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Pte Ernest Sammons Regt No 31504 serving with the Yorks and Lancs lost his life on the 18th October 1917 aged 32. He’s buried in… Read More »Ernest Sammons

On the 27th April 1917 Pte George Rushton no 241761 serving with the Sherwood Foresters was killed in action in France. George was born in… Read More »George Rushton

On the 3rd May 1917 L/Cpl Joseph Thomas Mottram no S/7839 serving with the Rifle Brigade was killed in action in France age 26. Joseph… Read More »Joseph Thomas Mottram

On the 26th March 1917, five days after receiving the news that Thomas Unwin (RFC) had passed away, the village received word that CQMS John… Read More »John Harris

On 28th April 1917. Pte David Fowell no 12377 of the 8th Battalion Lincolnshire Regt was killed in action in France – age 24. David… Read More »David Fowell

Cpl. Walter Brown No.40655 served with the 12th Battalion West Yorkshire Regt was killed in action on the 24th September 1917. He is remembered on… Read More »Walter Brown

William Richard Brown no 74918 served with the Royal Garrison Artillery. Gunner W R Brown is remembered in the Maple Leaf Cemetery, France. He was… Read More »William Richard Brown

Pte John Bennett no. 5389 lost his life on the 9th of February 1917 serving with the West Yorkshire Regiment in France.Unfortunately the Nostalgia Team… Read More »John Bennett

Pte. John Bentley no. 8186 serving with the 1st Bn North Staffordshire Regt was killed in action on the 31st October 1915 aged 27. John… Read More »John Bentley

Pte Arthur Fowell no. 12176 of the 8th Btn Lincolnshire Regt died of wounds on the 28th September 1915. Arthur was born in 1890 to… Read More »Arthur Fowell