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OPERATION WARGRAVE 100 RECORDS CHECK Service OPERATION WARGRAVE 100 RECORDS CHECK Service number Rank First Name Surname Died on AGE Location Regiment PR CWGC WLB CEM 242457 Private Benjamin Nichols 21/03/18 21 Gen C301 2nd/5th Bn East Lancashire Regiment Y Y M/323559 Driver Richard Tattersall 08/12/18 32 Con C292 Army Service Corps Y" Siege Park. attd. XXII Corps, Heavy Artillery. Y 34413 Private Fred Walmsley 10/07/17 36 Gen D132 1st/5th Bn Lancashire Fusiliers Regiment 48940 L/Cpl James Francis Mannion 09/04/17 23 Cath A42 13th Bn Kings Liverpool Regiment Y Y y 8418 Gdsn Samuel Myerscough 26/06/16 24 Cath A425 2nd Bn Scots Guards Y Y 116320 Driver William Noon 21/06/18 23 Cath A59 1st Reserve Brigade, Royal Field Artilery Y Y Y 124510 2nd Private Thomas Shepherd 31/08/21 29 Cath A92 Royal Air Force Y Y Y 6309 Corporal John Flynn 21/07/16 32 Cath B88 1st Bn East Laceshire Regiment Y Y Y B 116930 Lance Bombadier John Thomas Gordon 26/07/21 27 Cath B99 B Bty 160th Royal Field Artillery Y Y Y B 32100 Private Myles Conway 05/02/17 27 Cath C152 Loyal North Lancashire Regt Y Y Y B 68077 Private John Navan 30/12/20 37 Cath E183 Machine Gun Corps Y Y Y 19251 Private James Edward MCHugh 18/09/20 35 Cath E247 9th Bn Border Reg Y Y Y 48963 Private James Edward MCNulty 13/02/19 19 Cath E351 2nd Bn South Wales Borderer Y Y Y 6558 Private Bartolomew Conroy 22/11/16 NK Cath E283 3rd Bn East Lancs Regiment Y Y Y B 3639 Private James Caine 28/06/18 38 Cath E349 (Depot) Lancashire Fusiliers Y Y Y B 25400 Private Amoss Blake 03/07/21 37 Cath E62 Royal Army Ordenance Corps Y Y Y B 85109 Private Patrick Hester 03/03/17 32 Cath E69 Machine Gun Corps Infantry Y Y Y 98044 Private James Horan 25/11/20 21 Cath E76 Royal Welch Fusiliers Y Y Y 56520 Gunner Michael Padden 11/07/20 41 Cath E90 Royal Field Artilery Y Y Y 28258 GDSN John Furness 12/10/17 29 Con F 438 4th Grenadier Guards y Y y 29479 Private Edgar Taylor 13/11/16 27 Con A 160 11th Bn East Lancs Regiment y Y y 26700 Private Ernest Hall 22/08/16 25 Con A 491 20th Bn East Lancs Regiment y Y y 11897 Private John Edward Roberts 17/02/17 26 Con A 576 Royal Field Artillery Y y 819 Private Edgar Horsfall 16/01/18 25 Con A121 4th Westian Coy Non Combatant Corps y y Y Bacup 37102 Private Albert Nuttall 05/10/17 25 Con A194 8th Bn, East Lancs Regiment Y Y y L/38845 Private Herbert Willis 24/02/20 26 Con A212 Cheshire Regiment & 34677 Labour Corps N Y Y 6029 GDSN William Coates 11/11/14 27 Con A235 1st Bn Scots Guards y y Y 282475 Private Benjamin Holgate 08/07/19 33 Con A256 1/8th Bn Lancashire Fusiliers Y Y Y 27249 Private Adolphus Stanger 23/07/16 33 Con A279 2nd Bn East Lancs Regiment Y Y Y 32139 Private Robert Greaves 14/02/17 29 Con A282 3rd Bn Loyal North Lancashire Regt Y Y Y B 63702 Serjeant William Hardaker 06/09/20 32 Con A336 Royal Welch Fusiliers Y Y Y 18300 Private Robert Hitchen 02/07/16 20 Con A339 13th Bn East Surrey Regiment Y Y Y 50450 Private Herbert Hargreaves 22/07/19 40 Con A350 Devonshire Regiment transf. to (217656) Labour Corps Y Y Y 200982 Serjeant Jack Lord 24/02/19 22 Con A352 Royal Garrison Artilery Y Y Y 358106 Private Hubert Clegg 26/03/18 21 Con A356 2nd/10th Bn Kings Liverpool Regt Y Y Y B M/9439 Sen Res Att James Edward Mitchell 01/02/16 27 Con A359 