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LEST WE FORGET

The Kirkby Lonsdale Men who died in World War I

compiled by Sydney Richardson

digitised and updated 2014 by John Hamlett for the centenary commemorations of WWI

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Section I: Introduction concerning layout ofthe Book of Remembrance.

Section 11: BriefHistory of some of the main Regiments involved.

Section Ill: List, in chronological order, of the men who died.

Section IV: Information about each man:

This material includes some or all of the following: +Commonwealth War Graves' Commission information on cemetery or memorial; + K.L.Parish Magazine notice or obituary; + Westmorland Gazette obituary; + War Office Medal Roll (medals due).

The Story of the Kirkby Lonsdale War Memorial LAYOU'L

The information about those who died is set out in chronological order, Dot as on the War Memorial, where the men are ~rouped by re~iment or corps.

The purpose ofthis arrangement is to show how the -casualties -became progressively heavier as the war ground on, especial~y on the Western Front in France.

It also allows a rough time line to be added of the major-ca-m-paigns a-nd -of ·the-areas around -the world which also saw significant conflict and where Kirkby Lonsdale men were involved. For example:

Gallipoli/the Dardenelles, Apr., 1915 - Jan. 1916: An attempt to knock Tu-rkey out ofthe war and to create another route to Russia: failed with many casualties for British, ANZAC and French forces.

Mesopotamia and Palestine, 1917-1918: Further attacks on Turkish Empire, leading to the breaku.p ofthe Turkish Empire and the creation of many ofthe modern Middle Eastern states.

Africa, 1914-1918; Attacks -on the-German -colonies in south-west and east Africa, ending the German imperial presence. India: ongoing British army presence in the largest of the British -colonies, ending only in 1947.

France, 1914-1918: After the-initial Ger-man advance through Belgium and North-East France, continuous trench warfare and frequent massive battles and losses, with the British and Empire forces holding the northern end of the front. V.S.A. joined in in 1917.

The War at Sea, 1914-1918: Continuous struggle to defend Allied supply lines a.gainst surface warships, submarines and mines. The one major confrontation between the British and German fleets was the Battle ofJutland in -the North Sea, 191.(j. BRIEF REGIMENTAL HISTORIES.

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Originally the 34th Foot was raised in 1702 in Essex and Norfolk, and the 55th foot in 1757 in Stirling (Scotland). In.1782 the 34th was linked to Cumberland and the 55th to Westmorland. was formed with the 34th Cumberland as the ist Battalion and the 55th Westmorland as the 2nd B'attalion.

The Regiment saw service in Burma, on the North West frontier of India and in the Boer War before 1914.

During , numerous other battalions were formed as the army grew, perhaps the most famous being the 11th Lonsdale Battalion raised at the expense of Lord Lonsdale and suffering immense losses at the Battle of the Somme so that it has its own cemetery (see attached letter). Battalions served in numerous areas and battles in France, including Ypres (most of the War), the Somme (1916 and 1918), Cambrai (1917-18), Arras (1917-18). Elsewhere the ist Battalion was heavily in involved at Gallipoli from the beginning (April, 1915) to the end (January, 1916) and in Macedonia (1915-1918).

During the Regiment was in the retreat to Dunkirk. Later, the ist Battalion was converted to a glider-borne unit and took part in the invasion of Sicily (1943) and Arnhem (1944). It was also with the 8th Army in North Africa, including the siege ofTobruk, and three Battalions served in Burma against the Japanese, one taking part in the second "Chindit" attack behind Japanese lines in 1944.

Its Museum is at Carlisle Castle. Lonsdal~ (~metery reveals Jull horro~, of awful battle I~o rV'- C t,L I/V\' .\J C l'"" l~::. VI.. J 0. nit\. We 57 ~ 'JITi 0 d,,- n et {-{e. r 0... r. ~ I Cl ve WI .b If? f'( :2. t::7 ~ g' er N ,.h"~~""~~. ,-",' ". " 0" " """ "1 Sir, Remembrance Day this scenes it is now a picture year holds a special sig of tranquility, with fields nificance since it marks of wheat interspersed the 90th anniversary of with poppies and cattle the end of World War 1. It grazing nearby. was with this in mind The Lonsdales were formed that I went back to the as a "pals" battalion of • Lonsdale Ce'metery in the Border Regiment at • northern France, a jour the instigation of Lord ney 1 first made with my Lonsdale and were under father in 1963, The the command'of Colonel • enclosed photograph was Machell. taken on my recent visit The troops were recruited • and might be of interest from Cumberland and to some of YOlU' readers. Westmorland and every • The Lonsdale Cemetery is family in those two coun one of more than 200 ties was affected in some • spread over the area way. My own great uncle, where the Somme Battle Fred Brunskill, from was fought so bitterly Great Asby, was one of over many months in the fortunate Lonsdales • 1916. It lies near the vil to return, although I l!'lge of Authuille and think he was wounded within a short distance Of both on the So1'nme and Aveluy Wood where the later at Ypres. Lonsdales "went over the As a boy I recall going to • top" on 1st July, 1916. Crabstack Farm, near In common with every other BOlton, the home· of • sector on the Somme, the "Joss" Jackson, and ask Lonsdales suffered heavy ing him about the medals • losses on that terrible which were in a small first day, losses which case above the kitchen were to continue until door. He replied that "one • November of that year was for supping porridge • when the battle slowly and another was for bon years ago and even from ed. I recall my father ing kippers". In fact, he the time of my first,visit spotting the name of the • ground to a halt. schoolmaster from Great In contrast to those horrific was being far too modest there with my father in • as he "had won the 1963, On that occasion Asby. Military Medal, one of there were relativ.ely few There are also impressive ~ the highest awards for visitors - mainly veter monuments at Delville bravery issued to ordi ans of the First World Wood (UDevil's Wood") o nary soldiers. War or relatives 'visiting where the South African At one stage he'had been graves of lost ones. Now visitor centre is situated. (§ buried alive after a shell there has been a revival . Particularly evocative is eA-ploded nearby and was of interest as families the caribou monument 3 dug out suffering from trace their histories. and Newfoundland visi 0" shell shock and unable to The inclusion in school his tor centre near the infa ('1) speak (fortunately tem tory syllabuses has also mous Y Ravine. .., porarily). He wrote meant that many school However, it is small ceme I\) home from hospital groups visit the various teries such as the Q asslU'ing his mother that excellent museums and Lonsdale where the full he was alive and well and visitor centres. Par tragedy of that awesome Q that "she would be ~ ticularly .poignant is the and awful battle is fully pleased to hear he had huge monument on revealed. Yours etc, stopped swearing". Thiepval Ridge where RICHARD ATKINSON The Somme today is a very the names of more than different place from 70,000 men who have no ~lifford Avenue, those terrible days 90 known grave are record- Taunton. wo LOCAL REGIMENTS undertook most of the recruitment of men in Cumbria for military service during the Great War. Ovet most of Cumbria this was the Border T Regiment, based in Carlisle, which recruited mainly from the former counties of Cumberland and Westmorland. In North Lancashire, including the Furness area, or Lancashire North ofthe Sands, the local regiment was the King's Own Royal Lancasters, based in Lancaster. Before the War each regiment was comprised of four battalions, twO of regular soldiers, and twO of Territorials. When the war began additional "service" battalions were created for the duration of the conflict as parr of Kitchener's New Army; initially these were formed from volunteers, and larer from conscriprs,. All battalions had, of course, to have depleted strengths supplemented by further recruitment. The notes below are intended ro give a brief resume of the warrime history of the main Cumbrian-recruited battalions of each regiment.

THE BORDER REGIMENT

lst Battalion recruited, trained and sent to the other battalions some 600 At the start of the War the battalion was stationed in Burma officers and 47,000 other ranks. After the war it was moved where it was to wait for relief by the 1st/4th Battalion before to Claremorris in Ireland to be merged with the 2nd Battalion, being sent back to the United Kingdom, landing at Avonmourh while its cadre returned to Carlisle to re-establish the on 10th January 1915. After home leave and further training Regimental Depot. based at Rugby it embarked on 17th March from Avonmourh sailing for Gallipoli via Alexandria. Landing at Cape Helles 4th (Territorial, Cumberland and Westmoreland) on 25th April, the battalion suffered very heavy casualties bur Battalion (later the lst/4th) was not finally withdrawn to Alexandria until January 1916. Mobilised in August 1914 in Carlisle, the battalion was moved It was then sent to Marseilles, arriving on 29th March 1916, to Barrow, then Sittingbourne. On 29th September it for duty on the Western Front. On the first day ofthe Somme embarked for service in Burma, arriving to relieve the 1st the battalion suffered 639 casualties from a total of 832 men Battalion, and eventually moving to India early in 1918. It committed to the battle. Twelve months later there followed was to remain in the Far East throughout the war, though a engagement in another major encounter, the 3rd Bame of detachment was sent to fight in Mesopotamia in 1915. The Ypres. The final Allied offensive saw the 1st Battalion battalion returned home in December 1919. advancing rapidly through northern France. After the Armistice the battalion moved into Germany and was 2nd/4th (Territorial, Cumberland and Westmoreland) gradually reduced to cadre strength and transferred back Battalion to England on 3rd March 1919. After re-establishment it The 2nd/4th was created in Kendal on 24th October 1914 embarked for India later in the year. for home service. The battalion was moved to Blackpool, then on 9th March 1915 sailed from Avonmouth for India 2nd Battalion where it was to remain until the end of the war. In 1919 it August 1914 found the battalion based at Pembroke Dock in was engaged in the 3rd Afghan War but returned to England Wales. After reservists were called up it was sent first to to arrive at Plymouth on 9th December, going first to Lyndhurst, then despatched from Southampton to Zeebrugge Kendal, then to Carlisle, where it was disbanded on 31st in Belgium on 5th September 1914 to be involved in the first January 1920. Battle ofYpres and the 1914 Christmas truce. The battalion occupied the trenches in various locations until it was called 3rd/4th Battalion in to the Battle of the Somme from Day 1. The following A training unit formed in Kendal early in 1915, it moved to year it was also engaged in the later stages ofthe 3rd Battle of the Isle ofMan that December, and became a reserve battalion Ypres, on one day making its first ever meeting with the 1st in April 1916 spending most of the war on the North East Borders. In November 1917, the battalion learnt that it coast. was to be parr of the forces being sent to support the Italians, leaving Belgium on the 19th by train. They were 1st/5th (Territorial, Cumberland) Battalion to remain in Italy until the end of the war, and also to The 5th Battalion was mobilised inWorkingron on 4th August remain there for a few months afterwards, returning to 1914 and despatched the following day to Barrow-in-Furness Carlisle on 24th March 1919 and later being posted ro for training. It was embarked at Southampton for Le Havre Claremorris in Ireland. on 25th October, and was posted to the Western Front at Ypres in May 1915. In September 1916 the battalion was to 3rd (Reserve) Battalion rake parrs in attacks during the later stages of the Battle of Providing the training and reserve role for the Regiment as a the Somme. The 5th found itselfin the brunt ofthe German whole, the 3rd Battalion remained in the UK throughout the spring offensive of 1918: in August the 5th was engaged in conflict. At first in Carlisle, it was moved to Shoeburyness, the van of the Allied advance, and again in the final advance then in January 1916 to Conway in North Wales. That during October. Remaining in Flanders uncil31stJanuary 1919, November it was moved again, this time to Barrow and then it then moved to Cologne, and Bonn, as part ofthe occupying four months later to Great Crosby where it was to be found force. It left Germany on 6th November, eventually arriving as part ofthe Mersey Garrison. During the war the battalion home in Workingron on 14th December 1919.

