13 lost

28/12/1914 Private William Robert Hannan 15th Bn. Birkenhead (Flaybrick Hill) Cemetery, Cheshire United Kingdom. ‘20114’ (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)

29/12/1914 Private Cornelius Bamford (Age 22) 1st Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘8251’ Son of William and Isabella Bamford, of Back Arthur St., Bury; husband of Marie Waldron (formerly Bamford), of 2, Parson’s Court, Elton, Bury.

28/12/1915 Private Charles Sims (Age 34) 11th Bn. Rifle House Cemetery, Hainaut Belgium. ‘14493’ Husband of Elizabeth Ann Taylor (formerly Sims), of 34, Weston St., South Reddish, Stockport. (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)

28/12/1915 Private Frederick Morton (Age 23) 10th Bn. Le Touquet-Paris Plage Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais France. ‘14302’ Son of Thomas and A. Morton, of 11, Park Rd. Hadfield, Manchester.

28/12/1915 Serjeant Thomas Lockley (Age 23) DCM 1st/5th Bn. Suzanne Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme France. ‘1263’ Son of Thomas and Ellen Lockley, of 26, Louise St., Garden Lane, Chester.

29/12/1915 Private Arthur Gray 11th Bn. Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, Nord France. ‘17023’

29/12/1916 Private James Hatton Clare 19th Bn. Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme France. ‘38930’

28/12/1917 Private Arthur Forshaw (Age 21) 1st/4th Bn. Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). ‘200291’ Son of Mrs. M. Forshaw, of Gosfield House, Slack Lane, Heswall, Cheshire.

28/12/1917 Private Wilfred Hunt 1st/7th Bn. Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). ‘290759’

28/12/1917 Staff Serjeant Patrick Ward MSM 2nd Bn. Dar Es Salaam War Cemetery, Tanzania. ‘7180’

29/12/1917 Private Harry Tapley 1st/5th Bn. Chester (Overleigh) Cemetery, Cheshire United Kingdom. ‘241044’

29/12/1917 Private William Hall (Age 34) Thornham (St. John) Churchyard, Lancashire United Kingdom. ‘38252’ Son of Elizabeth A. Hall, of 860, Slattocks, Castleton, Manchester, and the late Samuel Hall.

28/12/1918 Company Quartermaster Serjeant Henry Charles Holloway (Age 28) DCM Dar Es Salaam (Upanga Road) Cemetery, Tanzania. ‘241030’ Son of Charles and Clara Holloway, of 6, Hoole Park, Chester. (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)