Royal Marines, HMS Penbrook Y Y Y 5951/6418 Private Walter Taylor 17/02/18 37 Con A393 3rd Bn East Lancashire rEgiment y Y 84301 Private Charles Sidney Pickup 18/11/16 26 Con A397 19th Coy Royal Army Medical Corps Y Y Y 19580 Private David Banham 05/10/18 34 Con A400 9th Bn Cheshire Regiment Y Y Y B 5653 Private John William Creswell 18/03/20 24 Con A436 16th Bn Lancashire Fusiliers Y Y Y B 228817 Rifleman Horace Hord 12/04/18 21 Con A454 C Coy, 1st Bn Monmouthshire Regiment Y Y 91205 Private Charles Melbourne Green 28/03/18 19 Con A462 13th Bn Kings Liverpool Regiment Y Y Y S1/3191 Signaller John Robert Fielding 26/08/16 34 Con A51 1st Bn Gordon Highlanders y Y y 245878 Cpl Herbert Cubbin 01/12/18 33 Con A52 East Lancs Regiment A.S.C.T Y Y y 28669 Private John Rhodes 22/11/18 39 Con A542 2nd/5th Bn Norfolk Regiment Y Y Y 241677 Private Robert Henry Heys 28/04/17 40 Con A58 5th Bn East Lancashire Regiment y Y 14499 Private Eber Mills 20/02/19 36 Con A609 7th/3rd East Lancs Regiment Y Y Y 99750 Private Harry Ashworth 04/03/19 20 Con A649 Machine Gun corps (Inf) Y Y Y B Not Known Capt Edward Martin Wright 10/04/17 25 Con B 702 8th Bn East Lancashire Regiment attached to 5th Bn Y Y Y 57536 Private William Trickett 01/07/19 22 Con B103 1st Bn Lincolnshire Regiment y y Y 5386 Private Benjamin Howorth 22/07/16 20 Con B132 23rd Bn Royal Fusiliers London Regiment Y Y y 26450 Private Arthur Stott 25/09/16 30 ? Con B178 2nd Bn, East Lancs Regiment Y Y y 38556 Wheeler Fred Haspell 01/05/21 34 Con B303 Royal Horse Artillery Y Y Y 3\6477 Private Samuel Hallas 04/09/16 56 Con B373 9th Bn Duke Cornwall Light Infantry Y Y Y B 51290 Private John Hull 22/03/18 28 Con B446 17th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps Y Y 18461 Private Charles Knowles 05/04/19 22 Con B456 6th Bn East Lancs Regiment Y Y Y 36230 Private John Stansfield 03/03/19 28 Con B470 6th Bn East Lancs Regiment Y Y Y WR/196 Sapper Thomas Boocock 23/10/20 39 Con B489 Royal Engineers Y Y Y B 17367 Signaller Edward Charles Russell 18/01/17 21 Con B510 Royal Field Artillery No 9789 Private Fred Ridings 20/05/15 24 Con B520 2nd Bn East Lancs Regiment Y Y Y WR-201843 Pioneer William Ratcliffe 17/02/19 27 Con B618 260th Railway Company Royal Engineer Y Y Y 202207 Private Lawrence Robinson 27/07/17 20 Con D621 2nd/4th Bn East Lancs Regiment Y Y Y 56524 Private Joseph, William Robinson 03/05/17 NK Con D621 1st Kings Liverpool Regiment Y Y Y S/13781 Private Harry Mawdsley 05/07/17 23 Con B651 1st Bn, Gordon Highlanders Y Y 440610 Sapper James Arthur James A Ray 27/12/17 23 Con B736 431st Field Company , Royal Engineers Y Y Y 113353 Serjeant George Towler Harrison 01/08/20 31 Con C13 Royal Engineer Special Coy Y Y Y B6049839 Private Clement,Edward Rawstron 21/09/14 24 Con C149 2nd Bn Durham Light Infantry Y Y L/17426 Gunner Peter Smith 08/10/17 21 Con C192 "B" Bty. 93rd Bde, Royal Horse & Field Artillery Y Y y 240173 Private Thomas Holgate 02/04/18 22 Con C275 5th Bn East Lancashire Regiment y y Y 45636 Private Thomas Clegg 01/08/17 31 Con C449 11th Bn Cheshire Regiment y Y J/50439 (Dev) Ordinary Seaman Edwin Taylor 21/12/18 29 Con C524 HMS Pasley, Royal Navy Y Y Y 291007 Private John Edward Walsh 24/07/18 41 Con D152 7th Bn Welsh Regiment transferred to Labour Corps Y Y Y 37863 Private Arthur Openshaw 