38 2nd/5th (Territorial, Cumberland) Battalion battalion was re'posted to Salonika, sailing from l\larseilles on Formed in Kendal in October 1914 for home service, the 28th October, via :\lexandria, disembarking at Salonika on 7th 2nd/5th Battalion was quickly moved to Blackpool. By NovembeL The battalion was to continue its involvements in November 1915 it was at Falkirk and was merged into the ilie Balkans until the collap e of Bulgaria in September 1918. 2nd/4th and 2nd/5th Battalions of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, Posted after the end of the war to Constantinople, it stayed to form the 13th Battalion. there until 10th NO\'ember 1919, when all remaining officers and men were transferred to 9t1l Battalion, The l(ing's Own 3rd/5th Battalion (Royal Lancaster Regin1ent). ,-\.Iso formed in Kendal during March 1915 the 3rd/5th was a training unit but became a reserve battalion in :\pril 1916. It 10th (Reserve) Battalion was then merged with the 3rd/4th from 5th September 1916 The 10th Battalion was raised in October 1914 and sent to at \Xhitley Bay. Southend, then Billericay for training. From 1st September 1916 it was absorbed into 4th Reserve Training Bligade at 6th (Service) Battalion Seaford in Sussex. Created in Grantham, Lincolnshire, by order of 25th .-\ugust, ti,e 6th Battalion moved to Aldershot for training. It embarked 11th (Lonsdale) Battalion for Gallipoli at Southampton on 1st July 1915, landing at Sponsored by TIle Earl of Lonsdale, the battalion recruited two Helles on the 21st, and remaining until withdrawn to Imbros companies in Carlisle, one in Kendal and one in \X·orkington. on 18th December, and thence to Egypt to be employed on Originally based at Penrith, it moved to Carlisle racecourse at Canal defence. On 30th June 1916 the battalion embarked Blackwell for training on 15tll October 1914. By the autumn at Alexandria, and, travelling via Marseilles, arrived at Arras of 1915 it was stationed on Salisbury Plain, lea"ing there on 17th July. Early in September it was to be committed to for France on 23rd November, initially being posted near attacks during the third stage of the Battle of the Somme. By "-\.Ibert. July 1916 brought the battalion into tl,e Battle of the early 1918 the battalion was at a very low strengtll, and on 1st Somme in which it suffered very heavy casualties. .-\fter the February it was disbanded, with its men transferred to other German offensive in the spring of 1918 had been halted the battalions of tile Border Regin1ent on the \Xestern Front. 11th Battalion was merged on lOtll l\lay into the 5th, and a training cadre, called the 11 th Battalion, formed to trai.n newly 7th (Service) Battalion arriving .-\merican troops, a role which it performed Wltil final The battalion was formed on 7th September 1914 and sent a disbandment on 31stJuly. week later to \Xool in Dorset for training, ilience to ilie \"Xestern FrontinJuly 1915, mostly in flanders. InJuly 1916 it was drawn 12th (Reserve) Battalion into early moves of the Battle of the Somme, and again in the This reserve battalion was formed in September 1915 at final stages during ovemberof iliat year. On 22nd September Prees Heath, near \Xhitchurch, but from 1st September 1916 1917 the battalion was merged with tlle 1st \Xestrnorland and was amalgamated with the 12th (Reserve) East Lancashire Cumberland Yeomanry to become the 7th (\Xestmoriand and Battalion. Cumberland Yeomanry) Battalion of the Border Regin1ent. By larch 1918 it was facing tile massive German offensive through the Somme after which tl,e battalion was reinforced by men from ilie Royal \XeIch Fusiliers and \Xest Yorkshire ARB YOU A OR Regin1ent. The final Allied offensive iliat October saw the 7th Battalion heavily engaged. Reduced to cadre status while till in the Amiens area after the Armistice, it was finally disbanded AREYOUAM .A.:re you a man who wLIl for ever be at Catterick in April 1919. posterity as a Gallant Pat , .... Are you to be handed down to 8th (Service) Battalion Rotter and Coward ., Formed on 10th September 1914 as a "pals" battalion from If you are a Man. Cumberland and \Vestrnorland the 8th Battalion went first to Bil'C» Salisbury Plain, then Boscombe, for training. It eventually left is your opponunJ:t.y of provlDg" it, and for duty on the 'Xestem Front on 26ili September 1915, initially and go to the neares Recruitin around Ploegsteert. Late in June 1916 the battalion was moved into the reserve for the Battle of the Somme, being drawn into REMEM ifyou can get 15, 30. or 60 ofyour Corn ilie front line on 3rd July, casualties totalling 444 in one day. can all ENLIST ether remain. train, After rest and replenishment, and a period of trench duty, it rH r, was again sent into the battle on 21st October. InJuly 1917 the ...z...... , t I" . I battalion was to be involved in the 3rd Battle of Ypres, and again in September. The following March it was reinforcing British NOW 18 YOUR OPPORTUNITY OF forces resisting the German offensive. However, in June the battalion was disbanded and its men, along with oth~rs from • RRY Please take my humble Advice the 9ili Loyal orth Lancashire Regin1ent, formed into the 2nd late. Battalion, 50th Divisional Composite Brigade. THE COU TRY HA ,EVER BEEN

9th (Service) Battalion Raised in Carlisle the 9th was sent to Lewes, Sussex, on 14th September, thence via Seaford and Eastbourne to arrive at Le Recruiting posterfor the IIth (Lonsdale Battalion) ofthe BorderREgiment. Havre on 4th September 1915. However, after a few weeks the Courlesy ofthe Bortkr Regiment Museum

39 Pictured above the .first ofthe Westlnorland and Cun1berland Yeomanrys 24 horsepower Isotta FraschinLs designed by C. W LOltvther. Some oj'the Yeomanry cars were at least as good as the War Office vehicles, but they ¥tt'ere never put into production. Motorists in some volunteer and yeomanry regiments designed arn-loured cars that were used in training. In November 1914 Lieutenant (later Captain) C. W Loltvther, an officer in the Westmorland and CUlnberland Yeomanry, devised a body for the 25 horsepower Isotta Fraschini which was arn10ured by Guy Lewin Lilnited. The crew compartment was armoured and there were heavy doors over the radia: tor. A month later the same body builders built a second Isoua Fraschini armoured car with the body and engine Originally tbe 20tb Foot (peyton's Regiment), it was raised in 1688. From 1782 it was linked to Devonsbire, only becoming the LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS in l8.8.1; one extra battalion existed from 1858 and two more from 1898.

Between 1881 and 1914, the 2nd battalion took part in tbe re-conquest of tbe Sudan, and in the Boer War, wbere it suffered disastrous casualties at Spion Kop together witb two otber Lancashire Regiments.

In WORLD WAR I, its involvement in France included tbe Retreat from Mons (1914), tbe Ypres Salient (1915-1918), the Somme (1916, 1918), Passcbendaele (1917), Cambrai (1917) and Arras (1917, 1918). Elsewbere, tbe 1st Battalion landed on tbe Gallipoli Peninsula at Cape Belles on April 25th, 1915, from small boats, losing 361 casualties and winning SIX Victoria Crosses "before breakfast." Fusiliers were also involved in tbe Macedonian Campaign, 1915-1918.

In WORLD WAR 11, the Regiment was involved in France, North Africa, Italy, Malta (1941-2), and, in the Far East, at Kobima and in Burma, 1943-5, (the latter including tbe 1944 Chindit offensive).

Tbe Badge: the Sphinx in a laurel wreath and'Egypt' within a grenade indicates botb service in Egypt in 1801 and tbe status of Fusiliers, the grenade commemorating tbe original role offusiliers in protecting artillery.

Its museum is at Wellington Barracks, Bolton Road, BURY, Lancashire, BL8 2Pl. The 4th Foot was originally raised in 1680 as the 2nd Tangier Regiment, receiving the title of "The King's Own" in 1715. It was given the territorial connection, with Lancaster included in its name, in 1881. A second battalion had been created in 1857.

Between 1881 and 1914, it was involved in severe fighting in the Boer War. In , the 1st Battalion suffered heavily at Le Cateau (August, 1914) and the 2nd at Frezenburg (May, 1915). Many other battalions were formed in the war, the 6th taking part in the Gallipoli Campaign, whilst the 11th was one of the "Bantam" battalions, consisting offit but undersized men. Many served in France, including Ypres, the Somme and Arras, whilst others took part in the campaigns in Macedonia (1915-18) and Mesopotamia (1916-18). Eight Victoria Crosses were won in this war.

In , the Regiment was involved at Dunkirk, in North Africa, in Malta (1941-2) and in Burma with the Chindits in 1944.

Its badge is "The Royal Lion ofEngland", said to have been granted to it by King WilIiam ill for its support after his arrival in England in 1668.

Its Museum is in the Market Square, Lancaster. THE KING'S OWN (ROYAL LANCASTER REGIMENT)

HE KING'S OWN Regiment's main "home area" for recruitment covered Lancashire North ofthe Sands (the Furness area) and Lunesdale, including Lancaster and Morecambe. l:Only the regular barralions and those Territorial and Service battalions which were mainly recruited from the former area, now part of Cumbria, are included here.

1st Battalion 5th (Territorial) Battalion On the declaration ofWar on 3rd Augusr the 1st Battalion This battalion was mainly recruited from Lancasrer and was srationed at Dover, being mobilised the following day Morecambe, outside the immediare area of interest of rhis wirh reservists being sent from the depot in Lancaster. On publication. A second line Territorial unir was raised in 1915 22nd August it was despatched to France, its Commanding as the 2/5th. Officer, Lt-Col. Arthur M Dykes being killed only four days later during the Battle of Le Cateaux. The battalion was 6th (Service) Battalion then further involved with the key battles of the Marne The first of the Royal Lancaster's "service" battalions of and Aisne which eventually halted the German advance and Kitchener's New Army was formed early in August 19] 4. After stabilised the front in Belgium and Northern France. The training it was to serve in Gallipoli and Mesopotamia Battalion was to remain 'on the Western Front throughout the war. throughout the war, taking part in many major battles including ar Ypres and on the Somme. It was also part 7th (Service) Battalion of the forces which halted the final German offensives Formed later in August 1914 and recruiting mainly in the in 1918 and participated in the Allied advance, breaking Furness area, the 7th Battalion commenced serious training through the Hindenburg Line. at Tidworrh on Salisbury Plain at the end ofSeprember. Posted to France from 14th July 19]5, they were to fight on the 2nd Battalion Western Ftont until the battalion was disbanded in February The opening ofthe war found this battalion in India. Relieved 1918 as part ofa re-organisation ofthe British Expeditionary from its duties there, ir embarked for Britain on 19th Force. During its time in France the battalion took parr in November, arriving ar Plymouth a few days before Christmas. major actions at Bazentin Ridge, the Battle of rhe Somme in After a shore period for training and reinforcement, the the summer of ]9]6 and the capture of the Messine Ridge in battalion was sent to serve on the Wesrern Front in February the third Battle ofYpres in June 1917. On the disbandment 1915. in October the battalion was reposted to Salonika in on 5th February ]918, the remaining nine officers and 367 Greece, fighring there until the collapse ofthe Bulgarian Army men were divided into twO groups and reposted to the 4th in 1918. After a period in the Dardenelles, it returned to and 5th Battalions of the Kings Own. EnglandinJuly 1919. 8th (Service) Battalion 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion Only a few short weeks later than the 7th battalion, in early Mobilised in August 1914 this battalion was charged with September, the 8th Batralion was formed in Lancaster, moving training and equipping many thousands ofmen serving in the to Boscombe Down for serious training from November 1914. Regular and Service Barralions of the Regiment. An inspection was held by Lord Kirchener on 12th August 19]5, prior to moving to France in late September under rhe 4th (Territorial) Battalion) command of Lt-Col. AD Thorne. Initially they were based Formed in 1908 the 4th battalion, under its commanding on the front around Ypres, but in 19]6 were moved to near officer, Lt-Col. Wadham of Ulverston, recruited from an A1bert to take part in the Battle ofthe Somme, though not in area centred on Barrow, but ranging as far as Millom and the initial assault. The battalion was progressively disbanded Grange-over-Sands. The start of the war found rhe between February and April ]9]9 as men were demobilised batralion at its annual camp ar Kirkby Lonsdale in ftom positions around Cologne in Germany. Westmorland and after being sent home it was mobilised on 5th August. Further recruitment was undertaken to II th (Service) Battalion bring the battalion up to full strength while it performed Such was the shortage of men coming forward to volunteer guard duties at local points of sensitivity before going to by early 1915, while men who came under the minimum height Slough on 15th August for training and railway guard duties. requirement of5ft 3 ins were being turned away, that a decision The battalion eventually left for France on 3rd May 1915 was made to recruit special barralions ofshorter, stocky men, where it was to find itself in the fighting in many battles, known as "bantams". The 11th Barralion was formed in the including around Ypres and on the Somme. The end of summer of 19]5 and left for France in June 1916 after the war was to find it at Leuze in Belgium, and inspection by King George V. When the re-organisation of demobilisation commenced on 27th February 1919, being Army in France was effected from 5th February ]918 the completed on 24th June, the last party of men artiving at battalion was disbanded and its men re-posted to the 1st, Ulverston station on 11 th July to a civic reception. 2/5th and 8th Battalions.

40 Detachment ofCumberland and Westmorland Yeomanry Kirkby Lonsdale early 20th century Photographer - Berry of Kirkby Lonsdale Kirkby Lonsdale volunteers 1914 ,, , ,

( ·, KIRKBY LONSDALE SOLDIERS WHO FELL IN THE FffiST WORLD WAR, 1914-1918.

(In the chronological order in which they died).

~ CORPORAL ARTHUR PROCTER, K.O.R. LANCASTER REGIMENT [Died France October 13th, 1914]

PRIVATE MICHAEL C. WALKER, ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS [Died France, 24th October, 1914] 1215.:- CAPTAIN WILLIAM THOMAS STACKHOUSE, SHERWOOD FORESTERS [Died France March 12th, 1915J

SERGEANT ROBERT HOLMES, K.O.R. LANCASTER REGIMENT [Died France May 8th, 1915]

SERGEANT WILLIAM TAYLFORTH, MANCHESTER REGIMENT [Died at Gallipoli, June 2nd, 1915: May 31st on C.W.G.c.]

