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7th Battalion, Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment
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Those known to have served with7th Battalion, Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. - Bonnie Joseph. Pte. (d.15th Nov 1916)
- Ellison Ernest. Pte.
- Fyfe Joseph Kelsall. Pte. (d.31st July 1917)
- Fyfe Joseph Kelsall. Pte. (d.31st Jul 1917)
- Harden Richard Townley. Pte. (d.7 Jun 1917)
- Hughes George E.. L/Cpl. (d.23rd Nov 1916)
- Knagg George. Pte. (d.17th September 1915)
- Miller VC. James. Pte. (d.30th July 1916)
- Morear G.. Pte. (d.11th Jun 1917)
- Smalley Percy Harold. L/Cpl. (d.31st Jul 1916)
- Smith A.. Pte. (d.13th Jun 1917)
- Whelan James William. Pte. (d.11th July 1916)
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Pte. James Miller VC. 7th Btn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment (d.30th July 1916) James Miller died of wounds on the 30th of July 1916 and is buried in the Dartmoor Cemetery in France.
An extract from The London Gazette, No. 29740, dated 8th Sept., 1916, records the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery. His Battalion was consolidating a position after its capture by assault. Private Miller was ordered to take an important message under heavy shell and rifle fire and to bring back a reply at all costs. He was compelled to cross the open, and on leaving the trench was shot almost immediately in the back, the bullet coming out through his abdomen. In spite of this, with heroic courage and self-sacrifice, he compressed with his hand the gaping wound in his abdomen, delivered his message, staggered back with the answer and fell at the feet of the officer to whom he delivered it. He gave his life with a supreme devotion to duty."
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Pte. George Knagg 7th Btn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment (d.17th September 1915) George Knagg was born on 28th March 1880 at Collyhurst in Manchester. His
occupation was a cotton dyer at Murray's Mill in Ancoats, Manchester.
George married Emma Louisa Sapseid on 28th May 1903. By 1913 there were six children, the youngest was only 20 months old at the date of George's death.
His widow never remarried, dying in 1967 at the age of 86. Apparently, she remained fiercely loyal to his memory and liked to be known as "Mrs George Knagg".
A younger brother was killed on the Somme in 1916 and George's brother-in-law was lost in 1918. Another brother, in the RAMC survived and was awarded the DCM in January 1916 for conspicuous gallantry.
One cousin survived, but came home badly burnt and as an amputee. Another brother-in-law also survived, but had been subjected to a gas attack and lived as a semi-invalid, dying in 1926. I think of them all often.
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Pte. James William Whelan 7th Btn. Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment (d.11th July 1916) James Whelan served with the 7th Btn. Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment.
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L/Cpl. George E. Hughes 7th Btn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment (d.23rd Nov 1916) George Hughes was executed for desertion, 23/11/1916 and buried in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, Warloy-Baillon, France.
Believed to have been a volunteer, and it is known that he deserted on the Somme. It is assumed that he was shot on 23rd November, but few records exist relating to him.
He was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Hughes of 8 Ernest Street, Great Ancoats, Manchester.
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