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World War One

Timeline - A brief history of World War One
Lancashire During the Great War
Brindle At War: 1914 - 1918
Killed In Action: Information and photos of all the Soldiers from Brindle
Full List of all Soldiers from Brindle who fought in World War One: A - M
Full List of all Soldiers from Brindle who fought in World War One: N - Z


Brindlers who served 1914-18: A to M

This list, compiled from extensive research includes those who lived, were born in, married in, buried and/or commemorated in the village. Soldiers with an (a) following their name were "Absent Voters" on the 1918 Electoral Roll.

Name & Awards

Birthplace

Born

Lived (WW1)

Serial No.

Rank

Regiment

Enlisted

Died

Cause

Battlefield

Age

Cemetery or Memorial

                         

ALLSUP, John Edmund

Brindle

1893

Clayton Green

680900

Cpl

RFA

1915

1968

St. Saviours, Bamber Bridge

AMBROSE, Horace

Clayton-le-Woods

1900

Holt Lane

Pt

1917

5.1.1983

83

Brindle St. James'

ARMSTRONG, Joseph (a)

Haydock

1896

26 Bournes Row

Cpl

1914

ARMSTRONG, Stephen

Wigan

1897

Sgt

1914

ARROWSMITH, John (a)

Chipping

1897

Smithy Row

                         

BAMBER, John

1889

Whittle-le-Woods

Pt

L'Pool

18.11.1914

25.9.1915

Kia

France

27

Rue-Petillon, Fleurbaix

BAMBER, John M. (see above?)

1889

Whittle-le-Woods

Rflman

1914

BARLING, Banks Hubert

Strood

1897

3272

Pt

E. Kent

1983

86

Brindle St. Joseph's

BARTON, George

Liverpool

Brindle

24728

Pt

6 N. Lancs

9.3.1917

Kia

Iraq

Basra Memorial, Iraq

BECCONSALL, Albert (a)

Bamber Bridge

1879

6 Brindle Mill

WR/207159

Sapper

Engineers

29.1.1916

BIDWELL, Albert

Hoghton

1896

Cpl

19.6.1975

79

St. Saviours, B. Bridge

BENNETT, Albert George

Somerset

1900

Tullis Cottage

97405

Pt

M'cr

30.7.1918

BERRY, Fred

Brindle

1894

Top o'th Lane

18356

Pt

Royal Scots

1.1.1915

19.6.1917

Kia

Ypres

23

China Wall, Zillebeke

BLACKBURN, John James (a)

Myerscough

1881

Village

293153

Driver

RASC

1916

30.5.1966

85

Brindle St. James'

BLACKLIDGE, Herbert

Brindle

1900

22 Top o'th Lane

Pt

1918

14.10.1947

47

Brindle St. James'

BLACKWELL, George (a)

Brindle

1885

Top o'th Lane

K36101

Stoker

Navy

1.9.1916

8.2.1926

40

Brindle St. James'

BLACKWELL, Thomas (a)

Brindle

1878

Breworth Fold

L/Cpl

1916

16.9.1957

79

Brindle St. James'

BOARDMAN, John Edward

1869

3 Bournes Row

413470

Pt

RASC

17.7.1918

BOLTON, Thomas (a)

Brindle

1892

7 Bournes Row

13787

Gdsm

Scots Gds

10.4.1915

4.1.1957

65

Brindle St. Joseph's

BOLTON, William (a)

Walton-le-Dale

1890

7 Bournes Row

BOURNE, Francis John (a)

Cannock

1864

Town House

Cpt

1914

7.7.1940

77

Brindle St. James'

BRENNAN, John Edward

Hoghton

1888

Chapel Lane

12111

Gunner

RFA

3.10.1923

35

Brindle St. Joseph's

BRENNAN, John Francis

Hoghton

1896

Chapel Lane

26368

Pt

Lancs. Fuslrs

9.7.1961

65

Brindle St. Joseph's

BROWN, Frederick Oswald

1892

Calverts Farm

16670

Pt

1 KSLI

2.1.1915

1971

79

Skipton

BURSCOUGH, Joseph Aldred

Walton-le-Dale

1896

Hoghton

L/13699

Gunner

RFA

26.7.1916

Kia

Somme

19

Flat Iron Copse, Mametz

                         

CAMPBELL, Thomas

Not known

1899

Gorton Brook Fm

4/49509

Pt

KORL

25.5.1918

CAUNCE, Alfred (a)

Worsley

1897

Village

S-25582

Pt

RASC

1915

CHADWICK, Thomas R.

Whittle-le-Woods

1893

Breworth Fold

17577

L/Cpl

Cameronians

2.1.1915

25.3.1918

Kia

Somme (S)

Ham Cmtry, Muille-Villette

CHATBURN, Eddie MM

Walton-le-Dale

1899

Bamber Bridge

242199

Sgt

E. Lancs.

5.5.1915

22.2.1986

87

Brindle St. Joseph's

COOKSON, Robert ('Bobby')

Bateson's Farm

L/Cpl

King's Own

COOPER, Robert (a)

Hoghton

1894

Yew Tree Farm

Pt

1916

COULBORN, Herbert

1879

Wyre Cottage

24243

Pt

N. Lancs.

12.12.1915

28.5.1938

59

Brindle St. James'

CROASDALE, Edmund (a)

Samlesbury

1894

Cross Keys

51946

Sgt

Welsh Fuslr

1916

16.5.1962

68

Brindle St. James'

CROOK, Albert

Brindle

Blackburn

8698

Pt

Royal Irish

4.9.1914

CROOK, Aloysious

Brindle

1894

Rochdale

53479

Pt

Lancs. Fuslr

13.8.1912

CROOK, Andrew J. (a)

Brindle

1898

Chapel Fold

696128

Driver

RFA

1977

79

Brindle St. Joseph's

CROOK, Edward ('Ned') (a)

Brindle

1889

Water Street

25.6.1958

69

Brindle St. James'

                         

DEWHURST, Lawrence

Walton-le-Dale

1900

Frith Cottages

Pt

1917

DECAUX, George (a)

Darwen

1889

Sycamore Villas

3355

Pt

Border

1948

Preston Cemetery

DECAUX, Jeremiah

Darwen

1898

Sycamore Villas

200120

Sgt

1/4 E. Lancs

13.10.1917

Dow

Flanders

19

Zudycoote, nr. Dunkirk

DECAUX, Thomas (a)

Darwen

1892

Sycamore Villas

76558

Driver

RFA

1914

Oswaldtwistle

DICKINSON, James (a)

Oak Bank

Mech.

RFC

1917

DIXON, William (a)

1892

42 Bournes Row

Driver

1915

DOXEY, Alan (a)

Accrington

1895

Mintholme Farm

22470

Pt

N. Lancs

1915

25.10.1915

DOXEY, George (a)

Accrington

1898

Mintholme Farm

L080

Pt

RFA

1915

DOXEY, William DCM (a)

Accrington

1896

Mintholme Farm

50925

Sgt

Engineers

1915

DUCKWORTH, James T (a)

1897

Verdun Cottage

2nd Lt.

RFC

23.10.1947

50

Brindle St. Joseph's

                         

ECCLES, James

Inskip

1877

Radburn Brow

22.7.1950

73

Brindle St. James'

                         

FARNWORTH, Richard (a)

50 Bournes Row

29.3.1958

Brindle St. Joseph's

FAZACKERLEY, Arthur

Leyland

1890

10577

Pt

1 N. Lancs

1914

14.9.1914

Kia

Aisne

25

La Ferte-s-Jouarre

FAZACKERLEY, Henry

Brindle

1898

Brindle

67489

Pt

5 Devons.

20.7.1918

Kia

Final adv.

19

Marfaux, Reims

FAZACKERLEY, Thomas

Withnell

1895

34358

Pt

MGC

17.4.1961

66

Brindle St. James'

FOULKES, David (a)

Stone

1872

49 Bournes Row

L/Cpl

L'Pool

1915

22.5.1950

78

Brindle St. Joseph's

FOWLER, Albert

1884

Post Office

Cpl

1915

FOWLER, Frank

1896

Bombd.

1914

FOWLER, George

Brindle

1887

Breworth Fold

Pt

1917

FOWLER, George Sharples

Brindle

1900

Breworth Fold

490199

Pt

Engineers

1918

FOWLER, Harry (a)

Brindle

1898

Lwr. Hilton Farm

Pt

1917

FOWLER, James

Brindle

1884

Pt

1917

10.1942

58

Brindle St. James'

FOWLER, John William (a)

Croston

1888

Brindle Moss

FOWLER, Joseph

Brindle

1889

Scale Hill Farm

23533

Pt

8 N. Lancs

29.1.1917

Kia

Ypres

26

Maple Leaf, nr. Ypres

FOWLER, Lawrence (a)

Brindle

1887

Breworth Fold

Driver

19.8.1949

63

Brindle St. James'

FOWLER, Peter (a)

Brindle

1893

36842

Pt

1 Glos

29.3.1916

                         

GORDON, Graham Duncan (a)

Preston

1875

38 Bournes Row

70583

Pt

L'Pool

1917

8.12.1955

80

Brindle St. James'

GORTON, Thomas

Brindle

1891

Duxon Hill Farm

M2/134307

Pt

RASC

1915

18.10.1918

Kia

Final adv.

26

Premont, nr. Cambrai

GORTON, William

Brindle

1883

Duxon Hill Farm

Pt

1916

17.1.1962

70

Brindle St. James'

GREEN, George (a)

Walton-le-Dale

1881

Pt

1916

20.2.1967

86

Brindle St. James'

GREEN, Robert 'Bobby'

Bateson's Farm

Pt

GROVES, James (a)

1897

Chesham Farm

                         

HART, Wilfred (a)

Brindle

1890

27 Bournes Row

HARTLEY, Edmund

Balderstone

1900

Crabtree House

2nd Lt.

Lancs. Fslrs

1918

HARTLEY, George P MC (a)

Balderstone

1892

Crabtree House

Cpt

RFA

1914

3.7.1930

Illness

Ladysmith, South Africa

HARTLEY, James Harold

Balderstone

1898

Crabtree House

2nd Lt.

RFC

22.7.1917

Shot down

Flanders

20

Bailleul, nr. Ypres

HARTLEY, Robert MC (a)

Balderstone

1895

Crabtree House

Cpt

RFA

1914

Eire

HAYDOCK, John

Samlesbury

1888

Walmsley Fold

17575

Cpl

Cameronians

1915

HEATON, Thomas Robinson

Brindle

1885

36147

Gnr.

RFA

HELM, Henry (a)

Kirkham

1892

Oram House

L/Cpl

1914

HILTON, Fred (a)

Middleton

1900

Canal Bank

10.4.1975

74

St. Bede's, Clayton Green

HINDLE, Richard DCM (a)

Withnell

1880

Village

22021

Driver

RFA

1916

20.1.1962

82

Chapel Lane, Hoghton

HITCHON, James Foldys (a)

Burnley

1894

Hoghton Bank

Lt

11 E. Lancs

1914

1.7.1916

Kia

Somme

21

Queens Cemtery, Serre

HOLDEN, Joshua

Blackburn

1889

5930

Pt

Rifle Bgde.

27.4.1948

57

Brindle St. James'

HOLLAND, Ralph (a)

12 Bournes Row

13.12.1938

Brindle St. Joseph's

HOLMES, Samuel (a)

Brindle

1884

53 Bournes Row

HORROCKS, Joseph Henry

Church

Gregson Lane

201968

Pt

2/4 N.Lancs

27.9.1918

Kia

Final adv.

24

Ecouest-St-Mein, Arras

HOUGHTON, Arthur

Coupe Green

12928

Gdsm

Scots. Gds.