PRIVATE JOHN WILFRID HUGGONSON, OXFORD AND BUCKS L. I. [Died 18th June, 1915]

PRIVATE CHARLES R. WRIGHT, HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT [Died Gallipoli, 21 st August, 1915]

PRIVATE JAMES EDWARD HUDSON, WEST. AND CUMB. YEOMANRY. [Died 23rd August, 1915]

PRIVATE WILLIAM BOND, BORDER REGIMENT. [Died 30th September, 1915]

PRIVATE SIDNEY BLOWS, BORDER REGIMENT [Died France, December 16th, 1915]

fa Commemorated on the Kirkby Lonsdale War Memorial ~ SERGEANT MAJOR FREDERICK PRICE, ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS [Died 12th January, 1916]

PRIVATE JOHN B. DAWSON, R.M.L. INF. (ROYAL MARINES LIGHT INFANTRY) [Died June 5th, 1916]

PRIVATE SYDNEY WARWICK, BORDER REGIMENT. [Died 1st July, 1916]

PRIVATE THOMAS H. MURPHY, M.M., LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS [Died France July 15th, 1916]: Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

PRIVATE HARRY WARWICK, BORDER REGIMENT. [Died 1st August, 1916]

PRIVATE HENRY ASHMORE, BORDER REGIMENT [Died France, August 6th, 1916]

PRIVATE JOHN WILDMAN, RIFLE BRIGADE [Died France, 18th August, 1916]

PRIVATE ALFED HOLMES, HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT [Died Mesopotamia, 5th September, 1916]

PRIVATE JOHN W. RICHARDSON, 1ST CANADIAN BRIGADE [Died France October 8th, 1916]

PRIVATE WILLIAM H. LOWE, BORDER REGIMENT [Died France November 30th, 1916]

LANCE CORPORAL HAROLD HARDACRE, BORDER REGIMENT. [Died 9th December, 1916]

LANCE CORPORAL WILLIAM MAUDSLEY, SOUTH AFRICAN LIGHT INFANTRY [Died December 15th, 1916]

-fa Commemorated on the Kirkby Lonsdale War Memorial ill1..:. PRIVATE JAMES HAYES, DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY [Died 31 st March, 1917 in France]

PRIVATE ALEX KIRKB.AM, LONDON IRISH RIFLES [Died 4th April, 1917: Sergeant in C.W.G.C. records]

SAPPER WILLIAM DAWSON, ROYAL ENGINEERS [Died France 11 th April,1917]

PRIVATE CECIL GARNETT, BORDER REGIMENT [Died France, April 23rd, 1917]

SERGEANT WILFRED H. JACKSON, HONORABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY [Died France, 15th May, 1917]

CORPORAL LEONARD JOHN ROBINSON, BORDER REGIMENT [Died France, 5th July, 1917]

PRIVATE ARTHUR D. WRIGHT, BORDER REGIMENT [Died France August 22nd, 1917]

2ND LT. ARTHUR ARMER, BORDER REGIMENT [Died France, 5th September, 1917]

PRIVATE SAMUEL DUNNING, SNR., BORDER REGIMENT [Died September 15th, 1917]

PRIVATE WILLIAM H. HARTLEY, BORDER REGIMENT [Died France November 26th, 1917]

-fa Commemorated on the Kirkby Lonsdale War Memorial 12l.&- CAPTAIN FRANK PEARSON, LOYAL NORTH LANCASHIRE REGIMENT [Died England, 5th February, 1918)

PRIVATE GEORGE H. DENNISON, BORDER REGIMENT [Died 19th March, 1918)

GUNNER HENRY BOOTH, R.F.A. [Died France, March 21st, 1918)

GUNNER waLIAM CORNES, R.F.A. [Died France March 22nd, 1918)

PRIVATE JOSEPH D. WRIGHT, BORDER REGIMENT [Died France, 23rd March, 1918)

PRIVATE THOMAS HENRY MORPHET, LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS. [Died France 25th March, 1918)

LANCE CORPORAL FRED MURRAY, BORDER REGIMENT [Died France April 10th, 1918)

PRIVATE waMOT FEARN, BORDER REGIMENT [Died France April 17th, 1918]

PRIVATE waLIAM BENSON LAWRENCE, BORDER REGIMENT [Died INDIA August 24th, 1918)

PRIVATE JOHN BRUNSKILL, TANK CORPS [Died France, September 10th, 1918)

PRIVATE SAMUEL DUNNING, JNR., BORDER REGIMENT [Died France, September 18th, 1918)

PRIVATE CBRIS S. TWITCHEN, TANK CORPS [Died England October 4th, 1918)

fa Commemorated on the Kirkby Lonsdale War Memorial 19.12.:- LANCE CORPORAL GEORGE CARR, BORDER REGIMENT [Died February 14th, 1919, aged 30]

PRIVATE J.W. BLAMIRE, MACHINE GUN CORPS [Died March 18th, 1919, aged 18]

LIEUTENANT JAMES S. PUNCHARD, K.O.R. LANCASTER REGIMENT [Died April 2nd, 1919] f- FARRIER SERGEANT WILLIAM AIREY, R.F.A. (ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY) [Died August 11th, 1919: buried Lancaster Cemetery]

A MECH 3 JAMES ROWLAND WILLAN, ROYAL FYING CORPS [Gased in France 1917, died of wounds Kendal 1922]

f- PRIVATE JOHN HARRISON, LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS

f- Commemorated on the Kirkby Lonsdale War Memorial In Memory of Corporal AH PROCTOR

9163, 1st Bn., King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) who died on 13 October 1914

Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Kirkby Lonsdale Parish Magazine, November, 1914:

News ha·s been received from a private source (though it has not been officialJy confirmed by the war office) of the death in action at the front of h , a Corporal in the First King's Own. We would express our sympathy with his mother and family. We pray God to comfort the young wife in her bereavement.

Westmorland Gazette, October 31st, 1914;

Kirkby Lonsdale has paid its first toll in the casualties ofthe war with the death of Corpl. Arthur Procter. Corpl. Procter was a native ofKirkby Lonsdale, 26 years of age, and a son of Mrs. Procter ofLow Biggins. The news came from Corpl. Procter's wife, who with her two young children, aged two years and one year respectively, resides at Dover. No particulars of bow be met his death are yet to hand, save tbat his brother-in-law was present when he met his death. Corpl. Procter was in the E Company ofthe 1st King's Own, and his seven years' period ofservice finished last January. He received the rank of full corporal when he rejoined. He served his apprenticeship as a pa-inter with Mr. James Moorhouse- of Kirkby Lonsdale. Mrs. Procter, in addition to having a brother and five nephews on active service, has a younger son in the Territorials, 4th Battalion Border Regiment, he having just left Sittingbourne for abroad, and another son saw active service in South Africa. In her bereavement she has the consciousness that her son's death was that of a soldier and patrio~ Much sympathy with her is expressed in the neighbourhood. King's Own Royal Lancaster Regt. Archives:

Corporal Arthur Harrison Procter, number 9163, is recorded as being at the Regimental Depot at Bowerham Barracks in 1907; this corresponds with the time of his first enlistment. He was with the 2nd Battalion in 1909 and 1910. When his seven years of service finished, he transferred to the Army Reserve. He was mobilised when the war started in early August and arrived in France with the rest ofthe 1st Battalion on August 23rd. He would have been entitled to the 1914 Star, the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal. In Memory of Private MC WALKER

6374, 1st Bn., Royal Scots Fusiliers who died on 24 October 1914

Remembered with honour BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY

- Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Kirkby Lonsdale Parish Magazine, December, 1914:

In our last number we had to record the death at the front of Arthur Procter. Since then the news has come that Micllarl Coward Walker has been killed in action. On Sunday, No.vember 15th, reference was made by the Vicar in his sermon to these two.

Westmorland Gazette, November, 1914. THE ROLL OF HONOUR. Corpl. Michael C. Walker. Another Kirkby Lonsdale family has suffered bereavement through the war, Mr. and Mrs. John Walker, ofMitchelgate, having lost their son Michael on active service. Much sympathy is felt with his bereaved parents, his young wife and relatives, who have the consolation of knowing that they have given oftheir best to the country's aid. He was only recently married, and his little daughter was born on August 3rd, two days before he was called up to join his regiment, the 3rd Batt. Royal Scots Fusiliers, at Ayr. It is just a· month sin~e he started to take up service abroad. He was 34 years of age, smart and tall and broadly built, and was very well liked in his native place, where he hadwo.rked while he had been a reservist. He enlisted in the Scots Fusiliers on the outbreak ofthe South African War, and, after spending a year in Scotland, was seven and a halfyears in India. He was promoted to the rank of corporal soon after rejoining the colours, and was highly esteemed in his regiment. His death occurred at the Station Hospital, Boulogne, on October 24th. It is known that he left England with his regiment barely a fortnight before this date. He was the second son Mr. and Mrs. Walker have given to their country, his only brother, John, having met his death in the South African War. 1911 Census Household Transcript

Age Relationship Marital Years Name: Sex: in Occupation: Where born: to head: Status: married: 1911 :

WALKER, LABOURER STURKEY HEAD MARRIED M 60 JOHN RAOD WESTMORLAND COWARD ...... _..__ _ - _ -..- _ _ _- -.------_ -- _ . WALKER, KIRKBY MARGERET WIFE MARRIED 34 F 63 LONSDALE JANE WESTMORLAND

••••• __ _ •• __ _ _ h ••••• _ ••••••••••• _ ••••• •••• ••••••••••••••••••••• __ •• _. __ •• _ ••••• _. __ _ •• __ ._ _ ••• MURRAY, UNDER LABOURER ARKHOLME SON IN LAW MARRIED M 26 FRED 1 GENERAL LANCASTER

••• _ __ __ h __ __•••• _._ •• • __ _ - _ _ ••• KIRKBY SWAINSON, MARRIED MARRIED F 24 LONSDALE BEATRICE DAUGHTER WESTMORLAND

••••••~ ______.._ •••••• _ _u _ _ _ _ ••• n ••__ •••••••••••• _ _ •••__ •• WALKER, STONE KIRKBY MICHAEL SON M 31 MASON LONSDALE COWARD LABOURER WESTMORLAND •.____ •..._ _ _ _•.__ _..•.__•______...•._•..••..•__ _.•__ n_. ._ STOREY, LODGER WIDOWER M 41 WAGGONER CUMBERLAND JOHN IRGTHORN

...... _.. _._._ u_. __ _ _._ __ ~_ __ n_._. . _. DUMFRIES ANDERSON, LODGER MARRIED M 42 JAMES WAGGONER CLOSEBURN

...... _ _._ .....•._ _..__.._...... •_.. _.• ______.n._u_ ..~ .._ _._ •.. ._ . DARGUE, LANGTON FIELD THOMAS LODGER SINGLE M 26 WAGGONER APPLEBY CLlFFORD WESTMORLAND

WALKER MICHAEL COWARD (RG14PN31649 RG78PN1820 RD581 SD3 ED10 SN172) 22 MITCHELGATE Address County Westmorland KIRKBY LONSDALE District Kendal Subdistrict Kirkby Lonsdale Enumeration 10 District Parish Kirkby Lonsdale In Memory of Captain WILLIAM THOMAS STACKHOUSE

1st Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) who died on 12 March 1915

Remembered with honour LE TOURET MEMORIAL

Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission WESTMORLAND GAZETTE, MARCH 20TH, 1915.

Captain W.T. Stackhouse.

On Tuesday, it became known that Mrs. Stackhouse of Casterton Grange, had lost her son, Capt. W.T. Stackhouse, of the Sherwood Foresters, who was killed in action on the 12th inst. near Neuve Chapelle. Capt. Stackhouse was the elder son of the late Mr. W.A. Stackhouse, ofTaitlands, Settle, and Mrs. Stackhouse of Casterton Grange. He was educated at Harrow and Sandhurst, whence he gained a commission in the 4th Lancashire Fusiliers. When the latter regiment was disbanded, he was offered a lieutenancy in the Sherwood Foresters (Notts. and Derby). He received his captaincy in 1913. Before going to the front at the end of October, he was adjutant to the 10th Battalion Kitchener's Army. He was an officer whose cheery and kindly nature made him extremely popular with the men who served under him. He was always ready to help and encourage them. and no one who made his acquaintance failed to retain a delightful impression of his winning personality. His younger brother, Lieut. J. Stackhouse, was also in the Sherwood Foresters, and sailed on Tuesday morning to join Capt. Stackhouse in active military duty at the front, the time of his sailing being earlier than the arrival of the news of Capt. Stackhouse's death. Lieut. Stackhouse, shortly before leaving England, had written home and discussed the possibility of coming across his brother in France. The news of the death of his brother would come as a painful shock, and was a sad blow to Mrs. and Miss Stackhouse. Capt. W.T. Stackhouse married, in 1912, Theodora Charlotte, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dorrington, of Abbotsfield, Plymouth. 1911 Census Military Transcript

Age Marital Name: Sex: in Occupation: Where born: Military: Status: 1911 :

LUTHER, GUY CAPTAIN SINGLE 31 SUSSEX· BRIGHTON INFANTRY FLETCHER ...... __ __ . __ _.. _ n_. __ _ __ .. _. HODGSON, MIDDLESEX· CAPTAIN MAURICE SINGLE 30 LONDON INFANTRY KIRKMAN .- _ --_ --______-._- -.-.- _ --.----- _ . DILWORTH, MIDDLESEX WEST LIEUTENANT MACLEAN SINGLE 22 NORWOOD LONDON INFANTRY PROCTOR .. -_ _ __ ...... _ __ ••• _ •••• u _ __ ••• ._ __ ••••• _ •• _ STACKHOUSE, YORK SETTLE LIEUTENANT W1LLlAM SINGLE 27 YORKS INFANTRY THOMAS

