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9th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
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Those known to have served with9th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers during the Great War 1914-1918. - Airton Robert. Pte (d.4th Oct 1917)
- Beckett James. Pte. (d.6th October 1915)
- Brockhouse Horace. Pte. (d.16th August 1917)
- Brown R.. L/Cpl. (d.12th Jun 1917)
- Crowder John Charles. Pte. (d.4th Sept 1917)
- Day Charles William. Pte. (d.17th Jun 1917)
- Gillan Isaac. Pte. (d.7th Aug 1915)
- Goodall Charles. Pte. (d.11th Oct 1915)
- Hamilton Samuel. Pte. (d.7th July 1916)
- Hammersley John. L/Cpl. (d.7th Aug 1915)
- Harper Frederick. (d.24th Jul 1916)
- Holden Arthur. CQMS (d.30th August 1915)
- Horsfield Lewis John. Pte. (d.26th September 1916)
- Illingworth MM. William.
- Kelly Thomas. Pte.
- Main George William. Pte. (d.4th October 1917)
- Millman Henry. Sgt. (d.16th August 1917)
- Nuttall Harold Eccleston Arthur Victor. Pte. (d.30th Sep 1918)
- Rhodes James. Pte. (d.5th Dec 1916)
- Rourke Thomas. Pte. (d.21st Aug 1915)
- Taylor Thomas. Pte. (d.21st August 1915)
- Tucker J. R. H.. L/Cpl. (d.17th Jun 1917)
- Williams John. WO2.
- Young William Arthur. Pte. (d.4th Oct 1917)
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Pte. William Arthur Young 9th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers (d.4th Oct 1917) William was born 1883 in Bulwell, Nottingham, he enlisted in Doncaster though we don't know yet why, perhaps being a miner he had moved there to work. We have a copy of his medal index card is still intact and at present we are waiting to find out relevant details of his last days via the Lancashire Fusiliers War Diaries. William was killed at Paschendale and is remembered at Tyne Cott, RIP.
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Pte. Thomas Kelly 9th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers All we really know is that Thomas Kelly served in the Dardanelles, and Palestine, and Mesopotamia because I can remember my mother telling me, he brought a cross back from the Middle East. He also served in France.
He was part of the 9th Lancashire Fusiliers which was part of the 34th Brigade Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in 1915.
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Pte. Horace Brockhouse 9th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers (d.16th August 1917) Horace Brockhouse was initially with the Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and the Yorkshire Regiment, but then co-opted into the Lancashire Fusiliers. He is commemorated at the Tyne Cot War Memorial.
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Pte. Isaac Gillan 9th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers (d.7th Aug 1915) Isaac Gillan was killed in action in the Gallipoli Campaign on 7th of Aug 1915 less than a month after disembarking on 11th of July 1915. He was awarded Victory, British and 15 Star medals. Isaac was a cab driver previous to this and left behind his wife, Gertrude Gillan (Nee Lloyd), and children in the Miles Platting region of Manchester.
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Pte. Thomas Rourke 9th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers (d.21st Aug 1915) My Grandpa's Uncle, Tom Rourke, who was very dear to him, was killed in action during the Balkans Campaign WW1. We honour his memory.
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Sgt. Henry Millman 9th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers (d.16th August 1917) Sgt Henry Millman was formerly 5980 Pte East Yorks in Boer War. Ent QSA KSA.
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Pte. Thomas Taylor 9th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers (d.21st August 1915) Thomas Taylor was my grandmother's brother and was born in Darlaston, Staffordshire. He fought in the Battle of Gallipoli and the family received a telegram to say that their son/brother was wounded and missing, presumed dead. His body was never found but his name is listed on the Helles Memorial at Gallipoli, Canakkale, Turkey: Panel 58 to 72 or 218 to 219.
Remembered with love, pride and respect by his great-niece. On behalf of all your family, RIP uncle Tom, we honour your name with pride.
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Pte. James Rhodes 9th Btn Lancashire Fusiliers (d.5th Dec 1916) James Rhodes was born in January 1892 in Bredbury, Cheshire to Catherine (nee Hunter), age 34, and Thomas Rhodes, age 30. James's father, Thomas, was a building contractor and publican. In 1911 James was 19 and worked as a boot-maker and clogger in Bredbury and, by the time he signed up, his family were resident at the Craven Heifer Inn. Catherine is known to have died on 24 May 1913, aged 56. Thomas died only a few days before his son, on 30 November 1916, aged 58. They are buried locally in St Chad’s Churchyard and their headstone also includes the inscription “In loving memory of James, their son, who was killed in action in France, Dec. 5th 1916, aged 24 years (at rest in a far off grave)â€.
James originally enlisted into the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry (service number 22470). However, this does not appear on his medal entitlement records at the National Archives, confirming that he never served abroad with the KSLI. No doubt, he was transferred to the Fusiliers when he had completed his training.
After a period in reserve, the Fusiliers moved back into the front line near the French village of Thiepval on 1st of December 1916. The village was in the centre of the Somme battlefield that had been the scene of so much fighting throughout the summer and autumn. Eventually the British had made headway, but at a very high cost in lives and the major attacks had petered out in November. The Battalion’s War Diary for the 4th & 5th December records only “Quiet on our frontâ€. Quiet would always be a relative term and the British lines would always be subject to sniper and artillery fire. This day was no exception and eight men, including James, were killed.
James Rhodes is listed as a private in the 9th Battalion of the Lancashire Fusiliers (37309) who was 'killed in action' in France and Flanders on 5 Dec 1916. The Division engaged in various actions on the Western Front including the capture of the Wundt-Werk (Wonder Work), the Battle of Flers-Courcelette and the Battle of Thiepval.
James's body was not found and he is remembered by an inscription on the Thiepval Memorial.
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Pte. John Charles Crowder 9th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers (d.4th Sept 1917) Charlie Crowder of Macclesfield was my great grandmother's brother. After the Battle of Langemarck during the 'down time' in Dirty Bucket Camp, he was one of the fourteen from the 9th Battalion who were killed in a German air raid in the early morning. He was buried among those 13 brothers at Gwalia War Cemetery in Belgium. Fortunately, I, someone with high respect for such a man, have possession of his victory medal from the war. It is a treasured possession of mine. RIP Charlie.
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WO2. John Williams 9th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers John Williams served with the 9th Lancashire Fusiliers.
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Pte. Charles Goodall 9th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers (d.11th Oct 1915) Charles Goodall died at Gallipoli
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Pte. Harold Eccleston Arthur Victor Nuttall 9th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers (d.30th Sep 1918) My great uncle Harold Nuttall was born on 30th June 1883 in Haslingden, Lancashire. His parents were James Thomas Kay Nuttall and Isabella Eccleston, he was one of 10 children.
He enlisted in Lancashire Fusiliers but have no idea when. The only record I have of him is that he died on 30 September 1918 and is buried Chapel Corner Cemetery, Sauchy-Lestree. Would really like to know where he fought and how he died. Did he take part in the Battle of the Somme ??
Editor's Note:
Sauchy-Lestrée was captured by the 56th (London) Division on 27th September 1918 and the cemetery was made and used by fighting units during the following five weeks.
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