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4th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
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Pte. Herbert Hitchon 4th Btn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment (d.13th Sep 1916) Herbert Hitchon died on the 13th of September 1916, aged 24. Buried in the Etaples Military Cemetery in France, he was the son of John Robert and Mary Jane Hitchon, of 6 Watson St., Burnley, Lancs. Native of Burnley
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Pte. John Oldfield 4th Btn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment (d.20th Sep 1916) John Oldfield was killed in action on the 20th of September 1916, aged 20. Buried in Dartmoor cemetery in France, he was the nephew of Mrs. I. Basnett, of 4 Aqueduct St., Burnley
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Pte. Henry Cross 9th Btn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment (d.6th August 1917) Henry Cross originally joined the 4th Battalion of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment on 22nd November 1915 at the age of Eighteen.
He was wounded on the 25th of September 1916 with gun shot wounds in both the left arm and right thigh. He was then transferred to the 9th Battalion on 25th of June 1917 and was killed on the field 42 days later in Belgium.
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Pte. Tom Victor Hall 4th Btn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment (d.15th Jun 1915) Tom Hall was born in Rotherham, Yorkshire, to Sarah and John Hall in 1893. He signed up in September 1914 and was an engineer mechanic.
He was missing in action and later declared dead as his body was never found.
He is memorialised on the Le Touret memorial, Pas de Calais, France. His brother John, also fell.
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L/Cpl. Daniel Dickinson 4th Btn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment (d.7th Apr 1917) Dan Dickinson died of wounds received in France. He was a Lance Corporal in the 4th Battalion of the Loyal North Lancs. He was the fiance of my great-aunt Lily Heath. She never got over his death and remained a spinster up until her death in 1975.
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Pte. Frank Graves 11th (Lonsdale) Btn. Border Regiment My father, Frank Graves was transferred from Lonsdale Battallion of the Border Regiment to the 4th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment on 30th of March 1918.
I don't know the circumstances but it would be interesting to find out.
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Pte. Edward Bradshaw 4th Btn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment (d.26th Oct 1918) Edward Bradshaw was the son of Robinson and Rebecca Bradshaw, of 68, Railway Terrace, Padiham, Burnley. He died of pneumonia 26th October 1918 whilst a prisoner, aged 21 and is buried in the Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany.
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Spr. John Booth 171st Tunneling Coy. Royal Engineers (d.6th Nov 1917) John Booth, born 1870, was a miner at Coppull, Lancashire and was married with four children.
He enlisted initially in the 1/4th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment and served in France and Belgium. He was gassed, sent to Scotland to recuperate, thence to the South of England. John was seconded to the RE (171st TC) He was killed by shellfire, and is buried at Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery in Belgium, he was 47 years old.
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Spr. John Booth 171st Tunnelling Company Royal Engineers (d.6th Nov 1917) The following is the memorial to him by the town of Chorley.
John Booth enlisted in the 1/4th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment (svc no.156). He served in France and Belgium, in October 1915 was gassed. He was then sent to Scotland, then the South of England to recuperate. By this time he had been seconded to the Royal Engineers and joined the 171st Tunneling Company. He is buried at Vlamertinghe.
He was in civilian life a coal miner at one of the many pits near Coppul
in Lancashire. Six weeks after returning to the 171st, John was killed by a shell, about a mile behind the lines. He was aged 47 years. He left a widow and four children.
In passing, - one of his sons, my Grandfather Alex, also joined the Loyals, was wounded twice and finished the war in the South Wales Borderers.
My French Grandfather served in the 233 Regiment d'Infantrie served on the Somme, and Verdun.
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Pte. Edward Bradshaw 1/4th Btn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment (d.26th Oct 1918) Edward Bradshaw served with the 1/4th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment during WW1 and died of pneumonia on the 26th October 1918 whilst a prisoner of war, aged 21. He is buried in the Cologne Southern Cemetery in Germany.
He was the son of Robinson and Rebecca Bradshaw, of 68, Railway Terrace, Padiham, Burnley.
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Pte. Herbert Arnold Bleakledge 1/4th Btn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment (d.16th Jun 1915) Herbert Arnold Bleakledge 1469 was killed at the side of my Dad, Thomas Mc Clelland 1452 Loyal North Lancs on the 16th of June 1915 at Festubert. My Dad crawled out under sniper fire after the Battle to see if Arnold was still alive but he had been killed instantly. My dad got Arnold's gold watch and after the war gave it to Arnold's mother. My uncle, who I never met was also along side Arnold when he was killed and this haunted him all his life because they were all close pals.
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2nd Lt. A. H. Stretch 4th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regt. I have in my possession an id. disc for A.H.Stretch.one side shows Sgt.A.H.Stretch5820 10th.Liverpool Scottish.The reverse shows 2nd.L.T A.H.Stretch 4Th.L.N.L. I found no records in C.W.G.C.so I assume he survived the Great War.I found no record of medal awards.Would love to know some details of this man.Perhaps make contact with his decendants if possible.
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