...... _n _ ·n•• _ _ •••••••••••••• _ _ n.nn _ n ••• _ ••• SCHNEIDER, D LIEUTENANT CYRIL SINGLE 27 MIDDLESEX LON ON INFANTRY CROFTON

TYLER, SURREY CAPTAIN MARRIED 51 FREDERICK WANDSWORTH INFANTRY

PRIVATE LANDER, LEICESTER ALL SPECIAL SINGLE 18 WILLlAM SAINTS RESERVIST INFANTRY

PRIVATE BUTTERLEY, SPECIAL SINGLE 20 JOHN DERBYSHIRE DERBY RESERVIST INFANTRY

PRIVATE SIMPSON, SPECIAL SINGLE 18 FRED DERBYSHIRE DERBY RESERVIST INFANTRY

PRIVATE DAVIS, JOSEPH SING LEICESTERSHIRE SPECIAL 18 HENRY LE LOUGHBOROUGH RESERVIST INFANTRY ...... ___ _ _ - _ . PRIVATE - SPECIAL CAPLE, JOSEPH SINGLE 20 DERBYSHIRE DERBY RESERVIST INFANTRY

••• n _ ..~ _ _ _. _.n _ _ _._.._nu _ _ _ ••• PRIVATE SPECIAL BENTLEY, JOHN SINGLE 17 DERBYSHIRE DERBY RESERVIST INFANTRY

....- ---- _ _ ..- •..- .- •.• . •..•_ ...•_ _...... h_•. hh_._..•._ _ .._ n ••••• _ ••••••••n.u _ •••_.n • __ n -- -- Age Marital Name: Sex: in Occupation: Where born: Military: Status: 1911 : RESERVIST INFANTRY

...... _ •••• __ u •• _._•••H_._ .... PRIVATE SPECIAL COX, EDGAR LEICESTRSHIRE SPECIAL 17 RESERVANT SINGLE LEICESTER RESERVIST VICTOR INFANTRY INFANTRY

...... _ •••• __ ••••• _ _ •• __ ••••••••••••• __.. __ • _ n _ •••

...... __ h _····.. • PRIVATE SPECIAL UPTON, STAFFS - BURTON SPECIAL SINGLE 18 RESERVANT ON TRENT RESERVIST FREDERICK INFANTRY INFANTRY ...... __ _ ..______.. _._._n _ _ PRIVATE SPECIAL NOTTINGHAMSHIRE SPECIAL SINGLE 18 RESERVANT HALL, ALBERT WORKSOP RESERVIST INFANTRY INFANTRY ...... - -_ -.-_ __ _.. __ -.. --._ _-._ - _.. _. __ .__ ._-_ _--_ ..- PRIVATE DAWSON, NORFOLK SPECIAL SINGLE 18 ROBERT TARMOUTH RESERVIST W1LLlAM INFANTRY ...... __.. _.. _._ _. _._._ __ ..__.._..__ __ .._ __ __ .. __ n.__ _. PRIVATE STEELE, STAFFORDSHIRE SPECIAL SINGLE 20 W1LLlAM BURSLEM RESERVIST INFANTRY

_ _ _ _-•••• __ •••• _ _4 _ ••••••_._ _.n .._.. _. __ _·.._.. _._ _ _n _.n PRIVATE ROSE, SPECIAL SINGLE 17 DERBYSHIRE DERBY STEPHEN RESERVIST INFANTRY

STACKHOUSE WILLlAM THOMAS (RG14PN20871 RD435 SD1 ED11 SN9999) 45TH REGIMENTAL DISTRICT DERBY NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AND Institution name DERBYSHIRE REGIMENT Normanton Barracks Address NORMANTON DERBY County Derbyshire District Derby Subdistrict Osmaston Enumeration 11 Parish Derby District In Memory of Serjeant ROBERT HOLMES

9155, 2nd Bn., King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) who died on 08 May 1915

Remembered with honour YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Kirkby Lonsdale Parish Magazine, June, 1915.

We are sorry to have to record the death at the front of Sergea.nt.Robert Holmes, who according to news received from his cousin has been killed in action. No official news has yet been received from the War Office. Sergeant Holmes had been in the Army some eight years and in India about seven years.

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regt. Archives.

Sergeant RobertHolmes, number 9155, was with the 2nd Battalion in 1907, and the 1st Battalion in both 1909 and 1911. He was with the 1st Battalion in India when the war began, so it can be assumed that all this service was continuous. He returned to England with the battalion and arrived in France on the 15th January, 1915. He was killed in action on May 8th, 1915. He would have been entitled to the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the AUied Victory Medal. In Memory of Serjeant WILLIAM TAYLFORTH

142, 1st/6th Bn., Manchester Regiment who died age 32 on 31 May 1915 Son ofWilliam and Marion Taylforth, of Slapestones, Kirkby Lonsdale, Carnforth. Remembered with honour HELLES MEMORIAL

Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Kirkby Lonsdale Parish Magazine, July, 1915.

News has been received in the past week of the death in Gallipoli, in connection with the Dardenelles operation, of r T fi h, and the deepest sympathy is felt for his parents and sisters by all in Kirkby Lonsdale. A full notice of Will Taylforth appeared in the Westmorland Gazette last week. It was his pleasant smile and ever ready good nature that most impressed themselves on me. These are indeed a happy memory. Mention will be found under the Leck news of Wilfred Huggonson, brother of Mrs. J. Armer, for whom we feel true sympathy. Westmorland Gazette, June, 1915.

It became known on Monday morning that Sergt. William Taylforth, ofthe 6th Manchesters, only son ofMr. Wm. Taylforth, manager of the Kirkby Lonsdale branch of the Bank of Liverpool, had been killed in the Dardenelles. on the 31st May. He was one ofKirkby Lonsdale's best known and most popular young soldiers, and the inhabitants joined with one mind in extending their heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved parents, sisters and other relatives. Sergt. Taylforth was tall, strong and athletic. During his training for a scholastic profession, he had become keen on games, and was particularly skilled in Rugby. He regularly played for Kirkby Lonsdale when on holiday,and did much to keep the Rugby game popular in his native town. He was also a vocalist of much merit, and as a member of a Manchester glee party had on several occasions given delight to local audiences. At the time ofthe Boer War in 1899 he joined the Kirkby Lonsdale corps ofvolunteers, and received therein a couple of years training which stood him in good stead afterwards. When at Leeds he spent a year with the Leeds Rifles, and subsequently became a member ofthe College Company ofthe Cheshire Artillery, in which he attained the rank ofSergt. Major, serving for two years with this corps. Whilst engaged in bis professional duties he joined the 6th Mancbesters as a private and spent ten years with that branch ofthe auxiliary forces, being called up for active service on the outbreak of the war. He was despatchedwith his regiment to Egypt in September. He was 33 years of age. In intimating the news of his death to Sergt. Taylforth's parents, his commanding officer stated that his death was instantaneous, and that his last words were words of cheer spoken to a wounded comrade. The letter also stated that in him the regiment had the influence of a character ofthe highest nobility, and his platoon will bitterly feel his loss for a long time. All his comrades wished to be associated with the message of sympathy thus conveyed. Writing to Mr. Taylforth, Major Pearson, ofthe 1st Lancashire Fusiliers (brother ofMr. A. Pearson of Abbot's Brow, Kirkby Lonsdale) states that he (Major Pearson) had become temporarily attached to the 6th Manchesters, and only two days before Sergt. Taylforth's death had heard that the latter had become aware ofhis (Major Pearson's) arrival where the regiment was fighting and wished to see someone from Kirkby Lonsdale. Major Pearson states that he was going to see Sergt. Taylforth, having started to- do- so as soon as he could, when the news met him that the latter had been killed. He had been buried up there by the trenches with several of his comrades, a tiny cross being put up for him and his name added to the list on the temporary wooden memorial which his regiment had in that area. He had been killed instantly by a shot through the b.ead within a couple of hundred yards ofthe Turks' entrenchments. All the officers and men of his regiment thought a tremendous lot of him, continued Major Pearson; he was a fine soldier and a popular non-commissioned officer. His colonel and the other officers ofhis regiment desired their deep sympathy to be conveyed to his family. Major Pearson also forwarded his identification disc, and wrote with reference to the disposal ofhis other personal belongings. Ever since his taking up active service, Sergt. Taylor's movements have been followed with keen interest by his Kirkby Lonsdale friends, and the recent severe fighting in which his regiment was known to have taken part had added no little anxiety. That he did his duty nobly and well is consolation to the bereaved. .. ..

William Taylforth (at rear) with some ofhis family at Devil's Bridge, Kirkby lonsdale before outbreak ofwar in 1914 In Memory of Private JOHN WILFRID HUGGONSON

1934, 1st/4th Bn., Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry who died age 23 on 18 June 1915 Son of George and IsabeUa Huggonson, of Coulterthwaite, Leek, Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland. Remembered with honour HYDE PARK CORNER (ROYAL BERKS) CEMETERY

Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Ancestry.co.uk

- • WESTMORLAND GAZETTE, June, 1915.

On Tuesday, word reached his home at Cowan Bridge, Kirkby Lonsdale, that Private Wilfrid Huggonson, of the 4th Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry (Culham College), had been killed in France. Pvt. \V. Huggonson was 23 years of age and the younger son of Mr. George Huggonson of Cowan Bridge. He was a fine young man of much promise and a good soldier. He was educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Kirkby Lonsdale, going subsequently to Lancaster, where he studied manual teaching at the Storey Institute. Afterwards he was engaged for a short while in teaching at Grantham, and then went to Culham College, where his period of training would have finished ihis week; On going to Culham he joined-the college company ofthe Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry. Having undergone a winter's training at Chelmsford, he departed with his regiment at the end of March. His brother and brother-in-law are in the Kirkby Lonsdale section of the 4th Battalion Border Regiment, now in Burma.

Cheerfulness was one of his characteristics, and he was well liked by his comrades. He was a member of Leck Church choir, under the late Mr. H.T. Welch and Mr. H.E.P. Welch. As a youth he took part in the solo competitions of the Kendal Festival., and was a valued member of the Leck and Kirkby Lonsdale Choral Societies. He was also a keen cricketer, and did good service with the Kirkby Lonsdale team. Since going to the front he has taken part in some severe fighting, and recently wrote home saying he had not had his boots or socks off for several weeks. He always wrote cheery messages, however, and the day before as well as on the actual day of his death he wrote post-cards to his people at home saying he was quite well .. 1911 Census Household Transcript

Age Relationship Marital Years Name: Sex: in Occupation: Where born: to head: Status: married: 1911 :

JOINER HUGGONSON, LANCSCOWAN HEAD MARRIED M 65 HOUSE AND GEORGE BRIDGE BUILDER ...... --- _-_ -_ _ _-- _ -.. -- _ -_ _ - _ _.- _ - . WESTMORLAND HUGGONSON, WIFE MARRIED 34 F 62 ISABELLA KENDAL ...... -_ -- _ -- _ _ _ _ _ -- - _ -..- -.- _ . HUGGONSON, LANCS MARGARET DAUGHTER SINGLE F 32 BURROWS WITH AGNES BURROW

•••••• _ _ _ .. _ ••u __••·······_·· - _ _ •••-.-••-.-_.-.--.-•••••• - ---- _._ _. __ HUGGONSON, JOINER GEORGE SON SINGLE M 28 HOUSE AND LANCS COWAN HADWlN BUILDER BRIDGE

LANCSCOWAN HUGGONSON, SON SINGLE M 18 STUDENT JOHN WlLFRID BRIDGE

HUGGONSON JOHN WILFRID (RG14PN25587 RG78PN1465 RD480 SD3 ED3 SN44) COWAN BRIDGE Address County Lancashire KIRKBY LONSDALE District Lunesdale Subdistrict Tunstall Enumeration 3 Parish Leck District In Memory of Private CHARLES ROBERT WRIGHT

9784, 10th Bn., Hampshire Regiment who died on 21 August 1915

Remembered with honour HELLES MEMORIAL

Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission In Memory of Private JAMES EDMUND HUDSON

2088, Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry who died age 21 on 23 August 1915 Son of George and Margaret Hudson, ofDocker Farm, Arkholme, Carnforth. Remembered with honour HILL 10 CEMETERY

Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Ancestry.co.uk - British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 1911 Census Household Transcript

Age Marital Years Relationship Sex: in Occupation: Where born: Name: Status: married: to head: 1911 :

HUDSON, WESTMORLAND; HEAD MARRIED M 44 FARMER GEORGE LONGSLEDDALE ...... _ -_ _ _ ~._._._ _ -_ _ _ _ . WESTMORLAND HUDSON, WIFE MARRIED 18 F 41 MARGARET FIRBANK ...... __ __ _.•..•______u ______.. FARMER'S HUDSON, SON WESTMORLAND SON SINGLE M 17 JAMESE WORKING GRAYRIGG ON FARM ...... _ _ _ ---- _ - _..-..--.- _ _ . HUDSON, FARMERS DAUGHTER WESTMORLAND MARGARET DAUGHTER SINGLE F 15 DAIRY WORK GRAYRIGG I ______n _..__ ·.·_n.______..•.._•• _.•...•__ .. HUDSON, LANCASHIRE SON M 13 SCHOOL GEORGEH WHITIINGTON

