25th June 2020

25/06/1915 Private Fred Bailey (Age 24) 1st Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘1225’ Son of Walter and Harriet Bailey, of 34, Peter St., Hazel Grove, Stockport.

25/06/1915 Private Robert Bower (Age 38) 6th Bn. Stalybridge (St. Paul) Churchyard, Cheshire United Kingdom. ‘140’ Husband of Sarah Bower, of 5, Gerrard St., Stalybridge. (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)

Pte R Bower 250615 UK

25/06/1916 Private Frank Owen 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. ‘G/18896’

25/06/1917 Private Edward Kirkpatrick (Age 22) 1st/5th Bn. Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais France. ‘243914’ Son of Henry Samuel and Emma Kirkpatrick, of 39, Thomson St., Shaw Heath, Stockport,.

25/06/1917 Private Fred Lofkin (Age 24) 9th Bn. Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, Pas de Calais France. ‘50131’ Born Haslington, Crewe. Son of John and Eliza Lofkin, of 30, Sheppard St., Crewe.

25/06/1917 Private James Orr (Age 29) 1st/5th Bn. Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais France. ‘241920’ Son of Elizabeth Rodgers, of The Hill, Groomsport, Bangor, Co. Down.

25/06/1917 Private Petter Wilding (Age 22) “D” Coy. 1st/5th Bn. Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais France. ‘241205’ Son of Hannah Plumb (formerly Wilding), of I, Hampden Place, Castle Northwich, Cheshire.

25/06/1919 Second Lieutenant William Henry Lees (Age 30) 9th Bn. Stretford Cemetery, Lancashire United Kingdom. Son of William Henry and Emma Lees, of 76, Enbridge St., Salford, Manchester.

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