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Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

1/4th Battalion

LOYAL NORTH LANCASHIRE REGIMENT

164th Brigade / 55th (West Lancashire) Division

 

26th July : Happy Valley.

Late July-Early August : Tours in line near Arrow Head Copse.

5th-6th August : Attacks near Arrow Head Copse.

6th August : Near Carnoy.

7th August : Trônes Wood.

8th August : Attack of Guillemont.

9th August : Carnoy.

14th August : Mericourt.

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6th September : Fricourt area.

7th September : Delville Wood.

9th September : Attack of Hop Alley and Ale Alley.

12th September : Fricourt area.

13th September : Ribemont.

17th September : Fricourt.

24th September : Near Flers.

26th September : Gird Trench near Gueudecourt.

27th September : Gird Support.

29th September : Dernancourt.

 

161 names

2244    Corporal

Albert

ASKEW

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4000    Private

Lawrence

BAINES

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

201720    Private

Eli

BALL

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

201471     Private

Walter Wilson

BARNISH

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

3914    Private

George

BAXENDALE

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2299    Private

David

BEAVER

Died of wounds on the 8th August 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

4400     Private

Richard

BILSBOROUGH

Killed in action on the 2nd August 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

200073    Private

Hugh

BRADSHAW

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

200279    Corporal

Harold

BRIDGE

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3913    Private

Harry

BRIERLEY

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2225    Private

James

BRIGGS

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916 - Age 32

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

201770    Private

James

CASTLE

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2052    Private

Joseph

CHADWICK

Died of wounds on the 31st July 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

202770     Private

James

CHAPMAN

Killed in action on the 26th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3842     Private

John Charles

CHAPMAN

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4017    Private

Thomas Arthur

CHARNLEY

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2575     Lance Corporal

James

CLOUGH

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

202740     Private

Sidney

COLLIER

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

3398    Private

Harold

CORLESS

Died of wounds on the 2nd October 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

4873     Private

Edward George

COSTELLO

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

201182    Private

Robert

COXHEAD

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15    Private

James

CRABTREE

Died of wounds on the 21st August 1916

Rest in peace in Preston (New Hall Lane) Cemetery

 

200762     Lance Corporal

John

CRANE

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Captain

Reginald Swithun

DE BLABY

Died of wounds on the 9th August 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

1592     Sergeant

Fred

DEVEY

Died of wounds on the 9th August 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

2567    Lance Corporal

Albert

DICKINSON

Killed in action on the 3rd August 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

202122    Private

Sydney Bramwell

DOBSON

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

201785    Private

Henry

DOWDING

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6125     Private

Walter Lloyd

DOYNE

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6273     Private

Fred

DRAPER

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 18

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6276     Private

Herbert

DUCKWORTH

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

200546     Private

Ernest

DUNDERDALE

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

4544     Private

Fred

ECCLES

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

4397     Private

William James

EGAN

Died of wounds on the 26th September 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

201171     Private

Richard

ELLIOTT

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3708     Private

William

ELLITHORN

Killed in action on the 15th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

201450     Private

John Francis

ENGLISH

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4420     Private

William

FAIRCLOUGH

Died of wounds on the 19th September 1916

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

Second Lieutenant

Edward Frederick

FALBY

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

202030     Corporal

William Arthur

FARRALL

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4157    Private

Walter

FORD

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1445     Private

Edward

FOSTER

Died of wounds on the 7th August 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

202773     Private

Thomas

GIBSON

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

2246    Private

Alfred

GIDLOW

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

201226     Private

Fred

GRIME

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Albert Edward

HAGUE

Killed in action on the 5th August 1916 - Age 30

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

253     Private

James

HALEY

Died of wounds on the 11h September 1916 - Age 31

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

200604     Corporal

Harry

HALL

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Sucrerie Military Cemetery

 

200058    Private

Henry

HALL

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5015    Private

John

HALLIWELL

Killed in action on the 19th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

202803    Private

Frank

HARGREAVES

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6222     Private

John Henry

HARGREAVES

Died of wounds on the 3rd October 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Burnley Cemetery

 

