Joseph H. BAXENDALE, Trooper
with the Loyal North Lancs. Regiment.
He was captured at Singapore in
1942 and died in Japanese hands
on the Burma-Siam Railway on the
15th September 1943, aged 23; he
is buried in the CWGC Cemetery in
Thanbyuzayat, Burma. His parents
ran the Cavendish Arms in the village
during WW2.
Arnold HOLDING
Fred GREENWOOD, Private
with the Pioneer Corps. Killed when
the troopship ‘Lancastria’ was sunk
off St. Nazaire in France on the
17th June 1940 with the loss of
over 3,000 BEF troops; he was aged
43 and has no known grave.
Frank PEARSON
Arnold HOLDING, Marine
on board the cruiser HMS Charybdis
that went down in the English Channel
on the night of the 23rd October
1943; his body was washed ashore
on the Brittany coast and is buried
with other members of the ship’s
company in Dinard British Cemetery,
Dinard, France.
Frank PEARSON, Guardsman
with the 2nd Bn. Grenadier Guards
lost his life attacking German positions
at Medjez-el-Bab in Tunisia, North
Africa. He was 28 years of age at
the time and is buried in the CWGC
Cemetery close to the battlefield;
his father L/Cpl James Pearson lost
his life in World War One.
The following men are commemorated
on the War Memorial at St Joseph's
RC Church:
Joseph GERRARD, Sergeant
1000145 Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Serving as an Air Gunner
with 178 Squadron, he was killed
when the aircraft he was in was
shot down over Hungary on a bombing
raid on 14th October, 1944. He was
25 years of age and is buried in
Budapest Military Cemetery; his
parents lived in Hoghton.
William JACKSON, Corporal
995752 Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died whilst serving in
the U.K. on the 22nd November, 1944;
he is buried in St. Joseph’s Churchyard.
John SLATER
John SLATER, Trooper 10602553
61st Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C.
was killed in action on the 20th
July, 1944 in the battle for the
village of Tilley-sur-Seulles, south
of Bayeux in Normandy, six weeks
after the D-Day landings. He is
buried in the British War Cemetery
at Tilley; aged 21, he was the youngest
of a local family from Gregson Lane.
