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LESS WE FORGET<br />
T O M L I N S O N S T R E E T<br />
WINTER STREET<br />
FULL NAME<br />
SERVICE NO. 19489<br />
RANK<br />
REGIMENT<br />
FAMILY ADDRESS<br />
BIRTH TOWN<br />
HURST, James<br />
Private<br />
7th Bn. <strong>The</strong> Loyal North Lancashire<br />
Regiment<br />
3 Winter Street, <strong>Horwich</strong><br />
<strong>Horwich</strong><br />
DATE OF DEATH January 22, 1918<br />
AGE AT DEATH 24<br />
GRAVE/MEMORIAL VII. E. 11.<br />
MEMORIAL/CEMETERY<br />
LOCAL WAR MEMORIAL/<br />
ROLL OF HONOUR<br />
OTHER INFO –<br />
FULL NAME<br />
SERVICE NO. 744<br />
RANK<br />
REGIMENT<br />
FAMILY ADDRESS<br />
BIRTH TOWN<br />
Fifteen Ravine British Cemetery,<br />
Villers-Plouich<br />
<strong>Horwich</strong> Town Hall<br />
GRIFFITHS, Albert William<br />
Trooper<br />
Household Cavalry and Cavarly on the<br />
Line (incl. Yeomanry and<br />
Imperial Camel) - Household Bn.<br />
5 Winter Street, <strong>Horwich</strong><br />
Fernleigh<br />
DATE OF DEATH May 5, 1917<br />
AGE AT DEATH<br />
Unknown<br />
GRAVE/MEMORIAL Bay 1.<br />
MEMORIAL/CEMETERY<br />
LOCAL WAR MEMORIAL/<br />
ROLL OF HONOUR<br />
OTHER INFO –<br />
FULL NAME<br />
SERVICE NO.<br />
RANK<br />
REGIMENT<br />
FAMILY ADDRESS<br />
BIRTH TOWN<br />
Arras Memorial<br />
<strong>Horwich</strong> Town Hall<br />
Holt, William<br />
Unknown<br />
Unknown<br />
Unknown<br />
21 Winter Street, <strong>Horwich</strong><br />
Unknown<br />
DATE OF DEATH March 25, 1918<br />
AGE AT DEATH<br />
GRAVE/MEMORIAL<br />
MEMORIAL/CEMETERY<br />
LOCAL WAR MEMORIAL/ –<br />
ROLL OF HONOUR<br />
OTHER INFO –<br />
Unknown<br />
Unknown<br />
Unknown<br />
AT JUST 16 YEARS OLD, JOHN GEARNS<br />
WAS THE YOUNGEST RESIDENT OF<br />
HORWICH TO GIVE HIS LIFE.<br />
FULL NAME<br />
GEARNS, John<br />
SERVICE NO. J/38264<br />
RANK<br />
REGIMENT<br />
FAMILY ADDRESS<br />
BIRTH TOWN<br />
Boy 1st Class<br />
H.M.S. Hampshire, Royal Navy<br />
16 Winter Street, <strong>Horwich</strong><br />
Unknown<br />
DATE OF DEATH June 5, 1916<br />
AGE AT DEATH 16<br />
GRAVE/MEMORIAL 13<br />
MEMORIAL/CEMETERY<br />
LOCAL WAR MEMORIAL/<br />
ROLL OF HONOUR<br />
OTHER INFO<br />
FULL NAME<br />
SERVICE NO. 34367<br />
RANK<br />
REGIMENT<br />
FAMILY ADDRESS<br />
BIRTH TOWN<br />
Plymouth Naval Memorial<br />
<strong>Horwich</strong> Town Hall<br />
Lost on HMS Hampshire which was<br />
taking Lord Kitchener and his staff to<br />
Russia. Enlisted in Royal Navy as a<br />
Boy 1st Class.<br />
WORSLEY, Thomas<br />
Private<br />
11th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers<br />
21 Winter Street, <strong>Horwich</strong><br />
<strong>Horwich</strong><br />
DATE OF DEATH October 21, 1916<br />
AGE AT DEATH 26<br />
GRAVE/MEMORIAL II. B. 16.<br />
MEMORIAL/CEMETERY<br />
LOCAL WAR MEMORIAL/ –<br />
ROLL OF HONOUR<br />
OTHER INFO –<br />
FULL NAME<br />
SERVICE NO. 380<br />
RANK<br />
REGIMENT<br />
FAMILY ADDRESS<br />
BIRTH TOWN<br />
Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt<br />
CAWLEY, James<br />
Corporal<br />
1st Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers<br />
26 Winter Street, <strong>Horwich</strong><br />
<strong>Horwich</strong><br />
DATE OF DEATH April 25, 1915<br />
AGE AT DEATH 18<br />
GRAVE/MEMORIAL Panel 58 to 72 or 218 to 219.<br />
MEMORIAL/CEMETERY<br />
LOCAL WAR MEMORIAL/<br />
ROLL OF HONOUR<br />
Helles Memorial<br />
<strong>Horwich</strong> Town Hall<br />
St. Catherine’s Church<br />
OTHER INFO Enlisted 6th April 1915. Age 18,<br />
wounded and gassed.<br />
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