2198    Private

Peter

HARRISON

Royal Army Medical Corps

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

200235    Corporal

Albert

HARTLEY

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6301    Private

Arthur

HARVEY

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

1618    Corporal

George William

HAWKESWORTH

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

201557    Private

Harry

HESMONDHALGH

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

202856    Private

Seth

HEY

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

780     Lance Corporal

Edward

HILL

Died of wounds on the 25th August 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Liverpool (Anfield) Cemetery

 

202891     Private

Arthur Josiah

HINSLEY

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

6223    Private

Herbert

HITCHON

Died of wounds on the 13th September 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

201486    Private

James

HOGG

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

201143     Private

William

HOLDEN

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

4890    Private

James Henry

HOPE

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

4454    Private

Richard

HORNBY

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3396    Lance Sergeant

Thomas

HORSFIELD

Killed in action on the 29th September 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Dartmoor Cemetery

 

6279    Private

John Robert

HOWARTH

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4635    Private

Frederick William Duncan

HOWE

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Bernafay Wood British Cemetery

 

1681    Private

Richard

HOYLE

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4891    Private

Herbert

HUMPHREYS

Died of wounds on the 28th September 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

200063    Sergeant

Joseph

HURLEY

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

202762    Lance Corporal

Horace

INGLE

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 41

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

201026    Private

Joseph

INGRAM

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

201125    Lance Corporal

John

JACKSON

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

2264    Lance Corporal

William

JOHNSON

Killed in action on the 1st August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3929    Private

John

KELLETT

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3962    Private

Robert

KIRBY

Killed in action on the 3rd August 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

202859    Private

James

KIRK

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

202757    Private

Albert

KNOTT

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

202031    Lance Corporal

Charles

LARKIN

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3252    Private

Arthur

LAW

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

202068    Private

John

LEE

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4900    Private

John

LEWTAS

Killed in action on the 29th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Captain

Henry

LINDSAY, MC

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

201473    Private

John

MARSDEN

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

202846    Private

Tom

MARTIN

Killed in action on the 8th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

201632    Private

James

MAYOR

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1985    Corporal

Richard

McCULLOUGH

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

200664    Private

Joseph

McGOVERN

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2320    Private

John

MONCUR

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4237    Private

Stewart

MORLEY

Killed in action on the 4th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5195    Private

Richard Parr

MORRIS

Died in service on the 29th July 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Bray-sur-Somme Communal Cemetery

 

218    Private

Harold

MORRIS

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2972    Private

Robert

MOSS

Killed in action on the 5th August 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1467    Sergeant

Reginald

NIXON

Died of wounds as POW on the 23rd August 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Niederzwehren Cemetery

 

1666    Sergeant

John William

NUTTALL

Died of wounds on the 11th September 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

 

201660    Private

Walter

O'BRIEN

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Rest in peace in Bernafay Wood British Cemetery

 

6319    Private

Charles Francis

O'NEILL

Killed in action on the 29th September 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Longueval Road Cemetery

 

202774    Private

Isaac

OGDEN

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

6261    Private

John Thomas

OLDFIELD

Died of wounds on the 20th September 1916

Rest in peace in Dartmoor Cemetery

 

202739    Private

Oliver

ORMROD

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

200121    Sergeant

Ernest

OULDCOTT

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1586    Private

William

PARK

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

4337    Private

Joseph

PARKINSON

Killed in action on the 7th August 1916

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

202759    Private

Ernest

PINNER

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

202078    Private

Alex

PRESTON

Died of wounds on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

William Edward

PYKE

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

202080    Private

Fred

RAY

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Captain

Edward Marmaduke

RENNARD

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1952    Private

Henry

RICHARDSON

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2854    Lance Corporal

John Thomas

RIGBY

Killed in action on the 5th August 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1440     Private

John

RILEY

Died of wounds on the 9th August 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

 

4307    Private

James

ROBINSON

Died of wounds on the 8th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6252     Private

Percy

ROBINSON

Died of wounds on the 12th September 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

3819    Lance Corporal

William

ROBINSON

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

301     Sergeant

William Bertram

ROGERSON, MM, served as BETTLEY

Died of wounds on the 10th October 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Ste Marie Cemetery

 