...... _ _ _ h __.. _ _ _ _ _ •• __ ._. __ ••••• _ .._ _.-- LANCASHIRE HUDSON, SON M 11 SCHOOL THOMASW WHITIINGTON ...... -.. _ _..---_ _ - __ _ -- _ _ _ - _ . HUDSON, LANCASHIRE SON M 9 JOHND WHITIINGTON

...... __ _n_ __ _ h _ _·.__ • ···_·.. • ..•••••..·_·..••• - - - - .. HUDSON, LANCASHIRE SON M 6 SCHOOL RICHARDJ WHITIINGTON ._ __ n______n __ _ _n._ _ _.··_._···..•..••..•..•..··._ .. HUDSON, LANCASHIRE DAUGHTER F 2 MARYA WHITIINGTON

...... _ _ _ _ ••••• _ _ _ _ ••• _. n _ _ h _ ••• JOHNSTON, MOTHER IN RETIRED WESTMORLAND WIDOW F 63 ISABELLA LAW FARMER MIDDLETON ...... _ _ ·h.·_·..·..·..h _ _ ·.._ _.._ _ .. TAYLOR, FARM WESTMORLAND ISMC SERVANT SINGLE M 25 LABOURER NEVERSHAM HENRY

HUDSON JAMES E (RG14PN25593 RG78PN1466 RD480 SD4 ED6 SN59) DOCKER FARM Address WHITIINGTON County Lancashire KIRKBY LONSDALE District Lunesdale Subdistrict Arkholme Enumeration 6 District Parish Whittington In Memory of Private WILLIAM BOND

11283, 6th Bn., Border Regiment who died age 28 on 30 September 1915 Son ofRobert Bond, of "Beechwood," Barbon, Kirkby Lonsdale, Carnforth, and the late Isabella Bond. Remembered with honour BELLES MEMORIAL

Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Ancestry.co.uk - British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920

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Age Relationship Marital Years Name: Sex: in Occupation: Where born: to head: Status: married: 1911 :

PARK, HEAD SINGLE 4 M 27 MOLECATCHER WESTMORLAND EDWlN ...... _ -_ _.. -- - _ -._ __ _-..- _ ------.. PARK, WIFE MARRIED F 25 ULVERSTON MARY ... ______.••.. ______. __ __.. . __.. _- _.._.n._ .. BARROW IN PARK, SON M 3 GEORGE FURNESS

...... _ _ _ _ •• ______h __ ._ _ ••• BOND, BOARDER SINGLE M 29 MOLECATCHER BARBON KIRKBY JOSEPH LONSDALE

••••_n n __ ·._····· • - _ _ •••••••••••••• _ _ _ ••• BOND, VISITOR SINGLE M 23 MOLECATCHER BARBON KIRKBY WlLLlAM LONSDALE

BOND WILLlAM (RG14PN31745 RG78PN1826 RD583 SD3 ED10 SN53) THE MAYPOLE Address ROCKFIELD County Monmouthshire MONMOUTH District Monmouth Subdistrict Monmouth Enumeration 10 Parish Rockfield District 1911 Census Household Transcript

Age Relationship to Marital Years Name: Sex: in Occupation: Where born: head: Status: married: 1911 :

BOND, GENERAL MASONGILL HEAD MARRIED M 52 ROBERT LABOURER YORKSHIRE

...... ______h ·_. •__ ······.··.·_··••••_..• n _ _ ••••• u. __•• _ ••• _ ••• BOND, PENRITH WIFE MARRIED 31 F 53 ISABELLA CUMBERLAND ••••• _ _ _u _._h.•••••••••_ ••••• • _ _04 •••• __ ._._ h_u h._ ._ ••••••••__ .. BARBON BOND, DAUGHTER F 14 ELIZABETH WESTMORLAND

.... _ _ _. __ _ _ _ •• _ ••••• _ ••••••• _ •• _ ••••••••••• h _ __ _ ••• DIXON, LONGDALE GRANDDAUGHTER F 4 ANNIE WESTMORLAND

BOND ROBERT (RG14PN31640 RG78PN1820 RD581 SD3 ED1 SN18) BRIDGE END Address BARBON KIRKBY County Westmorland LONSDALE District Kendal Subdistrict Kirkby Lonsdale Enumeration 1 Parish Barbon District In Memory of Lance Corporal SIDNEY HERBERT BLOWS

14905, 7th Bn., Border Regiment who died age 21 on 16 December 1915 Son ofWilfred Blows, of Cambridge Rd., Cherry Hinton, Cambs. Remembered with honour MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITARY CEMETERY

Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission WESTMORLAND GAZETTE, DECEMBER 24TH, 1915.

News bas been received by Mr. W. Miller, head gardener at Underley Hall, ofthe death of , of the 7th Border Regiment, now in France. Pvt. Henry Ashmore, of the same regiment writing under date to Mr. Miller, said: "I am afraid I have very sad news to send you. Sidney was kiJled yesterday. There is one blessing, he did not suffer. He was killed outright with a shell." He goes on to say that they have had a very rough time recently, and that Stephen (Glover), another Kirkby Lonsdale man, was very lucky to get away on pass when he did. Private S. Glover has just returned to the front from his leave. Private Blows, who was a native of Cherry Hinton, Cambridge, was up to the time ofhis enlistment at Kirkby Lonsdale in September, 1914, employed as a gardener at Underley HaJl, along with Private Ashmore, who now writes conveying the news ofhis death. He was a fine young fellow, full oflife, and his death is regretted by very many friends in Kirkby Lonsdale. He was a member ofthe Conservative Club there, and took a keen interest in games, particularly in billiards. He was one offive gardeners from Underley Hall who enlisted into the 7th Border Regiment, the others being H. Ashmore, A. Webb, S. Glover, and C. Howarth.

1901 Census for Sidney Herbert Blows:

Civil Parish ofTrumpington, Cambridgeshire:

2, Alpha Terrace Wilfred Blows Head 42 Gardener (domestic) b. Grantchester Jane E. Wife 39 b. Bourn Frederick C. Son 17 Gardener (domestic) b. Cambridge AJbert G Son 12 b. Trumpington George Son 10 b. Trumpington £IDNEY B.L-'---JS""'o"'nl...--7L.- --.JIl.-Trumpingt.2ll Frank Son 5 b. Trumpington Amy S. Daur. 3 b. Trumpington Lilian E. Daur. 1 b. Trumpington 1911 Census Household Transcript

Age Relationship Marital Years Name: Sex: in Occupation: Where born: Status: married: to head: 1911 :

BLOWS, GARDENER GRANCHESTER HEAD MARRIED M 52 WlLFRED DOMESTIC CAMBS

...... __ •••••••• n _ ••••• ···.···.····_····__ ••• ------••••••••--••••••--••• - --••----••••••••--•••••••••-- _ •• BLOWS, JANE WIFE MARRIED 27 F 49 BOURNCAMBS ELIZABETH ...... --_ - _ -- __ -- __ __ .-- __ _- _..- --_ __ .. BLOWS, COMPOSITOR TRUMPINGTON SON SINGLE M 20 GEORGE CAMBS ...... -- --_ __ ---_ _----_ ---_ -- ..--_.__ _•...... _ --_ _ -- __ .u - ..

BLOWS, GARDENER TRUMPINGTON SINGLE M 17 SIDNEY SON DOMESTIC CAMBS HERBERT

..... •••_._ _ n ••~* __ •••••••• _ _ _ •••••_ _ n ••• _ n •• _ •••••••• _ •••••••_d~~_.n•• n __n._n••••••••__ • BLOWS, GARDEN BOY TRUMPINGTON FRANK SON SINGLE M 15 DOMESTIC CAMBS STANLEY

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BLOWS SIDNEY HERBERT (RG14PN9099 RG78PN482 RD180 SD2 ED20 SN53) SOUTHACRE Address COTTAGE LATHAM County Cambridgeshire ROAD CAMBRIDGE District Chesterton Subdistrict Cherry Hinton Enumeration 20 Trumpington District Parish Ancestry.co. uk In Memory of Company Serjeant Major F G PRICE

9288, 8th Bn., Royal Welsh Fusiliers who died on 12 January 1916

Remembered with honour PIETA MILITARY CEMETERY

Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth W"ar Graves "Commission WESTMORLAND GAZETTE, JANUARY, 1916.

Sergt. F. Price of Kirkby Lonsdale.

On Wednesday news was received by Mrs. A. Bracken, of Kirkby Lonsdale, ofthe death ofher brother, Se1:gt. A...A.~~l3<1ll""""""'''''''''''''~' ofthe Welsh Fusiliers. His wife, who resides at Harrington, Cumberland, had received official intimation from the War Office ofthe death of her husband, as a result of wounds received at the Dardenelles, where his regiment had been engaged. Sergt. Price, who had served his term ofyears in the regular army, was on the reserve when war broke out. He rejoined his regiment, and was for some time employed for training purposes in England and received promotion to the rank he held at his death, before leaving home for the Dardenelles. Sergt. Price was a fine young man well known and liked by all in Kirkby Lonsdale. He was an athlete of no little merit, and greatly used to enjoy a game at Association football, playing regularly for the Kirkby Lonsdale Club during several seasons. He will be much missed amongst a large circle of friends, and much local sympathy is felt for his wife, who lived in Kirkby Lonsdale for many years, and his relatives. His elder brother is also serving in the forces. In Memory of Private JOHN BURROW DAWSON

P0/17920, Royal Marine Light Infantry who died age 19 on 05 June 1916 Son ofHannah Read (formerly Dawson), of Old Manor House, Kirkby Lobsdale, Westmorland, and the late Joseph Dawson. Remembered with honour LYNESS ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY

Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission WESTMORLAND GAZETTE, JUNE, 1916. A Kirkby Lonsdale man on the Hampshire. The news ofthe death ofLord Kitchener and his staffon board H.M.S. Hampshire was received in Kirkby Lonsdale on Tuesday afternoon with incredulity by many, who could not grasp the fact until the official message set all doubts to rest. The widespread grief was expressed on an hands. It was known that a Kirkby Lonsdale young man was serving on that warship~ and the little encouragement given to. the hope of their being any survivors by the official messages aroused expressions of sympathy with his mother, Mrs. E. Read, and the members of her fa,mily. The young man in question, Juhn ~~>o<....LL~ ...L!...ho!~' who was only 19 years of age, was one ofthe few local men serving in the navy. At the outbreak ofwar he was living at Old Manor House, Casterton, and he enlisted in the Royal Marine Light Infantry on the 29th September, 1914, when only 17 years ofage. He thus carried out an often expressed wish to go to sea, and joined for a period oftwelve years. He had his share ofexciting experiences at sea, and had visited Russia. On Tuesday, the day when the news arrived of the loss ofthe Hampshire, his mother received a letter posted at 5-30a.m. on Monday from him written in his usual lively strain, and mentioning the naval battle, in which the ship had taken part, but from which they escaped without a scratch [in the North Sea, known as the Battle ofJutland, the main naval battle between the Britsh and GermanfleetsJ. He was ofthe same opinion as many other men ofthe navy, that the full tale ofthe German-losses had yet to be told, and that it would exceed the official estimate. He also mentioned the reported loss ofthe Hindenburg, which he called the "swank" ship ofthe German fleet. He was always happy with the life, and full of enthusiasm for the British fleet and its doings. The dangers he made light ofwhilst on leave, and the risks of death from day to day he faced calmly, his touching expression being "Who could die better?" THE SINKING OF HMS HAMPSHIRE

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dedicated to all 643 sailors who lost their lives on board this ship.

HMS HAMPSHIRE WAS LOST ON THE 5th JUNE 1916

Author: Jane Storey. E-mail [email protected]

http://homepage.ntlworld.comljanestoreyI Kirkby Lonsdale Parish Magazine, July, 1916.

The chief events ofthe past month in connexion with the war are the naval battle ofHorn Reef [Battle ofJutland], in which though we suffered severe losses we drove the German Fleet into Harbour with heavy losses and serious damage, the sinking ofthe Hampshire with r' and his staff off the Orkneys, and the great Russian advance, which we hope will be extended farther. In his sermon on Whitsunday morning the Vicar referred to the death ofLord Kitchener, who had done for England in the present crisis what probably no other man could have done, and also to the result ofthe naval battle which was a cause for thankfulness and not at all for discouragement because ofour losses in ships and men. The sacrifices that we had made had defeated the German purpose and the enemy's fleet was seriously disabled. It is with much sympathy for his mother and family that we learnt ofthe death by drowning of D who was one ofthe crew ofthe ill-fated Hampshire. He was a fme lad who had thrown himself heart and soul into the career he had chosen. His ship had come unscathed through the great battle and was selected to take Lord Kitchener to Russia. News has been received that his body has been recovered and now lies buried in the Naval Cemetery on the Island ofHoy. HMS HAMPSHIRE

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This website is dedicated to those Sailors and Officers who lost their lives onboard the HMS Hampshire and have no grave except the sea.

