1914-1918

Thomas Heaton

Thomas Ernest Heaton

Thomas Heaton Of The Row, Grizebeck, husband of Nellie Heaton (née Milburn) and father of two children. A quarryman in 1913. Born at Woodland; son of Robert and Jane Heaton, of Pearl Syke, Grizebeck. Lance-Corporal, 23715, 8th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment. Enlisted in Ulverston. Killed in action 9th-12th April 1917 (first few days […]

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Isaac Hudson

Isaac Hudson

Son of James and Agnes Hudson of Soutergate. Private, 30150, 8th Battalion KORLR. Killed in Action 11th April 1917 near Monchy-le-Preux (Battle of Arras), aged 22. Commemorated on the Arras Memorial, (Bay 2), Pas de Calais, France and on the Burlington Stone Quarry memorial. Also named on the family headstone in St Cuthbert’s Churchyard. Isaac

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Joseph Fleming

Son of James Collinson Fleming and Mary Bibby Fleming of Bolton Ground, Kirkby (later of 90 Harrogate St, Barrow). Private, 706901, 54th Battalion Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment). Killed in action 9th April 1917 (first day of the attack on Vimy Ridge) near Givenchy-en-Gohelle, aged 33. Buried in Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery, Neuville-St. Vaast, Pas

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William Proctor

Son of John Callow Proctor and Mary Ann Proctor (née Atkinson) of Bolton Ground. Private, 20344, 1st Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Killed in Action 4th December 1916 near Kut-al-Amara, Mesopotamia, aged 34. Buried, Amara War Cemetery Part II, Amara, Iraq, Block XXXI, Row F, Grave 14. William Proctor was born in Kirkby to John and

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William Relph (Photo courtesy of Susan New)

William Relph

William Relph (Photo courtesy of Susan New) Son of Stephen and Agnes Relph of Town End Cottage, Soutergate. Private, 17203, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, transferred to Private, 31842, 17th Company Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed-in-Action 4th September 1916 near Longueval (Battle of the Somme). Buried in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Row IX, Grave 38. William

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Lidget, Soutergate, around 1900

Thomas Martin

Lidget, Soutergate, around 1900 Grandson of Thomas and Agnes Martin of Lidget, Soutergate. Private, 200674, 1st/4th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment. (Territorial Service number 2865) Killed in Action at Guillemont, near Albert, 8th August 1916 (The Battle of the Somme), aged 27. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing, Somme, France, Pier and

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