.com 2002- | GDPR Cookies Email: webmaster@roll-of-honour.com |
|
Private
30876, 2/5th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Killed in action
27 November 1917. Aged 23. Born Forton, enlisted Clitheroe. Husband
of Maggie Hulland, of 8, Union St., Low Moor, Clitheroe. Peter
left Forton to work at Low Moor Farm, Clitheroe, before becoming
a time keeper for the Co-Operative Wholesale Society at Chaigley
Farm a few miles from Clitheroe. Buried in TYNE COT CEMETERY,
Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row A. Grave 3.
See also