On Monday 5th June 1916, about 1 to 1/2 miles off Marwick Head in Orkney, by 7.50 pm H.M.S. Hampshire had struck a German mine and sunk. According to an official MOD site the ships full compliment at the time of sailing was 655 men plus 7 passengers who were Lord Kitchener and his staff.

The bodies of over 100 officers and men were recovered from the sea and were interred into one common grave where they now lay to rest at the Lyness Cemetery, Hoy, Orkney.

That is with the exception of Lieutenant MacPherson and Colonel Fitzgerald. Lieutenant MacPhersonwas was onboard the Hampshire in his capacity as a Russian translator and was buried in a separate gave in Lyness Cemetery. The body of Colonel Fitzgerald was taken to Inverness and then transferred to London for burial at the Eastbourne (Ocklynge) Cemetery in Sussex.

The body of Lord Kitchener was never recovered from the sea and only 12 men survived the sinking of the HMS Hampshire. 1911 Census Household Transcript

Age Relationship to Marital Years Name: Sex: in Occupation: Where born: head: Status: married: 1911 :

READ, WESTMORLAND HEAD MARRIED M 43 BLACKSMITH EDWARD KENDAL

...... _ __ __ ••• _ __ u •• _ _ • ··_ _ _ __ • __ • ••• _ •• WESTMORLAND READ, WIFE MARRIED 5 F 43 LAUNDRESS KIRKBY HANNAH LONSDALE ...... _ __ _ --- _-_ --_._ _ _-- _- - __ _ . WESTMORLAND READ, DAUGHTER F 4 KIRKBY ISOBEL LONSDALE

...... _ _ __ _n __._ _d _ __ .. .__ d.n ~._••• DAWSON, WESTMORLAND CABINET WILLlAM STEPSON SINGLE M 21 KIRKBY MAKER HENRY LONSDALE

...... n •• _ _ _ _ h ••n_ _ _ _ •• _ - ••• WESTMORLAND DAWSON, STEPDAUGHTER SINGLE F 19 KIRKBY AGNES LONSDALE ...... _ -.- __ _.--_ _ _ _ -- --..- _ . DAWSON, WESTMORLAND DOROTHY STEPDAUGHTER SINGLE F 17 KIRKBY ELIZABETH LONSDALE ...... _.••.••_ _..••..•__•.•.•..•._ _._ u_ __.• ._ _ __ .•._••. DAWSON, WESTMORLAND JOHN STEPSON M 13 KIRKBY BURROW LONSDALE

DAWSON JOHN BURROW (RG14PN31649 RG78PN1820 RD581 SD3 ED10 SN194) 14 MILL BROW Address County Westmorland KIRKBY LONSDALE District Kendal Subdistrict Kirkby Lonsdale Enumeration 10 Parish Kirkby Lonsdale District In Memory of Private SYDNEY WARWICK

16338, 11th Bn., Border Regiment who died age 19 on 01 July 1916 Son ofPearson and Isabella Warwick, ofEast Lodge, Capernwray, Carnforth. Remembered with honour LONSDALE CEMETERY, AUTHUILE

Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Ancestry.co.uk - British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 1911 Census Household Transcript

Age Relationship Marital Years Name: Sex: in Occupation: Where born: to head: Status: married: 1911 :

WARWICK, GARDENER LANGWATHBY HEAD MARRIED M 39 PEARSON DOMESTIC CUMBERLAND ...... _•. .._ _ •.._...... • ....•__ ....•..••.. ..•._ u_•..••_.• .n.• ..•....•. __ . •.•_u_ __ _. WARWICK, MOULDWORTH WIFE MARRIED 18 F 38 ISABELLA CHESHIRE • ._._ u_ ".'_' __ h.O ' .." _n_ __ h •••• _. __••__ ".u _. _._ •• __ "' nh nO. h _u __ __ nU.h._. __ n _ _ ••• GROOM WARWICK. CHESTER SON SINGLE M 16 GARDENER CHESHIRE HARRY DOMESTIC

__ ••••• __ •• ••••••_._ _. •••••••• _ ••• _ ••••••• _ _ ••••••••••••_. __ • __._ _ ••••• _._ ••• __ • • • __ n •• • • ••••• _ _ .. WARWICK. ARNSIDE SON M 14 SCHOOL SYDNEY WESTMORLAND

...... __ __ • ~ ••••••• • ._••_ __ •_ •• h.H' ••• •• _ _n•••••• __ n •• _ •• __ • __ , h ••••_.h __ h n.' •••"n' __ •• ' "_n WARWICK. CANTSFIELD ELSIE DAUGHTER F 11 SCHOOL LANCASHIRE GERTRUDE ...... _..--_._ --______-.. -- _ _ _ _...... •....-- -- _ _ _ . WARWICK. CANTSFIELD ETHEL DAUGHTER F 8 SCHOOL LANCASHIRE ISABEL ...... _.-- _._ -.-_._ .._ _.. _~._.-- _ --_ _.._._ _ -_ - -- •.... _ _.-- _ . WARWICK, CANTSFIELD WILLlAM SON M 6 SCHOOL LANCASHIRE PEARSON

WARWICK PEARSON (RG14PN25586 RG78PN1465 RD480 SD3 ED2 SN5B) CAUTSFIELD KIRKBY Address County Lancashire LONSDALE District Lunesdale Subdistrict Tunstall Enumeration 2 Parish Cantsfteld Tunstall District In Memory of Lance Corporal THOMAS HENRY MURPHY MM

22086, 1st Bn., The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment who died age 22 on 15 July 1916 Son ofthe late Jesse and Ellen Murphy. Remembered with honour THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission 1911 Census Household Transcript

Relationship Marital Years Age in Where Name: Sex: Occupation: to head: Status: married: 1911 : born:

MURPHY. BOOKSELLER SALFORD HEAD WIDOWER M 51 JESSE AND BROKER LANCS

...... _ _ d __ _ _ .. __._••__•• h. __ •• _ _ •• _ _ ••••••••••• _ ••• MURPHY. SALFORD THOMAS SON SINGLE M 17 MILK BOY LANCS HENRY

•••••••••••••••• _ _ •••• __ __ ••• __ __ ••••••••••••••• • ._ _ •••••••..··_.. • ..•••••• ·_·.. • __ • __ h •• _. _ •• _ _.__ • •• MURPHY. SALFORD DAUGHTER SINGLE F 20 JESSIE LANCS

MURPHY. TAILORS SALFORD DAUGHTER SINGLE F 16 FRANCIS ERRAND GIRL LANCS

MURPHY THOMAS HENRY (RG14PN23908 RG78PN1380B RD464 SD4 ED43 SN3) 184 CHESTER ROAD Address HULME County Lancashire MANCHESTER District Chorlton Subdistrict Hulme Enumeration 43 Parish South Manchester District In Memory of Private HARRY WARWICK

14684, 8th Bn., Border Regiment who died age 21 on 01 August 1916 Son ofPearson and Isabella Warwick, ofEast Lodge, Capernwray, Carnforth, Lancs. Remembered with honour THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Ancestry.co.uk - British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 In Memory of Private HENRY ASHMORE

12187, 7th Bn., Border Regiment who died on 06 August 1916

Remembered with honour THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

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~U:AJ~~>.&4-..A:...J<~1..IC .u..!!'-J--" News has been received by Mr. MilJer, head gardener to Lord Henry Bentinck, Underley Hall, of the death ofPte. Henry Ashmore, Border Regt, from wounds received on 6th August. He was employed as. a gardener at Underley prior to his enlistment in September, 1914, along with four other gardeners from the same place, one ofwhom has previously been killed, Pte, Ashmore was married in February this year whilst on leave. Sergt. Chas. Howarth wrote that Private Ashmore died of wounds received from a shell which burst close to them. He lived only an hour after being hit. All the lads in their Company, he says, thought the world of him, as also did the Co. Sergt. Major, and he is sure he will never be forgotten in that Company. The deceased was of a quiet disposition and had many friends in the Kirkby Lonsdale district. 1911 Census Household Transcript

Relationship Marital Years Age in Name: Sex: Occupation: Where born: to head: Status: married: 1911 :

ASHMORE, GARDENER OXFORD HEAD SINGLE M 25 HENRY DOMESTIC BICESTER

.•..•. _n.. ______...... •.._._n ..•..•._....•.• __ ·_u •• __ ..• _..•.•. H •••••_ ••• • ··._.· • __ • _u •.. .__ •..•...... • __ .. GRIMSHAW, GARDENER YORKS BOARDER SINGLE M 21 RICHARD DOMESTIC CHAPHAM

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WESTMLD HOWARD, GARDENER BOARDER SINGLE M 21 KIRKBY CHARLES DOMESTIC LONSDALE

ASHMORE HENRY (RG14PN31650 RG78PN1820 RD581 SD3 ED11 SN16) UNDERLEY Address GARDENDS BOTHY County Westmorland KIRKBY LONSDALE District Kendal Subdistrict Kirkby Lonsdale Enumeration 11 Parish Kirkby Lonsdale District In Memory of Rifleman JOHN WILDMAN

2430, 3rd Bn., Rifle Brigade who died on 18 August 1916

Remembered with honour THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

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WESTMORLAND GAZETTE, September 3rd, 1916.

Killed in Action.

Wildman, Rifleman J., Rifle Brigade, killed in action in France_OD August 19th. TheSOD-of Mrs. Wildman and the-late Mr. Thos. Wildman, formerly ofKirkby Lonsdale. In Memory of Private A HOLMES

280608, 1st/4th Bn., Hampshire Regiment who died age 26 on 05 September 1916 Son ofWilliam and Christiana Holmes, ofKearstwick, Kirkby Lonsdale, Carnforth. Remembered with honour BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY

The RoDs ofHonour held at the Commission)s Head Office conunemoratin, by name all the CommoDWcahb c:amaltics who died in Iraq cb.uin8 the two World Wan Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission WESTMORLAND GAZETTE, May 18th, 1918.

HOLMES, Pte. Alfred, Hants. Regt., third son ofMr. and Mrs. W. Holmes, ofKeastwick, Kirkby Lonsdale, who was taken prisoner by the Turks at the fall of Kut, is now reported to have died of dys.entry on the 5th September, 1916.. The Central Prisoners ofWar Committee, who had been making enquiries, state this week that they wrote in July last to the Ottoman Red Crescent Soci.ety 3,Sking that enquiries should be made concerning Pte. Holmes, who had not been heard ofsince a post-card was received in the summer of 1916 from him saying that he was a prisoner. A reply had been received that Pte. Holmes died at Yarbaschi, on the date stated, but no further details were given. Pte. Holmes, who was 26 years of age, enlisted at the outbreak ofhostilities, and, after service in India, he volunteered for service in Mesopotamia. He was formerly employed at Underley Hall Gardens, and Cressbrook. 1911 Census Household Transcript

Relationship Marital Years Age in Name: Sex: Occupation: Where born: to head: Status: married: 1911 :

MOORE, POLICE LANC'S ST HEAD MARRIED M 29 THOMAS CONSTABLE HELENS ...... -_ -_ - -- __ _ - _.-.- _ - - _-- . WESTMORLAND MOORE, WIFE MARRIED 1 YR F 25 KIRKBY DOROTHY LONSDALE ...... _ ••• _. _n •.••••••••••__•••• __ _ •.•••••••.•_ _••••••.•••_ •••••.••••••_._ •• _ ••. •__ ••••.•.•_•••••_ ••• MOORE, 7 LANC'S DOROTHY DAUGHTER F MONTHS BURNLEY CHRISTIANA

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WESTMORLAND HOLMES, GARDENER VISITOR SINGLE M 21 KIRKBY ALFRED DOMESTIC LONSDALE

HOLMES ALFRED (RG14PN24827 RG78PN1422 RD472 SD2 ED4 SN223) 50 BRUNSWICK ST Address BURNLEY County Lancashire LANCASHIRE District Burnley Subdistrict WestWard Enumeration 4 Parish Burnley District In Memory of Private J W RICHARDSON

Al36150, 4th Bn., Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment) who died age 34 on 08 October 1916 Son ofIrving and Annie Richardson, ofKirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland, England. Remembered with honour ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY, MIRAUMONT

Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission In Memory of Private WILLIAM HENRY LOWE

16851, 2nd Bn., Border Regiment who died age 34 on 30 November 1916 Son ofJohn Lowe, ofKirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland; husband of M. M. J. Lowe, ofStanley Villa, Fairfax Drive, Westcliff-on-Sea. Remembered with honour THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Kirkby Lonsdale Parish Magazine, January, 1917.

Private William Low~ was shot by a sniper on November 30tb [1916] and kiJJed outrigbt. His fatber bas suffered a double bereavement in the past month, his daughter Mrs. Bland having died while staying in Kirkby Lonsdale during the absence ofher husband at the front.

WESTMORLAND GAZETTE, late December, 1916.

