17th April 2020

4 Revisions

17/04/1915 Private Alexander Buchanan (Age 19) “A” Coy. 1st Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘9549’ Panel 19 – 22. Son of Alexander and Mary Benjamin Buchanan, of “Tower View,” Gill’s Lane, Pensby, Birkenhead.

17/04/1915 Private Michael Burke DCM 2nd Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘12241’ Panel 19 – 22.

17/04/1915 Private Charles Robert Henry Griffiths (Age 23) 1st Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘8991’ Panel 19 – 22. Native of Birkenhead. Son of John F. and Elizabeth Griffiths, of 15, Washington St., Liverpool.

17/04/1915 Private Joseph Kelly 1st Bn. Tuileries British Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘9834’ Sp. Mem. E. 15.

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17/04/1915 Lance Corporal Walter Rowland 1st Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘12253’ Panel 19 – 22.

17/04/1915 Private John Thompson (Age 32) 2nd Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘8515’ Panel 19 – 22. Son of Mrs. Hannah Haddock.

17/04/1915 Private Percy Edward Tiddy (Age 29) 5th Bn. Ramparts Cemetery, Lille Gate, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘2328’ D. 34. Son of Thomas and Hannah Elizabeth Tiddy, of 113, Foregate St., Chester. Master Draper. Volunteered for Active Service in Sept., 1914.

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17/04/1915 Private William Joseph Williams 1st Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘9937’ Panel 19 – 22.

17/04/1916 Private Samuel Hatton (Age 28) 9th Bn. Merville Communal Cemetery, Nord France. ‘11974’ VI. P. 17. Husband of Sarah Alice Molloy (formerly Hatton), of 8, Bealey St., Crossley St., Gorton, Manchester.

1916 17/04/1916 Private Thomas Slack 8th Bn. Basra Memorial, Iraq. ‘11179’ Panel 14 and 62.

17/04/1917 Private Arthur Didsbury Depot Davenham (St. Wilfrid) Churchyard, Cheshire United Kingdom. ‘12355’ New. 472. Husband of Frances Louisa Didsbury, of 117, London Rd., Northwich. (pic findagrave.com – with thanks)

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17/04/1917 Corporal John Marshall 16th Bn. Vadencourt British Cemetery, Maissemy, Aisne France. ‘20939’ III. B. 1D.

17/04/1917 Private Arthur Lloyd Parry 1st Bn. Villers Station Cemetery, Villers-Au-Bois, Pas de Calais France. ‘49786’ X. A. 8.

17/04/1917 Private William George Perks 10th Bn. Tancrez Farm Cemetery, Hainaut Belgium. ‘21681’ II. H. 4.

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17/04/1918 Private Joseph Beard (Age 25) 9th Bn. Mendinghem Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘50359’ X. A. 12. Son of J. and Alice Beard, of 11, Joseph St., Dane Bank, Denton, Manchester.

17/04/1918 Private Cecil Bedford (Age 22) 10th Bn. Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘315567’ Panel 61 to 63. Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Mary Bedford, of 190, Wrexham Road, Whitchurch, Salop.

17/04/1918 Second Lieutenant Robert Stephen Bell (Age 29) 10th Bn. Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais France. XXVIII. J. 9. Son of George Bell, of Birkenhead; husband of Catherine Bell, of 9, Upper Brassey St., Birkenhead, Cheshire. (pic findagrave.com – with thanks)

17/04/1918 Private Percival Claud Brook 9th Bn. Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘51842’ II. B. 29.

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17/04/1918 Private Thomas Charles Elvin (Age 19) 9th Bn. Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘51867’ Panel 61 to 63. Son of Mrs. E. B. Howard and Mr. E. Howard (stepfather), of 84, Errol St., Aigburth, Liverpool.

17/04/1918 Private John Evans (Age 36) 11th Bn. Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘53333’ XXVII. G. 13A. Husband of Annie Gertrude Evans, of 30, Wood St., Mardy (Rhondda), Glam.

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17/04/1918 Private Clifford Benjamin Gammon (Age 18) 11th Bn. Laventie Military Cemetery, La Gorgue, Nord France. ‘67484’ I. B. 23. Son of B. L. Gammon. (pic findagrave.com – with thanks)

17/04/1918 Corporal Robert John Graham (Age 31) 10th Bn. Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘45115’ Panel 61 to 63. Brother of Mrs. Elizabeth Thornton, of 6, Scarisbrick Avenue, Didsbury, Manchester. His brothers H. and W. J. also fell.

17/04/1918 Private William Holbrook 10th Bn. Mont Noir Military Cemetery, St. Jans-Cappel, Nord France. ‘36325’ II. C. 9.

17/04/1918 Private Corbett Moody 10th Bn. Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘18203’ Panel 61 to 63.

17/04/1918 Private Herbert Morris (Age 19) 9th Bn. Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘65158’ Panel 61 to 63. Son of William Henry and Elizabeth Morris, of 7, Archer Terrace, Penarth, Glam.

17/04/1918 Private Ivor Rees 9th Bn. Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘66147’ Panel 61 to 63.

17/04/1918 Private John Revell 10th Bn. Mont Noir Military Cemetery, St. Jans-Cappel, Nord France. ‘30256’ II. E. 6.

17/04/1918 Serjeant Joseph Skelton 10th Bn. Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘16919’ Panel 61 to 63.

17/04/1918 Private Joe Taylor 6th Bn. Voormezeele Enclosures No.1 and No.2, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘265221’ I. H. 46.

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17/04/1918 Private Fred Timmis 10th Bn. Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘27653’ Panel 61 to 63.

17/04/1918 Private James William Warburton (Age 39) “C” Coy. 1st Bn. Ploegsteert Memorial, Hainaut Belgium. ‘19671’ Panel 4 and 5. Husband of Mary Ashton, (formerly Warburton), of 339, Rochdale Rd., High Crompton, Shaw, Lancs.

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