5 lost

12/12/1914 Private Walter Williamson (Age 19) 1st/6th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘1524’ Son of Frank and Sarah Ann Williamson, of 8, Cross Cliffe, Apethorn, Gee Cross, Hyde, Cheshire.

12/12/1915 Private John Arthur Bartley (Age 20) 9th Bn. Merville Communal Cemetery, Nord France. ‘13497’ Son of Samuel Porter Bartley and Sarah Ellen Bartley, of 75, Bolton Rd., Port Sunlight, Cheshire.

12/12/1916 Private Charles Henry Fairhurst (Age 28) Depot Bn. Manchester General Cemetery, Lancashire United Kingdom. ‘5952’ Son of Edward and Annie Fairhurst, of Hulme, Manchester; husband of Lily Lawton (formerly Fairhurst). (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)

12/12/1918 Private Thomas Richmond (Age 42) 11th Bn. Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel, Hessen Germany. ‘53464’ Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Richmond, of 52, Bridgend Rd., Aberkenlig, Bridgend, Glam; husband of Mary Richmond, of 3, Smith St., Maesteg, Glam. (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)

12/12/1918 Private Harry Leigh (Age 18) Failsworth Cemetery, Lancashire United Kingdom. ‘54400’ Son of Mr. J. A. and Mrs. E. H. Leigh, of 81, Rochdale Rd., Shaw, Oldham. (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)

4 lost

11/12/1916 Private Samuel Ashton (Age 21) 1st/5th Bn. Cheadle and Gatley Cemetery, Cheshire United Kingdom. ‘1981’ Son of Sarah Ann Ashton, of 51, School St., Cheadle Heath, Stockport, and the late John Ashton. (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)

11/12/1918 Private George Edward Collier (Age 21) MM 9th Bn. Awoingt British Cemetery, Nord France. ‘12664’ Son of John and Elizabeth Collier, of Wallworth Terrace, Morley, Wilmslow, Manchester. Native of Stockport.

11/12/1918 Private George Bradley (Age 31) 2nd Bn. Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Greece. ‘9490’ Son of George and Mary Bradley, of Wilmslow, Cheshire. (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)

11/12/1919 Private Charles Albert Pichon (Age 47) 3rd Bn. St. Pancras Cemetery, Middlesex United Kingdom. ‘78621’ Husband of Fanny Susannah Pichon, of 15, Torriano Mews, Kentish Town, London. (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)

6 lost

10/12/1914 Private Samuel Hilditch (Age 25) 1st Bn. Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais France. ‘10006’ Son of Edwin and Annie Hilditch, of Crewe, Cheshire.

10/12/1915 Private Charles William Cantrell (Age 29) 1st/7th Bn. Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli). ‘2369’ Husband of May Cantrell, of 43, Grange Avenue, Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire.

10/12/1916 Private Thomas Butcher (Age 20) 10th Bn. Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, Nord France. ‘52433’ Son of Thomas and Sarah Butcher, of Great Stanney, Whitby, Birkenhead.

10/12/1918 Private James Nightingale Caudry British Cemetery, Nord France. ‘30967’

10/12/1918 Private Edward Corns (Age 43) 10th Bn. Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Somme France. ‘19765’ Husband of Sarah Ann Corns, of 26, Nursery Walk, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton. Born at Tettenhall.

10/12/1918 Corporal Fred Adams (Age 22) 9th Bn. Stockport Borough Cemetery, Cheshire United Kingdom. ‘50221’ Son of Mrs. S. E. Adams, of 201, Shaw Heath, Cale Green, Stockport. (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)

5 lost

9/12/1915 Private Thomas Arthur Swain (Age 31) 11th Bn. London Rifle Brigade Cemetery, Hainaut Belgium. ‘13379’ Son of James and E. Swain, of 5, Hall St., Barrow-in-Furness.