LOWE, Pte. William Henry, Border Regt., son ofMr. John Lowe, ofMain Street, Kirkby Lonsdale, was shot by a sniper on the 30th November, and died immediately, according to a letter from his officer to the family. He was buried a few hours later by his comrades, and a cross erected over the grave. Pte. Lowe was born and went to school at Kirkby Lonsdale. He had latterly resided at Warrington, and came from there to enlist in the Border Regt. during the Autumn of 1914. He went out to the front in September last. He was 32 years of age and was married and had one child. 1911 Census Household Transcript

Age Relationship Marital Years Name: Sex: in Occupation: Where born: to head: Status: married: 1911 :

GENERAL DOCKER LOWE, JOHN HEAD WIDOWER M 64 LABOURER WESTMORLAND

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COBB, UNDER POSTMAN YORK SON IN LAW MARRIED M 25 ERNEST ONE RURAL YORKSHIRE

...... _ ••••••• _ _ _ ••• __ ._._••• h •••••• _ __ •••• _ ••••__ •••••••• _ _ __ •••• _ .. POSTMAN STRATFORD MCGOVARIN, BOARDER MARRIED M 26 JAMES RURAL ESSEX

LOWE JOHN (RG14PN31649 RG78PN1820 RD581 SD3 ED10 SN88) 65 MAIN STREET Address County Westmorland KIRKBY LONSDALE District Kendal Subdistrict Kirkby Lonsdale Enumeration 10 Parish Kirkby Lonsdale District In Memory of Lance Corporal HAROLD HARDACRE

25805, 1st Bn., Border Regiment who died age 23 on 09 December 1916 Son ofWilliam Fryers Hardacre and Martha Hardacre, of Casterton Post Office, Carnforth. Remembered with honour GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS

Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Ancestry.co. uk - British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920

1911 Census Household Transcript

Age Relationship Marital Years Name: Sex: in Occupation: Where born: to head: Status: married: 1911 :

HARDACRE, BOOTSMAKER CASTERTON WILLlAM HEAD MARRIED M 48 MAKER WESTMORLAND BYERS ....- _-_ _ ...... __.. _ ._ __ .n_. __ ._ ._. LOWER HARDACRE, WIFE MARRIED 3 F 34 TRANAMERE NELLlE CHESHIRE ...... _ _n. ._ --_ _ _- .. _-_ __ __..-.-- ---_._-_ -- _ - __ -.._ . HARDACRE, BOOTMAKER CASTERTON HAROLD SON SINGLE M 17 MAKER WESTMORLAND BYERS ...... -_ -_ _ _ _ - -.--- --...•. __ .- _ _ _ . HARDACRE, CASTERTON OLIVE DAUGHTER F 2 WESTMORLAND CARTMET

LONG PRESTON HARDACRE, MOTHER WIDOW F 74 JANE YORKSHIRE

HARDACRE HAROLD BYERS (RG14PN31641 RG78PN1820 RD581 SD3 ED2 SN13) POST OFFICE Address CASTERTON K County Westmorland LONSDALE District Kendal Subdistrict Kirkby Lonsdale Enumeration 2 Parish Casterton District In Memory of Lance Corporal WILLIAM HENRY MAUDSLEY

9649, 3rd Regt., South African Infantry who died age 40 on 15 December 1916 Son ofJohn and Eleanor Maudsley, of 4, Beckhead, Kirkby Lonsdale, Carnforth. Remembered with honour HABARCQ COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission WESTMORLAND GAZETTE, December, 1916.

MAUDSLEY, Lance-Corpl. William Henry. On Wwnesday news was receiv.ed that Lan-Ce=-Corpl. WiHiam Henry Maudsley, South African Light Infantry, son of the late Mr. John Maudsley and of Mrs. Maudsley, ofKirkby L.oDSd_3k, died .oD th~ 15th D~~emb~T.. H~ h.3d beeD sh.ot through the head and left hand on the 14th, and died the fuUowing day after an operation. Always of a very patriotic nature, Lance-Corpl. Maudsley was ever to the fore in offering to serve his country, as the following record of his service will sbow. Ea-rly inthe-course-oftb-e-'Boer War, -he volunteered-for service, and-joined the Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry, going out with his regiment to South Africa in E~,.19..o.0.. He w.ent- alLthr..ollgh-the -Boet: War., ~d. afterwards took a post on the railways in South Africa. His 'first visit to Kirkby Lonsdale since the Boer War was just over Jw.O y~e.~trs igo., wb.e.o .b_e r_enew.ed bis .ma.ny frie.ndsbips .th.e.re.. He returned to South Africa in June, 1914, and immediately joined General Botha·'s army, and went all through the German South West African campaign. He than enlisted in the South African Light Infantry, in which reegiment he has fallen.

Kirkby Lonsdale Parish Magazine, January, 1917.

It is with great regret and much sympathy for their ber.eavw- r.elativ.es that w.e record the'.deaths .of tw.o Kirkby Lonsdale soldiers at the front. n i . ~, after passing safely through the German South W~t Afri.c_3n .c.3mp.3ign iD G"imff.al B.otb.a's.army., eJlJjst~d with the South African Light Infantry and came to Europe. He was shot through tbebead on December 14th and died the following day. [He was 40 and his mother lived at Beck Head] 1911 Census Household Transcript

Relationship Marital Years Age in Name: Sex: Occupation: Where born: to head: Status: married: 1911 :

MAUDSLEY, PRIVATE KERWICK HEAD WIDOW F 61 ELEANOR MEANS CUMBERLAND ...... - _ ------.- _ -._ _ _ -.- _ - _.. KIRKBY MAUDSLEY. DAUGHTER SINGLE F 27 LONSDALE ALlCE WESTLAND

MAUDSLEY ELEANOR (RG14PN31649 RG78PN1820 RD581 SD3 ED10 SN183) 4 BECKHEAD KIRKBY Address County Westmorland LONSDALE District Kendal Subdistrict Kirkby Lonsdale Enumeration 10 Parish Kirkby Lonsdale District In Memory of Private JAMES HAYES

43053, 14th Bn., Durham Light Infantry who died age 30 on 31 March 1917 Son of Mr. S. and Mrs. E. Hayes, of Sutton-on-Trent, Newark. Remembered with honour BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY ----,

Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

WESTMORLAND GAZETTE, April 14th, 1917.

DIED OF WOUNDS.

HAVES, Pte. James Hayes, Durham Light Infantry, of Underley Hall Gardens, Kirkby Lonsdale, is reported to have died of wounds received on March 31st. He was foreman of Underley Hall for about eighteen months, and was well liked in the town and neighbourhood. He enlisted in the Derbyshire Yeomanry, and went out to France last September, being subsequently transferred to the Durham Light Infantry. This is the third employee from these gardens to be killed in the present war. In Memory of Serjeant ALEXANDER KIRKHAM

590401, 18th Bn., London Regiment (London Irish Rifles) who died on 04 April 1917 Son ofThomas and Jane Ann Kirkham, of 49, Seal St., Liverpool. Native ofKirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland. Remembered with honour LARCH WOOD RAILWAY CUTTING) CEMETERY 4- f..

Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Kirkby Lonsdale Parish Magazine, June 1917.

n . - -, London Irish Rifles, tbe only son of our Nurse Kirkham, has been reported missing since April 7th. He had been out for two years, and was a first rate shot and sniper. It is a particularly trying time for relatives, when they do not know whether their loved ones are alive or not.

WESTMORLAND GAZETTE, May 12th, 1917.

KIRKHAM, Sergt. Alexander, London Irish Rifles, only son of Mrs. Kirkham, of Kirkby Lonsdale, is officially reported missing after an engagement on the 7th April in France. Sergt. Kirkham, who was 27 years ofage, was always keen on military life, and in his younger days was a member ofthe Kirkby Lonsdale Cadet Corps, and later the Territorials. He enlisted in London the day after war broke out, and had been at the front for two years. He did good work as a sniper up to Christmas, being a capital shot, and was promoted sergeant this year. Much sympathy is expressed with his mother and sisters.

WESTMORLAND GAZETTE, May 19th, 19-17.

KIRKHAM, Sergt. A. A letter has been received from a Co. Sergt.-Major in the London Irish Rifles regarding Sergt. Alexander Kirkham, who was officially reported "missing" last week. The writer states that Sergt. Kirkham was seen alive during the operations in question on the 7th April, so "there is a probability of his having been taken a prisoner, as no one, as far as I can find out, saw him wounded." 1911 Census Household Transcript

Relationship Marital Years Age in Name: Sex: Occupation: Where born: to head: Status: married: 1911 :

SCOTLAND KIRKHAM, DISTRICT HEAD WIDOW F 60 ROSSHIRE JANE NURSE RESIDENT

KIRKHAM JANE (RG14PN31649 RG78PN1820 RD581 SD3 ED10 SN211) 3 HORSEMARKET Address County Westmorland KIRKBY LONSDALE District Kendal Subdistrict Kirkby Lonsdale Enumeration 10 Parish Kirkby Lonsdale District In Memory of Sapper W DAWSON

155643, 233rd Field Coy., Royal Engineers who died on 11 April 1917

Remembered with honour DICKEBUSCH NEW MILITARY CEMETERY

- Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Kirkby Lonsdale Parish Magazine, June, 1917.

We in Kirkby Lonsdale have had some sad news from the front. , Royal Engineers, was kiJled in France on April 11th. He had enlisted in the Engineers a year ago, and been at the front for six months. Much sympathy is felt for his wife and widowed mother.

WESTMORLAND GAZETTE, April 28th, 1917

KILLED IN ACTION

DAWSON, Sapper WilIiam, Royal Engineers, youngest son of the late Sergt. Jas. Dawson, and ofMrs. Dawson, of Kirkby Lonsdale, is reported to have been killed in France on the 11th April. Letters received by his wife from his officer and chaplain state that he was killed in the trenches and had been buried in the military cemetery, and that "he died like a true soldier, doing his duty to his country." Sapper Dawson, who was 30 years ofage, enlisted in the Engineers in April last, and had been out in France for the past six months. He was a member ofthe A Company, 2nd V[olunteer] B[attalion], Border Regt. at Kirkby Lonsdale in years past, and was a cheery companion and friend. Ancestry.co.uk. In Memory of Private C GARNETT

241513, 5th Bn., Border Regiment who died on 23 April 1917 Son ofMrs. M. A. Garnett, of Biggins Lodge, Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland. Remembered with honour WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

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Private. Cecil Ga_rne.tt, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Garnett, of Biggins Lodge, was kiUed fighting gaUantly on April 23rd. It is sad to think of a young life like this being taken, but we are sure it is not lost, only transferred.

WESTMORLAND GAZETTE, May 5th, 1917

KILLED IN ACTION.

GARNETT, Pte. Cecil. Mr and Mrs. Thomas Garnett, of the Lodge, The Biggins, are informed that their eldest son, Pte. Cecil Garnett, Border Regt., has been killed in action in France. The letter was written by a chum ofPte. Garnett's, who said he was killed on Monday 23rd April, and had been buried behind the lines. He went through it as a brave young lion until the time he was hit, says his comrade. Pte. Garnett, who was 20, was a fine manly fellow, and was for many years at the Biggins, where his loss is keenly felt. In Memory of Serjeant WILFRED HENRY JACKSON

4246, 2nd Bn., Honourable Artillery Company who died age 21 on 15 May 1917 Son ofJohn Warbrick Smith Jackson, of 4, Fairbank, Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland. A Civil Servant. Remembered with honour ARRAS MEMORIAL

Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission WESTMORLAND GAZETTE, May 26th, 1917.

KILLED IN ACTION.

JACKSON, Sgt. Wilfred Henry, Lewis Gun Section, H.A.C., only son ofMr. J.W. Jackson, ofFairbank, Kirkby Lonsdale, is reported by a corporal in the section to have been killed in France. Sgt. Jackson had charge ofseveral guns, and appears to have been hit whilst repelling an attack ofthe enemy. No official news is yet to hand, however. Sgt. Jackson, who was 21 years ofage, had been out since October last, and had seen much hard fighting. He was always known as being keen on anything he took up, and his promotion in the Lewis Gun Section was rapid. He was an old boy ofthe National School, and later spent four years at Queen Elizabeth's School.

WESTMORLAND GAZETTE, June 2nd, 1917.

JACKSON, Sergt. W.H. Further particulars regarding the death of Sergt. W.H. Jackson, Lewis Gun Section, H.A.C., show that he was killed while firing one ofthe guns, and had the satisfaction ofknocking out a German machine gun, two snipers, and breaking up the German line which was counter-attacking. Through his excellent work three battalions were saved from being enveloped, and his chum says he feels sure his last hour was the happiest of his whole life as he saw his gunners, the men he trained, working hard and standing to like old Guards. He says their Divisional Commander reviewed them afterwards and complimented the gunners, especially Sergt. Jackson, for their excellent work. The Germans he smashed up were the Prussian Guards, and the whole battalion were proud of him. Kirkby Lonsdale Parish Magazine, June 1917.

