World War Two

Full List of all Soldiers from Brindle who fought in World War Two

Brindlers who served in World War Two 1939 - 1945

This list, compiled from extensive research includes those who lived, were born in, married in, buried and/or commemorated in the village.

Name & Awards

Birthplace

Born

Lived (WW2)

Serial No.

Rank

Regt.

Enlisted

Died

Cause

Battlefield

Age

Cemetery or Memorial

AMBROSE, Albert E. 'Eddie'

Brindle

1905

Tullis Cottage

A/C

RAF

19.12.1987

Brindle St. James'

BARCLAY, Andrew

2 Smithy Lane

BATESON, Jack

5 Bournes Row

BAXENDALE, Harold

Brindle

1923

Cavendish Arms

Navy

1942

BAXENDALE, Joseph H.

Brindle

1920

Cavendish Arms

3859139

Pt.

18 Recon.

15.9.1943

Illness

PoW

Burma

BELL, Arthur

Moss Cottage

BINKS, James

Suffolk

Dover La. Camp

Cpl

BIRTWISTLE, Annette

Hoghton Bank

BIRTWISTLE, Mary T.

Hoghton Bank

BOLTON, Francis

Chapel Fold

BOLTON, George

Chapel Fold

BOLTON, George Joseph

10 Bournes Row

BOLTON, Hilda Mary

Chapel Fold

CHARNLEY, James

Lwr. Hilton Fm.

Navy

1942

2.12.1973

Brindle St. James'

CHARNOCK, Ada

4 Top o'th' Lane

CLITHERO, Kenneth

Rock Cottage

1537024

Sgt

RAFVR

5.2.1943

Crash

Brindle St. James'

CLITHEROE, Margaret

13 Bournes Row

COULBORN, Robert

1920

Cross Keys

8.3.2000

Brindle St. James'

CRANSHAW, Jack

Denham Farm

Sgt

Home Guard

3.2.1990

Brindle St. James'

CROOK, Horace

Sandy Lane

DAVIES, Richard

High Cop Farm

DEW, James Victor

Preston

1540030

Sgt

RAF 100 Sq

13.6.1944

Kia

Germany

Runnymeade Memorial

ECCLES, Harold

Whittle

1913

Fern Bank

Home Guard

Brindle St. James'

ELLIS, Fredrick R. MBE

Dewsbury

1895

Dover Lane Camp

154368

Lt.

Pioneers

12.2.1943

Illness

Brindle St. James'

FARRIMOND, John W.

Pippin Cottage

FINCH, James

24 Bournes Row

GERRARD, Joseph

Hoghton

1000145

Sgt

RAF 178Sq

13.10.1944

Kia

Hungary

Budapest

GILLIBRAND, Thomas S.

Windmill Farm

GORRELL, Wilfred

Sycamore Villas

GREENWOOD, Fred

Preston

Gregson Lane

3847072

Pioneers

17.6.1940

Kia

France

Dunkirk Memorial

HOLDING, Arnold

8 Top o'th' Lane

X103541

Marine

Ryl. Marines

23.10.1943

Kia

Channel

Dinard, France

HORRY, Leonard P.

Hoghton

J105725

Petty

Navy

2.3.1942

Kia

Plymouth Memorial

IDDON, Gilbert

Church View

2003

Brindle St. James'

JACKSON, William B.

995752

Cpl

RAF

22.11.1944

Brindle St. Joseph's

LIVESEY, William

Jack Green Ho.

McGARRY, Andrew P.

Oak Bank

MAYHALL, Harold R.

School House

MELLING, Walter

45 Bournes Row

MERCER, Michael

27 Bournes Row

MORTON, John F.

Hoghton

341132

Lt.

E. Lancs.

18.2.1946

Illness

Rangoon, Burma

NELSON, Ernest

West View

NOBLET, George A.

53 Bournes Row

PEARSON, Frank

Top o'th' Lane

2620640

Gdsm

Grenadier

1940

29.4.1943

Kia

N. Africa

Tunisia

PEARSON, Norman

Gdsm

Scots.

PEEL, Edward A.

Batesons Farm

PICKERING, Peter

Beech House

PORTEOUS, Frank

RAF

POWER, Edwin 'Ted'

Brindle

Prospect Cott.

RASC

POWER, Ralph

Brindle

Prospect Cott.

Signals

1942

POWER, Thomas

Brindle

Prospect Cott.

H. Cavalry

RIDING, Henry Birkenhead

Brindle

14 Bournes Row

8.1954

Brindle St. James'

RIGBY, Arthur

Oak Bank

RYDER, Laurence Charles

Eagles Nest

Lt.

Home Guard

SEAMAN, James Ernest

Brindle

Ivy Cottage

Paratroops

SHARPLES, Stanley

Thorpe Green

SLATER, John

Gregson Lane

Pt.

61 Recon

20.7.1944

Kia

Normandy

Tilly-sur-Suelles

SMITH, William B.

50 Bournes Row

STOTT, Philip R.

26 Top o'th' Lane

Cpl

REME

22.3.1985

Brindle St. James'

TRAFFORD, James

TRAVIS, Robert

1904

Mintholme Cott

Fleet Air Arm

1940

24.6.1985

Brindle St. Joseph's

WILSON, Gerald

1913

Fern Bank

23.5.1993

Brindle St. James'