9/12/1915 Private Harry Whittaker (Age 15) 6th Bn. Hyde Borough Cemetery, Cheshire United Kingdom. ‘3243’ Son of William and Frances Ann Whittaker, of Snelson, Chelford, Cheshire.

9/12/1916 Lance Corporal Edgar Mayfield (Age 34) Carrington (St. John) Churchyard, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom. ‘21023’ Husband of Nellie Mayfield, of 18, Babworth St., Carrington.

9/12/1918 Private Algernon Craven 14th Bn. Ashton-Upon-Mersey (St. Martin) Churchyard, Cheshire United Kingdom. ‘17843’ (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)

9/12/1918 Private John Bowyer (Age 38) 3rd Bn. Hale Cemetery, Cheshire United Kingdom. ‘12280’ Husband of Clara Bowyer, of 104, Tootall Drive, Weaste, Manchester.

9 lost

8/12/1914 Private John Guest 1st Bn. Gloucester Old Cemetery, Gloucestershire United Kingdom. ‘7673’ (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)

8/12/1915 Private John Hore (Age 19) 1st/4th Bn. Green Hill Cemetery, Turkey (including Gallipoli). ‘1476’ Son of Philip Henry Hore, of 11, Ferndale Rd., Hoylake, Birkenhead.

8/12/1916 Lance Corporal William Buckley 11th Bn. Hyde Park Corner (Royal Berks) Cemetery, Hainaut Belgium. ‘16878’

8/12/1916 Private A (Alexander?) Sweeney 3rd Bn. Wigan Cemetery, Lancashire United Kingdom. ‘31529’ (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)

8/12/1917 Corporal Sydney Bethell (Age 22) 3rd Bn. Northenden (St. Wilfrid) Churchyard, Lancashire United Kingdom. ‘9199’ Son of Susan Bethell, of 7, George St., Northenden, Manchester, and the late Samuel Bethell.

8/12/1918 Private Francis Joseph Reid (Age 35) 9th Bn. Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport, Seine-Maritime France. ‘65087’ Son of the late Thomas and Elizabeth Reid; husband of Mary Reid, of 17, Clifford Rd., Wallasey, Cheshire.

8/12/1918 Lance Corporal Charles Birss (Age 28) 1st/4th Bn. Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, Pas de Calais France. ‘201251’ Son of Elizabeth and the late James Birss, of Birkenhead.

8/12/1918 Private James Southern 2nd Bn. Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Greece. ‘32815’ (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)

8/12/1918 Lance Serjeant William Henry Minoprio (Age 42) 3rd Bn. Liverpool (Allerton) Cemetery, Lancashire United Kingdom. ‘61865’ Son of Francis Charles Anthony Minoprio and Mary Bertha Minoprio; husband of Mary Ethel Minoprio, of 22B, Croxteth Rd., Sefton Park, Liverpool.

“A date which will live in infamy…”

7 lost

7/12/1915 Private Sydney Carr 8th Bn. Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. ‘8/11298’ (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)

7/12/1915 Private Cromwell Nelson Pennington 1st/7th Bn. Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. ‘2630’ (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)

7/12/1915 Private William Roberts 1st Bn. Chipilly Communal Cemetery, Somme France. ‘12028’

7/12/1915 Second Lieutenant Horace Arthur Seel (Age 19) 7th Bn. Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Son of Charles and Maria Seel, of Myrtle Villa, Bond St., Macclesfield, Cheshire.

7/12/1916 Private James Burns 13th Bn. Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, Nord France. ‘49596’

7/12/1917 Captain Robert Peel 2nd Garrison Bn. Golders Green Crematorium, Middlesex United Kingdom.