1434    Sergeant

George

SEDDON

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

93    Private

Thomas

SEDWICK

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1663     Sergeant

Arthur

SEED

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

200344    Corporal

Hugh

SEED

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5007    Private

Herbert

SHANLEY

Died of wounds on the 12th August 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

1140    Sergeant

John

SHARPLES

Killed in action on the 2nd August 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

1144     Private

Richard Norcross

SHARPLES

Died of wounds on the 11th September 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

 

200227    Corporal

Walter

SHARPLES

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1578    Private

John

SLATER

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

201780    Private

Ernest

SMITH

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

200072    Corporal

James

SMITH

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

3052    Private

Thomas Andrew

STRICKLAND

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6148    Private

John

SUTCLIFFE

Died of wounds on the 16th September 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

4643    Private

John

SWINDLEHURST

Killed in action on the 28th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

201817    Private

William

TAYLOR

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 35

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

202824    Private

Willie

TENNANT

Killed in action on the 26th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

201041    Private

Sidney

THEXTON

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

200882    Lance Corporal

Thomas

TINSLEY

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

202118    Private

Richard

TODD

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

201788    Private

William

TURNER

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

202755    Private

James Robert

WALKDEN

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1720    Company Sergeant Major

Thomas

WAREING

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

201721    Private

Sydney

WATERWORTH

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4470    Private

John

WEATHERSTONE

Killed in action on the 3rd August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3985    Private

John

WHARTON

Died of wounds on the 25th September 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

202875    Private

Thomas

WHINNEY

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1149    Private

Richard

WILKINSON

Died of wounds on the 23rd August 1916

Rest in peace in Longridge (St Wilfrid) Rom. Cath. Church.

 

3249    Private

Richard

WILKINSON

Died of wounds on the 11th September 1916

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

 

4501    Private

George

WILLAN

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

202919    Private

David Hanna

WILLIAMS

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

2963    Private

Frank

WILLIAMS

Killed in action on the 29th September 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

200236    Sergeant

Moyrah Cyril

WILLIAMSON

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in London Cemetery and Extension

 

202098    Private

John

WILSON

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

201694     Private

Joseph

WILSON

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3551    Private

Michael

WINN

Killed in action on the 3rd October 1916

Rest in peace in Carnoy Military Cemetery

 

6113    Private

Thomas

WINSTANLEY

Killed in action on the 28th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

201456    Private

Edward

WOODHOUSE

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

201046    Lance Corporal

William

WOODRUFF

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6312    Private

Richard

WOOTTEN

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Bernafay Wood British Cemetery

 

202138    Private

Frank

WORSLEY

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

200505    Private

Albert

WORTHINGTON

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

202362    Private

James

WORTHINGTON

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

4293    Private

Arthur

WRIGHT

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

8201    Lance Sergeant

William Henry

WRIGLEY

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 37

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

 

201206    Private

George Harold

YULL

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Thiepval Memorial

99

Delville Wood Cemetery

21

Heilly Station Cemetery

7

Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

6

Bernafay Wood British Cemetery

3

Peronne Road Cemetery

3

Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

2

Dartmoor Cemetery

2

Dive Copse British Cemetery

2

Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension

1

Bray-sur-Somme Communal Cemetery

1

Burnley Cemetery

1

Carnoy Military Cemetery

1

Etaples Military Cemetery

1

La Neuville British Cemetery

1

Liverpool (Anfield) Cemetery

1

Longridge (St Wilfrid) Roman Catholic Churchyard

1

London Cemetery and Extension

1

Longueval Road Cemetery

1

Niederzwehren Cemetery

1

Preston (New Hall Lane) Cemetery

1

Serre Road Cemetery n°2

1

St Sever Cemetery

1

Ste Marie Cemetery

1

Sucrerie Military Cemetery

1

MEN SERVING IN AN OTHER UNIT

202397    Private

John

HATCH

8th Loyal North Lancashire

Killed in action on the 26th August 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

5247    Private

Henry

HOWARTH

8th Loyal North Lancashire

Killed in action on the 27th August 1916 - Age 32

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

202175    Private

Henry

ROBINSON

8th Loyal North Lancashire

Killed in action on the 28th August 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial