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University of Manchester First World War Roll of Honour University of Manchester First World War Roll of Honour This Roll of Honour is part of ongoing research being conducted as part of the University of Manchester's commemoration of the First World War Centenary 2014-2018. Information is being gathered from several sources, and sometimes differs between those sources. The details given below may change over time. Monthly a biography of each of those who fell in that month 100 years ago will be published online. Further information on or photographs of any of those listed is welcomed and appreciated. Contact: [email protected] Surname Forename(s) Rank Unit Date of Death Acheson Vincent A. Cpt. 6th Bn. Inniskilling Fusiliers 10/09/1916 Ackroyd Louis Cpl. 189th Field Company Royal Engineers 03/10/1915 Adair John Thomas Lt. 10th Bn. attached 1st Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment 22/08/1915 Adam Gerald Wallace 2nd Lt. Leicestershire Regiment 10/08/1919 Adshead Sidney Douglas Lt. 18th Bn. Manchester Regiment 23/04/1917 Aikin Hugh Pte 9th Bn. Royal Scots 08/04/1915 Ainsworth Herbert Green 2nd Lt. 9th Bn. Manchester Regiment 09/10/1917 Allen Percy Henry Private 10th Bn. Canadian Infantry 22/05/1915 Allison Jospeh Leyland Flight Sub-Lt. Royal Naval Air Service 18/04/1918 Almond William Edmonson Rifleman Rifle Brigade 13/05/1918 Amos Percy Alfred Sgt. 17th Bn. Manchester Regiment 01/07/1916 Antrobus Norman Briggs Cpt. 4th Bn. South Lancashire Regiment 02/10/1915 Arbuthnot John Lt. 2nd Bn. Grenadier Guards 16/09/1916 Armstrong William Kingo Cpt. 4th Bn. South Lancashire Regiment 11/04/1918 Aron Frederick Adolphus Cpt. 2nd Bn. South Lancashire Regiment 23/08/1918 Ashton Hardric Grey Cpt. Royal Flying Corps 11/03/1918 Atkin Keyser Cpt. 1st/1st Northern Field Ambulance R.A. Medical Corps 06/06/1918 Bailey Ernest 2nd Lt. 21st Bn. King's Liverpool Regiment 28/10/1916 Bailey Frank Lt. 8th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers 06/09/1917 Baird Leonard Barron Cpt. R.A.M.C. attached 1st/10th Manchester Regiment Manchester Regiment 20/04/1917 Balshaw Walter 2nd Lt. 2nd Bn. Manchester Regiment 20/10/1914 Banks Roland Graham Lance-Sgt. 20th Bn. Royal Fusiliers 30/07/1916 Barker Percy 2nd Lt. 33rd Bn. Machine Gun Corps 13/04/1918 Barlow Harold Carver Lt. Royal Flying Corps 18/06/1917 Barnett Charles Titus L. Cpl. 21st Bn. Manchester Regiment 26/11/1916 Baron William 2nd Lt. 203rd Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery 19/10/1917 Baronian Haron Pte. 8th Bn. Cheshire Regiment 11/04/1917 Barrow Ernest Isaac Lt. 3rd Bn. South Lancashire Regiment attached 2nd Bn. East Lancashire Regiment 23/10/1916 Barry Kenneth Pte. 23rd Bn. (UPS) Royal Fusiliers 27/07/1916 Bateson Ernest Pte. 1st/6th Bn. Manchester Regiment 04/06/1915 Batey John Percy C.S.M. No. 3 Special Company Royal Engineers 09/04/1918 Baxter Warren Pte. 2nd/6th Bn. Manchester Regiment 24/09/1917 Beard Harold 2nd Lt. 5th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusliers 30/10/1918 Bedale Charles Lees Rev. Royal Army Chaplains' Department 08/03/1919 Beddow John Frederick Heber Cpt. 1st/4th Bn. Essex Regiment 03/11/1917 Bedford Alan William 2nd Lt. 2nd/6th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment 20/11/1917 Bedford Robert Harold Cpt. 6th Bn. Manchester Regiment 25/03/1918 Bell John Murray 2nd Lt. 19th Bn. Attached 