7/12/1918 Private Alfred Hale Over Peover (St. Lawrence) Churchyard, Cheshire United Kingdom. ‘25184’ (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)

6 lost

6/12/1914 Private Thomas Croft Atherton (Age 35) 1st Bn. Stockport Borough Cemetery, Cheshire United Kingdom. ‘5811’ Husband of Mary Ann Cash (formerly Atherton), of 1, Walton St., Hillgate, Stockport. (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)

6/12/1915 Corporal John Lake 14th Bn Stoke-On-Trent (Longton) Cemetery, Staffordshire United Kingdom. ‘12569’

6/12/1916 Private Harold Thomas Bevan (Age 22) 13th Bn. Hyde Park Corner (Royal Berks) Cemetery, Hainaut Belgium. ‘W/849’ Son of George and Isabella Bevan, of 8, Luke St., Seacombe, Wallasey, Cheshire.

6/12/1917 Private Samuel Howarth (Age 22) 12th Bn. Doiran Memorial, Greece. ‘15129’ Son of William and Annie Howarth, of 16, Bank St., Wharf Rd., Sale, Cheshire.

6/12/1917 Private Frank Horne 8th Bn. Basra Memorial, Iraq. ‘12024’

6/12/1918 Private Samuel Davenport (Age 25) 11th Bn. Berlin South-Western Cemetery, Brandenburg Germany. ‘15862’ Brother of Jesse Davenport, of 12, Enfield Rd., Ellesmere Port, Birkenhead. (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)

2 lost

5/12/1915 Corporal Frank Barrow 1st/7th Bn. East Mudros Military Cemetery, Greece. ‘2305’

5/12/1918 Private Thomas George Cole (Age 26) 11th Bn. Berlin South-Western Cemetery, Brandenburg Germany. ‘263014’ Son of Benjamin Cole, of The Village, Lawrenny, Pembrokeshire; husband of the late Mary Elizabeth Cole, of Pulth Green, Pendine, Carmarthen. (pic from findagrve.com – with thanks)

4 lost

4/12/1916 Lance Serjeant Jacob Aspin 3rd Bn. Tockholes (St. Stephen) Churchyard, Lancashire United Kingdom. ’15/19521′ (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)

4/12/1917 Private Joseph (JJ?) Duddy 1st Bn. Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel, Hessen Germany. ‘7550’

4/12/1918 Private Edward Tushingham (Age 22) 1st Bn. Hamburg Cemetery, Hamburg Germany. ‘10276’ Son of Ethel Tushingham, of 76, Egerton St., Ellesmere Port, Birkenhead, and the late Edward Tushingham. (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)

4/12/1918 Private Horace Williams 1st Bn. Hamburg Cemetery, Hamburg Germany. ‘8900’ (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)

8 lost

3/12/1915 Private William Neville (Age 22) 8th Bn. Green Hill Cemetery, Turkey (including Gallipoli). ‘24181’ Son of William Neville, of Reading, Berks.

3/12/1915 Private James Holmes (Age 21) 8th Bn. Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli). ‘11167’ Son of Lettice Holmes, of 9, Higher Bridge St., Heaton Norris, Stockport.

3/12/1915 Private Harold Poole 8th Bn. Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli). ‘10369’

3/12/1915 Colour Serjeant Samuel Adair (Age 41) 14th Bn. Great Budworth (St. Mary and All Saints) Churchyard, Cheshire United Kingdom. ‘6820’ Son of Peter M. Adair, of Great Budworth; husband of Anna Dorothey Adair, of 45, Church St., Great Budworth, Cheshire. (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)

3/12/1916 Lance Corporal Henry Fenna (Age 24) No. 3 Coy. 13th Bn. Hyde Park Corner (Royal Berks) Cemetery, Hainaut Belgium. ‘24876’ Son of William and Jessie Fenna, of Wallasey, Cheshire.

3/12/1916 Private Sam Moore 16th Bn. Habarcq Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais France. ‘30115’

3/12/1917 Private James Armer (Age 27) 21st Bn. St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime France. ‘41593’ Son of Henry and Ellen Armer, of Bank House, Glasson Dock, Lancaster. Native of Thurnham, Lancs.

3/12/1917 Private Thomas McDonnell 3rd Bn. Moston (St. Joseph’s) Roman Catholic Cemetery, Lancashire United Kingdom. ‘14956’