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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
1914
ARMSTRONG, Stephen
Wigan
1897
Sgt
ARROWSMITH, John (a)
Chipping
Smithy Row
BAMBER, John
1889
Whittle-le-Woods
L'Pool
18.11.1914
25.9.1915
Kia
France
27
Rue-Petillon, Fleurbaix
BAMBER, John M. (see above?)
Rflman
BARLING, Banks Hubert
Strood
3272
E. Kent
1983
86
Brindle St. Joseph's
BARTON, George
Liverpool
24728
6 N. Lancs
9.3.1917
Iraq
Basra Memorial, Iraq
BECCONSALL, Albert (a)
Bamber Bridge
1879
6 Brindle Mill
WR/207159
Sapper
Engineers
29.1.1916
BIDWELL, Albert
Hoghton
19.6.1975
79
St. Saviours, B. Bridge
BENNETT, Albert George
Somerset
Tullis Cottage
97405
M'cr
30.7.1918
BERRY, Fred
1894
Top o'th Lane
18356
Royal Scots
1.1.1915
19.6.1917
Ypres
23
China Wall, Zillebeke
BLACKBURN, John James (a)
Myerscough
1881
Village
293153
Driver
RASC
1916
30.5.1966
85
BLACKLIDGE, Herbert
22 Top o'th Lane
1918
14.10.1947
47
BLACKWELL, George (a)
1885
K36101
Stoker
Navy
1.9.1916
8.2.1926
40
BLACKWELL, Thomas (a)
1878
Breworth Fold
L/Cpl
16.9.1957
BOARDMAN, John Edward
1869
3 Bournes Row
413470
17.7.1918
BOLTON, Thomas (a)
1892
7 Bournes Row
13787
Gdsm
Scots Gds
10.4.1915
4.1.1957
65
BOLTON, William (a)
Walton-le-Dale
1890
BOURNE, Francis John (a)
Cannock
1864
Town House
Cpt
7.7.1940
77
BRENNAN, John Edward
1888
Chapel Lane
12111
Gunner
3.10.1923
35
BRENNAN, John Francis
26368
Lancs. Fuslrs
9.7.1961
BROWN, Frederick Oswald
Calverts Farm
16670
1 KSLI
2.1.1915
1971
Skipton
BURSCOUGH, Joseph Aldred
L/13699
26.7.1916
Somme
19
Flat Iron Copse, Mametz
CAMPBELL, Thomas
Not known
1899
Gorton Brook Fm
4/49509
KORL
25.5.1918
CAUNCE, Alfred (a)
Worsley
S-25582
CHADWICK, Thomas R.
17577
Cameronians
25.3.1918
Somme (S)
Ham Cmtry, Muille-Villette
CHATBURN, Eddie MM
242199
E. Lancs.
5.5.1915
22.2.1986
87
COOKSON, Robert ('Bobby')
Bateson's Farm
King's Own
COOPER, Robert (a)
Yew Tree Farm
COULBORN, Herbert
Wyre Cottage
24243
N. Lancs.
12.12.1915
28.5.1938
59
CROASDALE, Edmund (a)
Samlesbury
Cross Keys
51946
Welsh Fuslr
16.5.1962
68
CROOK, Albert
Blackburn
8698
Royal Irish
4.9.1914
CROOK, Aloysious
Rochdale
53479
Lancs. Fuslr
13.8.1912
CROOK, Andrew J. (a)
1898
Chapel Fold
696128
1977
CROOK, Edward ('Ned') (a)
Water Street
25.6.1958
69
DEWHURST, Lawrence
Frith Cottages
DECAUX, George (a)
Darwen
Sycamore Villas
3355
Border
1948
Preston Cemetery
DECAUX, Jeremiah
200120
1/4 E. Lancs
13.10.1917
Dow
Flanders
Zudycoote, nr. Dunkirk
DECAUX, Thomas (a)
76558
Oswaldtwistle
DICKINSON, James (a)
Oak Bank
Mech.
RFC
DIXON, William (a)
42 Bournes Row
DOXEY, Alan (a)
Accrington
1895
Mintholme Farm
22470
N. Lancs
25.10.1915
DOXEY, George (a)
L080
DOXEY, William DCM (a)
50925
DUCKWORTH, James T (a)
Verdun Cottage
2nd Lt.
23.10.1947
50
ECCLES, James
Inskip
1877
Radburn Brow
22.7.1950
73
FARNWORTH, Richard (a)
50 Bournes Row
29.3.1958
FAZACKERLEY, Arthur
Leyland
10577
1 N. Lancs
14.9.1914
Aisne
25
La Ferte-s-Jouarre
FAZACKERLEY, Henry
67489
5 Devons.
20.7.1918
Final adv.
Marfaux, Reims
FAZACKERLEY, Thomas
Withnell
34358
MGC
17.4.1961
66
FOULKES, David (a)
Stone
1872
49 Bournes Row
22.5.1950
78
FOWLER, Albert
1884
Post Office
FOWLER, Frank
Bombd.
FOWLER, George
1887
FOWLER, George Sharples
490199
FOWLER, Harry (a)
Lwr. Hilton Farm
FOWLER, James
10.1942
58
FOWLER, John William (a)
Croston
Brindle Moss
FOWLER, Joseph
Scale Hill Farm
23533
8 N. Lancs
29.1.1917
26
Maple Leaf, nr. Ypres
FOWLER, Lawrence (a)
19.8.1949
63
FOWLER, Peter (a)
36842
1 Glos
29.3.1916
GORDON, Graham Duncan (a)
Preston
1875
38 Bournes Row
70583
8.12.1955
80
GORTON, Thomas
1891
Duxon Hill Farm
M2/134307
18.10.1918
Premont, nr. Cambrai
GORTON, William
1883
17.1.1962
70
GREEN, George (a)
20.2.1967
GREEN, Robert 'Bobby'
GROVES, James (a)
Chesham Farm
HART, Wilfred (a)
27 Bournes Row
HARTLEY, Edmund
Balderstone
Crabtree House
Lancs. Fslrs
HARTLEY, George P MC (a)
3.7.1930
Illness
Ladysmith, South Africa
HARTLEY, James Harold
22.7.1917
Shot down
20
Bailleul, nr. Ypres
HARTLEY, Robert MC (a)
Eire
HAYDOCK, John
Walmsley Fold
17575
HEATON, Thomas Robinson
36147
Gnr.
HELM, Henry (a)
Kirkham
Oram House
HILTON, Fred (a)
Middleton
Canal Bank
10.4.1975
74
St. Bede's, Clayton Green
HINDLE, Richard DCM (a)
1880
22021
20.1.1962
82
Chapel Lane, Hoghton
HITCHON, James Foldys (a)
Burnley
Hoghton Bank
Lt
11 E. Lancs
1.7.1916
21
Queens Cemtery, Serre
HOLDEN, Joshua
5930
Rifle Bgde.
27.4.1948
57
HOLLAND, Ralph (a)
12 Bournes Row
13.12.1938
HOLMES, Samuel (a)
53 Bournes Row
HORROCKS, Joseph Henry
Church
Gregson Lane
201968
2/4 N.Lancs
27.9.1918
24
Ecouest-St-Mein, Arras
HOUGHTON, Arthur
Coupe Green
12928
Scots. Gds.
2.11.1915
22
HOUGHTON, James
Longridge
14259
Coldstream
24.12.1914
10.10.1917
3rd Ypres
Dozinghem, nr. Ypres
HOWARD, William (a)
HUNT, Samuel
Barrow
36667
20 L'pool
30.7.1916
Thiepval, Somme
HUNT, Septimus
17574
Bugler
Poelcapple, nr. Ypres
HUNTER, George (a)
Little Radburn Fm
65330
Northumblnd
Flesquieres, nr. Cambrai
HUNTER, Richard
13914
10 N. Lancs
2.9.1914
12.8.1917
Menin Gate, Ypres
IRELAND, James
SE/7659
Vet Corp
29.11.1918
31
JACQUES, Francis Augustus
1868
Lt. Col
14 KGOS
16.12.1887
4.6.1915
Gallipoli
Pink Farm, Gallipoli
KENNEDY, M.
680863
29.9.1917
LANGTON, John
138357
LAWRENCE, John (a)
Crow Trees
LEA, George Norris (a)
Thurnham
School House
20901
Col Sgt
3.2.1937
44
LIVINGSTONE, Thomas H
455576
12.3.1915
LYON, Arthur Lancelot
Bank Terr, Hoghton
58116
2/4 Y & L
18
Grand Ravine, Havrincourt
LLOYD, Thomas (a)
LOWE, Alfred (a)
34 Bournes Row
LOWE, Walter
21278
7 E. Lancs
8.11.1916
Grandcourt Rd., Somme
LYNCH, John Brayne
Rock Ferry
RNAS/RAF
1994
94
MARGINSON, Ambrose
Hoghton Hall
3368
1/4 N. Lancs
15.5.1915
Le Touret, France
MARGINSON, William E.
Montreal, Canada
85339
Canadian FA
15.1.1915
13.8.1918
43
Vrely Cemetery, Somme
MARGROVE, James H.
36809
2/5 Glos.
5.9.1918
Aire, St. Omer, France
MARSDEN, Charles MM
Derbyshire
Ollerton Fold Farm
243294
1.2.1916
27.12.1952
Warton Parish Church
MARSDEN, George
Notts.
17579
27.6.1939
MATKIN, Sidney A. (a)
London
M2/155668
McINTEE, James (a)
MELLING, John (a)
45 Bournes Row
203678
13.2.1975
St. Joseph's RC, Brindle
MERCER, Ernest (a)
1886
MOON, Henry (a)
Higher Walton
Hatch Woods
3.10.1956
All Saints, Hr. Walton
MOORE, Charles (a)
Shropshire
Warburton Ho.
6.11.1952
MOORE, G (possibly C, above)
MOSS, John Garnet (a)
Rectory Cottage
M2/032061
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