12th Bn. Highland Light Infantry 24/04/1917 Bentham Richard Cpt. Royal Flying Corps 08/11/1916 Bentley Basil 2nd Lt. 2nd/5th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment 11/09/1917 Berry James Frederick Wilkinson Cpt. 17th Bn. attached 1st/5th Bn. King's Liverpool Regiment 22/11/1918 Berry John Granville 2nd Lt. 2nd Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment 16/08/1917 Bibby Charles Pte. 23rd Bn. (UPS) Royal Fusiliers 03/05/1917 Bice William Francis 2nd Lt. 1st Bn. Norfolk Regiment 04/09/1916 Bigham William 2nd Lt. 13th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers 06/09/1915 Billington Leslie Charles 2nd Lt. 4th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers 07/07/1915 Billington Whitworth Leonard 2nd Lt. Z Special Company Royal Engineers 17/05/1917 Blackledge William Gregson Cdt. 3rd Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment 03/05/1916 Bloy Bertram William Cpl. 1st/19th Bn. London Regiment 01/12/1917 Bloy Laurence Henry Cpt. 5th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers 29/06/1916 Blue James Pte. 1st Bn. Honourable Artillery Company 08/02/1917 Blythe Norman Harry 2nd Lt. 12th Bn. Manchester Regiment 04/08/1916 Blythe Percy Alfred Cpt. 18th Bn. Manchester Regiment 30/07/1916 Bolton John Lt. 5th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment 04/06/1915 Bolton Reginald Lightbrown Cpt. 7th Bn. Manchester Regiment 03/08/1918 Bond Frederick Cpl. 4th Canadian Division Royal Engineers 11/04/1917 Borrell Lancelot 2nd Lt. 12th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers 10/07/1916 Bostock Clifford Cpt. 10th Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment 20/09/1917 Bourn John Lt. 1st Bn. North Staffordshire Regiment 31/07/1917 Bouskill Edward Lt. 21st Bn. Manchester Regiment 04/10/1917 Bowden James 2nd Lt. 66th Bn. Machine Gun Corps 30/03/1918 Bowden Reginald Charles 2nd Lt. 8th Bn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 03/03/1916 Bowes Roy Cpt. 15th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers 05/08/1917 Bowler Thomas Chesters 2nd Lt. 3rd Bn. attached 1st/4th Bn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 03/10/1918 Box Raymond Lt. 12th Bn. Manchester Regiment 11/07/1917 Bradbury Harry Lt. D.G.O. 53rd Div HQ, Royal Engineers 03/12/1918 Bradley Reginald Ernest 2nd Lt. Royal Engineers 25/12/1916 Bradshaw Arthur Spr. 1st East Lancashire Field Company, Royal Engineers 11/06/1915 Bramwell Frederick Pnr. 1st Bn. Special Brigade Royal Engineers 25/08/1916 Brindle John Lawrence Cpt. 4th Bn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 13/03/1918 Broadbent Thomas Sgt. 16th Bn. Manchester Regiment 06/07/1916 Brocklebank Charles Cyril Cdt. Officer Training Corps 01/11/1918 Brocklehurst John Sideney 2nd Lt. 14th Bn. attached 11th Bn. Manchester Regiment 01/11/1915 Brodrick Edward Cpt. 13th Bn. Manchester Regiment 31/07/1917 Brookes Percy 2nd Lt. 6th Bn. Cheshire Regiment 22/11/1917 Brookes Wilfred da Cunha Cpl. Depot Tank Corps 02/02/1918 Brooks Archibald Buckley Cpt. 2nd/6th Bn. Manchester Regiment 07/10/1917 Brooks Frank Smith 2nd Lt. 20th Bn. Manchester Regiment 01/07/1916 Brown John 2nd Lt. 3rd Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers 04/05/1917 1 Surname Forename(s) Rank Unit Date of Death Brown John Cpt. 2nd/7th Manchester Regiment 21/03/1918 Brown Tom 2nd Lt. 10th Bn. attached 7th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment 13/11/1916 Brownridge Frederick Walter Pte. 20th Bn. Royal Fusiliers 20/07/1916 Brownson Alfred Reginald Lt. 11th Bn. Welsh Regiment 18/09/1918 Buckley Edmund Maurice 2nd Lt. 7th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers 12/08/1915 Budenberg Donald Harlow Cpt. 4th Bn. attached 17th Bn. Manchester Regiment 25/04/1918 Budge Huyton Ernest Ulric L. Cpl. 20th Bn. Royal Fusiliers 20/07/1916 Bullough Thomas Horrobin Stanley 2nd Lt. 11th Bn. attached 9th Bn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 07/07/1916 Burditt Stanley Wilbraham Cpt. Royal Army Ordnance Corps 01/10/1917 Burgess Charles Cpt. Royal Field Artillery 11/10/1918 Bush Henry Pte. 1st/8th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers 05/04/1918 Butler Harry Lt. 70th Sqdn. Royal Flying Corps 25/03/1917 Butterworth Benjamin 2nd Lt. 3rd Bn. Manchester Regiment 25/03/1917 Byers Richard Knight Mjr. 8th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment 20/07/1916 Cade Reginald Harry Mjr. 1st/7th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers 27/09/1918 Cameron Colin Neil Cpt. 7th Bn. Cheshire Regiment 10/08/1915 Campin Harry Edward Spr. Royal Engineers 12/09/1920 Cansino Joshua Haim 2nd Lt. 22nd Bn. Manchester Regiment 02/06/1916 Capstick William Richard Sgt. 15th Bn. Royal Scots 01/07/1916 Careful John Holt Maj. 12th Bn. King's Liverpool Regiment 21/03/1918 Caress Frank Clare Pte. Cheshire Regiment 20/10/1918 Carson Charles Graham Cpt. 13th Bn. Essex Regiment 19/11/1916 Case Charles Henry 2nd Lt. (Obs) 11th Manchester Regiment, attached 20th Sqn Royal Flying Corps 29/09/1918 Cass Edward Charles Lance-Sgt. 20th Bn. Royal Fusiliers 20/07/1916 Chapman Charles Hamilton Murray Ft. Lt. Royal Naval Air Service 23/02/1918 Chapman Frederick Leslie Pte. 1st/8th Bn. Sherwood Foresters 17/03/1918 Cheshire James Pte. 1st Bn. Manchester Regiment 01/05/1916 Ching Hugh William Rifleman 9th Bn. London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 26/03/1915 Chronnell Hubert Cpt. 1st/5th Bn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 31/07/1917 Clarke David Lt. 11th Bn. Cheshire Regiment 22/03/1918 Clarke Frank Signalman Royal Navy 17/09/1917 Clayton Norman 2nd Lt. 1st/4th Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment 23/07/1916 Clegg Alexander 2nd Lt. 15th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers 01/07/1916 Clegg Alford Victor Cpt. 6th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers 07/08/1915 Clough Harry Collier 2nd Lt. 14th Bn. attached 18th Bn. Manchester Regiment 30/07/1916 Collier Samuel Francis Cpt. 6th Bn. Manchester Regiment 22/03/1918 Collier Sidney Cpt. Royal Flying Corps 28/03/1918 Collingwood Carlton Cpt. 4th Bn. South Lancashire Regiment 08/08/1916 Connor Samuel Maurice 2nd Lt. 5th Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment 10/08/1917 Constantine William Cpt. Border Regiment 18/09/1918 Conway Brian Wiseman Cpt. 22nd Bn.Manchester Regiment 04/10/1917 Cooke John Howard Lt. Army Service Corps 09/10/1918 Cooke John Irwin Lt. 33rd Light Railway Operating Company Royal Engineers 03/09/1917 Coomber Horace Bertram Cpt. Royal Flying Corps 12/10/1917 Cooper Joseph 2nd Lt. 14th Bn. attached 11th Bn. Manchester Regiment 26/09/1916 Cooper William Randolph 2nd Lt. 4th Bn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 13/05/1918 Corbett Alfred Edward Cpt.
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