29th December 2020

5 lost

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.

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’

29/12/1916 Sapper Walter Wigginton (Age 36) 2243 Royal Engineers 3rd/1st (Wessex) Field Coy Trull (All Saints) Churchyard, Somerset, United Kingdom. North of church. Son of the late John and Annie Wigginton, husband of Annie Laura Wigginton, of 5, Glencoe Terrace, Trull, Taunton. Born at Melton Mowbray. formerly (TR4/32714) 65th Training Reserve Bn. Cheshire Regiment. (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)

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

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. (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)

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