2.11.1915

Illness

22

Brindle St. Joseph's

HOUGHTON, James

Longridge

1896

Coupe Green

14259

Gdsm

Coldstream

24.12.1914

10.10.1917

Dow

3rd Ypres

21

Dozinghem, nr. Ypres

HOWARD, William (a)

Chesham Farm

HUNT, Samuel

Barrow

1890

Village

36667

Pt

20 L'pool

30.7.1916

Kia

Somme

25

Thiepval, Somme

HUNT, Septimus

Barrow

1892

Village

17574

Bugler

Cameronians

1.1.1915

13.10.1917

Kia

3rd Ypres

23

Poelcapple, nr. Ypres

HUNTER, George (a)

Clayton Green

1899

Little Radburn Fm

65330

Pt

Northumblnd

27.9.1918

Kia

Final adv.

Flesquieres, nr. Cambrai

HUNTER, Richard

Brindle

1895

Little Radburn Fm

13914

Pt

10 N. Lancs

2.9.1914

12.8.1917

Kia

3rd Ypres

22

Menin Gate, Ypres

                         

IRELAND, James

Brindle

1887

Clayton-le-Woods

SE/7659

Cpl

Vet Corp

29.11.1918

31

Brindle St. James'

                         

JACQUES, Francis Augustus

Clayton-le-Woods

1868

Lt. Col

14 KGOS

16.12.1887

4.6.1915

Kia

Gallipoli

47

Pink Farm, Gallipoli

                         

KENNEDY, M.

680863

Sgt

RFA

29.9.1917

Brindle St. Joseph's

                         

LANGTON, John

Whittle-le-Woods

1897

Chesham Farm

138357

Bombd.

RFA

1916

LAWRENCE, John (a)

Crow Trees

Gunner

1916

LEA, George Norris (a)

Thurnham

1893

School House

20901

Col Sgt

N. Lancs

1915

3.2.1937

44

Brindle St. James'

LIVINGSTONE, Thomas H

Brindle

1890

455576

Pt

N. Lancs

12.3.1915

LYON, Arthur Lancelot

Preston

1900

Bank Terr, Hoghton

58116

Pt

2/4 Y & L

27.9.1918

Kia

Final adv.

18

Grand Ravine, Havrincourt

LLOYD, Thomas (a)

Calverts Farm

LOWE, Alfred (a)

Darwen

1877

34 Bournes Row

LOWE, Walter

Darwen

1875

21278

Pt

7 E. Lancs

8.11.1916

Kia

Somme

19

Grandcourt Rd., Somme

LYNCH, John Brayne

Rock Ferry

1900

RNAS/RAF

1994

94

Brindle St. Joseph's

                         

MARGINSON, Ambrose

Hoghton

1895

Hoghton Hall

3368

Pt

1/4 N. Lancs

1914

15.5.1915

Kia

20

Le Touret, France

MARGINSON, William E.

Hoghton

1877

Montreal, Canada

85339

Pt

Canadian FA

15.1.1915

13.8.1918

Kia

43

Vrely Cemetery, Somme

MARGROVE, James H.

Blackburn

1893

36809

Pt

2/5 Glos.

5.9.1918

Dow

Flanders

25

Aire, St. Omer, France

MARSDEN, Charles MM

Derbyshire

1893

Ollerton Fold Farm

243294

Pt

N. Lancs

1.2.1916

27.12.1952

59

Warton Parish Church

MARSDEN, George

Notts.

1892

Ollerton Fold Farm

17579

Pt

Cameronians

1.1.1915

27.6.1939

47

Brindle St. James'

MATKIN, Sidney A. (a)

London

1885

Bateson's Farm

M2/155668

Pt

RASC

1916

McINTEE, James (a)

Liverpool

1872

53 Bournes Row

MELLING, John (a)

Walton-le-Dale

1888

45 Bournes Row

203678

Pt

N. Lancs

13.2.1975

87

St. Joseph's RC, Brindle

MERCER, Ernest (a)

Bamber Bridge

1886

Oak Bank

1.1.1915

MOON, Henry (a)

Higher Walton

1887

Hatch Woods

3.10.1956

69

All Saints, Hr. Walton

MOORE, Charles (a)

Shropshire

1895

Warburton Ho.

6.11.1952

57

Brindle St. James'

MOORE, G (possibly C, above)

Pt

1915

MOSS, John Garnet (a)

Withnell

1891

Rectory Cottage

M2/032061

Sgt

RASC

1.1.1915


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