15/01/19 21 Con D185 11th Bn East Lancs Regiment Y Y Y 33998 Private Fred Porter 20/04/18 30 Gen D545 11th Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers Y Y Y 29119 Private Arthur Jones 28/04/17 20 Con D579 8th Bn, East Lancs Regiment Y Y y 43049 Private John Grindrod 07/11/18 41 Con D616 23rd Bn Kings Liverpool Reiment & 1st Bn Labour Corps Y Y Y B M2/204120 Private Robert Hoyle 10/08/17 KN Con D642 695th Mechanical Transport Coy. Army Service Corps y y Y M/350261 Private James Coupe 17/02/19 22 Con D675 Royal Army Service Corps y Y y 235924 Private William Robert Skeels 03/12/18 33 Con D752 214 Sqn Royal Air Force y y Y 23345 Corporal John Lambert 28?12/17 38 Con E 395 9th Bn East Lancashire Regiment y Y y 1294 Private William Lambert 02/05/15 37 Con E395 16th Bn Australian Infantry Y Y L/427 Driver Thomas Parkinson 29/11/17 29 Con E107 C Battery, 64th Brigade, Army Field Artillery (Formerly RHA} Y Y R/6704 Rifleman Rowland Chadwick 12/02/20 29 Con E160 15th Reserve Bn Kings Royal Rifle Company Y Y Y B 51066 Private Richard Almond 19/11/18 19 Con E260 16th Bn Lancashire Fusiliers Y Y Y B 25924 Private William Cross 12/10/17 32 Con E402 8th Bn East Surrey Regiment Y Y 235042 Private Clifford Whatling 15/06/17 19 Con E51 2nd Bn South Lancashire Regiment Y Y Y 18839 Private George Edmund Nicholas 03/09/16 21 Con E88 6th Bn Kings Own Lancashire Regiment Y Y Y T3/023161 Driver John Robert Lord 06/06/18 26 Con F265 Army Service Corps Y Y Y 45454 Private William, Henry Clegg 25/04/18 24 Con F266 18th Bn Lancashire Fusiliers Y Y Y B 17557 Private Herbert Barrett 15/08/16 22 Con F296 8th Bn East Lancashire Regiment Y Y Y 204016 Private Walter McWicker 24/02/18 39 Con F299 2nd Bn East Lancashire Regiment Y Y Y N/A 2nd Lt Jesse Hargreaves J H Temperley 25/10/17 28 Con F427 92nd Machine Gun Corps Y Y 24514 Private John Winter 01/07/16 26 Con F449 11th Bn East Lancashire Regiment Y Y Y 33495 Private James Albert Law 12/05/17 KN Gen A 826 8th Bn Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment Y Y Y 36678/25156 Private Harry Crapper 17/07/18 35 Gen A161 2nd Bn East Lancashire Regt & Manchester Regt Y Y Y B 26731/4 Private Ernest Heys 23/11/16 25 Gen A380 11th Bn East Lancs Regiment Y Y Y 44600 Private Daniel Abbott 27/08/18 25 Gen A394 D Coy, 12th (Duke of Lancasters Own Yeomanry) Bn Manchester Regiment Y 13362 Private Robert Smith 21/08/19 26 Gen A524 3rd Bn Dorset Regiment Y Y Y M/9843 Sen Res Att David Hargreaves 24/12/18 33 Gen A536 Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve HMHS Agadir Y Y Y G/6814 L/Cpl John William Crossley 29/09/15 21 Gen A587 2nd Bn Buffs East Kent Regiment Y Y Y 1740 Gunner William Naylor 24/04/16 20 Gen A588 Machine Gun Corps Motors Y Y Y 78266 Private Harold Bacon 05/12/18 21 Gen A590 Kings Liverpool Regiment,Transferred to 212766 Labour Corps Y Y Y B 13116 Private Roy Crowther 09/08/15 20 Gen A 685 6th Bn East Lancashire Regiment Y Y 241521 Sapper James Arthur Holmes 30/06/17 29 Gen A673 414 Field Coy Royal Engineers Y Y Y 3059 Private John Scott 24/08/18 37 Gen A612 1st Bn Welsh Guards Y Y No 37069 Private Thomas Stott 11/04/17 20 Gen A73 8th Bn East Lancashire Regiment Y Y Y DEAL/4310(S) Private Edgar Davies Pickles 08/09/18 30 Gen A734 Royal Marines,R.M.
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