Lastly comes the news ofthe death in action of~ J.a..cksM, the only son ofMr. J.W. Jackson, for whom deep sympathy is felt. The news is not yet official, but is conveyed to the father by a Corporal who. describes himself "your son's most devoted chum." In his letter he says:- "Through his excellent work, 3 battalions were savedfrom being enveloped, andI feel sure his last hour was the happiest of his whole life as he saw his gunners, the men he trained, working hard and standing to like Old Guards. Our Divisional Commander reviewed us today and complimented D Company Lewis Gunners, especially Sergeant Jackson,for their excellent work. " He adds, lIThe Germans he smashed up were Prussian Guards andyou should be the proudestfather at this time as the whole Battalion is proud ofhim and every Battalion in our Division. " Such testimony as this is indeed a consolation to sorrowing hearts. In Memory of Corporal LEONARD JOHN ROBINSON

201742, "C" Coy. 1st Bn., Border Regiment who died age 24 on 05 July 1917 Son of Robert and Barbara Robinson, ofPenrith; husband of Sarah Robinson, of Church Cottage, Casterton, Kirkby Lonsdale, Carnforth. Remembered with honour MENDINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY

Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission In Memory of Private AD WRIGHT

202990, 8th Bn., Border Regiment who died on 22 August 1917

Remembered with honour CALAIS SOUTHERN CEMETERY

Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Kirkby Lonsdale Parish Magazine, September, 1917.

...... as we go to press, we learn ofthe death from wounds on August 22nd of ' r' . Much sympathy is felt for his parents.

WESTMORLAND GAZETTE, September 1st, 1917.

WRIGHT, Pte. Arthur Davis, Border Regt., has died in hospital in France from wounds. A letter received by his mother from the Duchess of Sutherland, states that Pte. Wright died ofwounds in that hospital (the MilIicent Sutherland Ambulance) on the 20th August, peacefully, and was buried in a little cemetery near at hand. He was very badly wounded in the spine and was only alive long enough for them to make him comfortable. "He was a dear patient boy." Pte. Wright was the sixth son ofMr. and Mrs. Wright, and the fourth son serving in the forces. He was a native ofKirkby Lonsdale, and was a fine young fellow who was well liked. He joined the forces in January last and had been out in France since June. He was 21. In Memory of Second Lieutenant ARTHUR ARMER

11th Bn., Border Regiment who died age 23 on 05 September 1917 Son ofSarah Jane Armer, of 11, Fairbank, Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland, and the late John Armer. Husband ofthe late Alice Ruth Armer, who also died on service. Remembered with honour COXYDE MILITARY CEMETERY

Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Kirkby Lonsdale Parish Magazine, February 1917.

Our congratulations to A h r Arm r on his prospective commission.

Kirkby Lonsdale Parish Magazine, October, 1917.

October, 1917: IN MEMORIAM. We record with deep regret the death of2' hr,Border Regiment, who was killed in France, Sept. 5th, by a shell which exploded close to him, just as he was entering his dug-out. He had only recently received his Commission, an honour which showed how highly he was esteemed. The Lieut. Colonel writes ofhim: "He always set the highest example ofcourage and devotion to duty and this unit and the army is much the poorer by his loss." No finer tribute could have been paid to his memory. Much sympathy is felt for all his relatives. WESTMORLAND GAZETTE, September 22nd, 1917.

ARMER. Sec.-Lieut. Arthur, Border Regt., is officially reported to have been killed on 5th September in France. A letter received later from the Lieut. -Colonel of his regiment says:- "Lieut. Armer was just about to enter his dug-out in the front line when an enemy minnerwerfer shell exploded close to him and died immediately. He always set the highest example of courage and devotion to duty and this unit and the army are much the poorer by his loss. He was buried in the military cemetery at ---." Lieut Armer, who was 23 years of age, was a native ofKirkby Lonsdale, and was keen on all outdoor sports, having played for the local cricket and football teams for many years. He was a member ofthe Cadet Corps, subsequently joining the Territorials, and went with the Border Regt. on the outbreak ofwar. He served in India until early in 1916, and then returned home, re-enlisting in the Borders in June, and saw active service at the front until December,'whenhe wa-s recommended for a commission. He was then a corporal. He came back to England for his training, and was granted a commission in the County Regt. His service at the front for the second time had been unfortunately a short one. Prior to the outbreak ofwar he was for several years in the office ofCapt. Frank Pearson. 1911 Census Household Transcript

Relationship Marital Years Age in Name: Sex: Occupation: Where born: to head: Status: married: 1911 :

ARMER, LANCASHIRE SARAH HEAD WIDOW F 55 WHITIINGTON JANE ...... _ __ _n..___ u______.__ . __ _ ._.00 ARMER, SON SINGLE M 17 LAW CLERK WESTMORLAND ARTHUR KIRKBY LONSDALE

ARMER, SCHOOL WESTMORLAND SARAH DAUGHTER SINGLE F 15 GIRL KIRKBY LONSDALE JANE

ARMER ARTHUR (RG14PN31649 RG78PN1820 RD581 SD3 ED10 SN122) 11 FAIRBANK KIRKBY Address County Westmorland LONSDALE District Kendal Subdistrict Kirkby Lonsdale Enumeration 10 Parish Kirkby Lonsdale District In Memory of Private SAMUEL DUNNING

3/6011, Border Regiment transf. to (266485) 552nd Coy., Labour Corps who died age 52 on 15 September 1917 Husband ofA. A. Dunning, of16, Fair Bank, Kirkby Lonsdale. Remembered with honour KIRKBY LONSDALE ST. MARY CHURCHYARD

October, 1914: Westmorland Gazette:

A Kirkby Lonsdale Veteran Rejoins the Colours.

An instance of patriotism exhibited in a practical way was furnished at Kirkby Lonsdale on Saturday, when Samuel Dunning, a workman on the Underley estate, who saw service in Afghanistan with the 4th King's, offered himself again for military duty and satisfactorily passed the doctor. He had previously contributed his share from the members of his family, but the country's need appealed to him with such urgency that he felt that, although he left the army in 1892, he could not remain quietly in his ordinary occupation. Nothing would satisfy him but going personally to join the Regulars, and he proceeded on Monday to Carlisle to attach himself to the 2nd Borders. His Afghan- experience had taught him how rigorous military service might be, but he was not dismayed, saying that enlisting with the Regulars would bring him nearer effective and useful duty at the front.

Kirkby Lonsdale Parish Magazine, October, 1917:

Very sad also was the death ofP 1D .- u" which occurred at Oswestry on Sept. 15th. He was there, along with others, waiting for his final discharge, and, when on parade, he feU down and diedimmediately. He was formerly in the King's Own and served under Lord Roberts in Afghanistan. Subsequently he left the Army, but when the war broke out, although well over age, he re-enlisted and it was a great disappointment to him that he was not allowed to go to the front. The funeral on the 21st inst. at Kirkby Lonsdale was a military one, being attended by the K.L. Platoon ofVolunteers under Lieut. A. Pearson. The bearers were fellow workers from Underley. Much sympathy is felt for his relatives. WESTMORLAND GAZETTE, September 29th, 1917.

DUNNING, Pte. Samuel. The death took place suddenly, at Oswestry, on the 15th September of Pte. Samuel Dunning, Border Regt., ofMoorgate, Kirkby Lonsdale. Pte. Dunning had been in indifferent health for some time, and was about to receive his final discharge from the army. He had marched along with other men awaiting discharge from Great Crosby to Oswestry, and whilst parading before the officer, he fell down, and was picked up dead. Pte. Dunning was 53 years of age. He had previously served in the army, being a soldier in the King's Own Re~iment, and had campaigned in Afghanistan under Earl Roberts. He left the army 25 years ago, but after the outbreak ofthe present war he could not rest at home, although his eldest son was in the Forces, and he volunteered for service in November, 1914. He had since served in England. His son-in-law, Pte. Wm. Jas. Harrison, joined the Borders at the same time, and was killed in France in April last. The funeral took place at Kirkby Lonsdale on Friday afternoon. The bearers were fellow employees ofthe deceased soldier on the Underley estate, and the coffin was covered by a large Union Jack. The Kirkby Lonsdale platoon ofVolunteers paraded in uniform, under the command ofLieut. A. Pearson, and lined the path approaching the church door, and were afterwards present at the graveside. On the conclusion of the service Bugler C.S. Twitchen sounded the "Last Post." The service was conducted by the Rev. J.A. Burrow, vicar of Tunstall. 1911 Census Household Transcript

Age Relationship Marital Years Name: Sex: in Occupation: Where born: to head: Status: married: 1911 :

DUNNING, ESTATE CHESHIRE HEAD MARRIED M 45 SAMUEL LABOURER WlNIFORD

•• __ _ __._ _ _ _ ••••• _ •••••••• _ _._._ __ u __ •• _ ••• DUNNING, LANCASHIRE AGNES WIFE MARRIED 19 F 38 GALGATE ANN ...... -_...... •...... _ _ _ _- -_ - _ _ - _ . ERRAND BOY DUNNING, AT ESTATE YORKSHIRE SON M 14 SAMUEL GARDENS MILLDEBROUGH ...... _ ----_ - _ --.. --- _ __ __ - _ _ . DUNNING, WESTMORLAND RICHARD SON M 11 SCHOOL KIRKBY REDHEAD LONSDALE ...... _ -. _ _ - ______. DUNNING, WESTMORLAND JAMES SON M 6 KIRKBY ARTHUR LONSDALE

DUNNING, WESTMORLAND MARY DAUGHTER F 9 KIRKBY AGNES LONSDALE

WESTMORLAN DUNNING, DAUGHTER F 4 KIRKBY LILY ANN LONSDALE

DUNNING SAMUEL (RG14PN31650 RG7BPN1820 RD581 SD3 ED11 SN48) MOORGATE KIRKBY Address County Westmorland LONSDALE District Kendal Subdistrict Kirkby Lonsdale Enumeration 11 District Parish Kirkby Lonsdale In Memory of Corporal WILLIAM HERBERT HARTLEY

25804, 11th Bn., Border Regiment who died age 23 on 26 November 1917 Son ofMrs. L. Hartley, of 12, Bective Rd., Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland. Remembered with honour DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY

Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission WESTMORLAND GAZETTE, December 8th, 1917.

HARTLEY, Corpl. W.H. - On Sunday Mrs. Hartley, of Bective Road, Kirkby Lonsdale, received official notification of the death on November 26th ofher son, Corpl. Wm. Herbert Hartley, Border Regiment, from wounds. His death took place in a casualty clearing station in France, and a letter received, from a sister in that station the same day states that Corpl. Hartley was admitted to the clearing station on the 25th November (Sunday), suffering from severe wounds in the arm, and leg, and that he died the following day there, and had been buried in the military cemetery. Corp1. Hartley, who was 23, was the eldest son- ofthe late Mr. John Hartley and ofMrs. Hartley,ofKirkby_Lonsdale. He was -educated.at the local National School and Queen Eliz-abeth's School, and was a member ofthe Cadet Corps, afterwards serving in the 4th Batt. Border Regt.(T.F.), and was in that regiment when the war broke out. He went out with that regiment to Burma, returning from there at the expiration ofhis time. He re-enlisted in the Border Regt. in June, 1916, and was for some time stationed in various training centres in the North as an instructor. He served out in France since the beginning ofJuly in this year. In Memory of Captain FRANK PEARSON

49th Training Reserve Bn., attd., The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment who died age 47 on 05 February 1918 Son ofFrancis Fenwick Pearson; husband of Susan Pearson, of Brant Howe Kirkby, Lonsdale. Born at Arkholme, Lancs. Remembered with honour KIRKBY LONSDALE ST. MARY CHURCHYARD WESTMORLAND GAZETTE, February 9th, 1918.

PEARSON. On the 5th inst. at the Prees Heath Military Hospital of pneumonia, Capt. Frank Pearson (attached Loyal North Lancashire Regiment) of Storrs Hall, Arkholme, and Brant Howe, Kirkby Lonsdale, aged 48 years. Funeral at Kirkby Lonsdale on Saturday at 12.

WESTMORLAND GAZETTE, February 16th, 1918.

Capt. Pearson, Kirkby Lonsdale.

The remains ofthe late Capt. Frank Pe-arson, of Brant Howe, Kirkby Lonsdale, and Storrs Ha)], Arkholme, were laid to rest in the churchyard at Kirkby Lonsdale, on Saturday. After the removal from Prees Heath Military Hospital the coffin was placed in the chancel ofGressingbam Church, close to the family seats, and in this church on Saturday morning a short service was held.. The Rev. A.. Gibbons, cuxate-in-charge, conducted the service, and mourners were present from every household in Gressingham, while many were present from Arkbolme, and the church was well filled. The hymn, "They whose course on earth is o'er," was sung, and as the mourners left the church Mrs. Gibbons played the "Dead March in Saul." Lieut. Louis Pearson, A.S.C.(brother) and Major E.C. Palmer, M.C., West Riding Regt. (brother-in-law), represented the family at this service. At the conclusion ofthe service the body was placed upon an open carriage, draped with red pall, and the coffin was covered with the Union Jack. A procession was then started for Kirkby Lonsdale, and included many representatives ofworkpeople, tenants, and public bodies from that portion ofthe Lune valley. At Leyfield Cottage, Kirkby Lonsdale, the remains were placed upon the bier, and from here full military honours were accorded. There was a large attendance ofthe general public from all parts ofthe district, in spite ofthe heavy downpour of rain, which continued without cessation throughout the last rites. The procession was headed by twelve men from the regiment to which Capt. Pearson was attached (the Loyal North Lancashire Regt.), who walked with arms reversed, under the command ofSergt. Holmes, and accompanied by a bugler. The Kirkby Lonsdale platoon ofWestmorland Volunteers, in charge of Sergt.-Major Huggonson, followed, and as showing the respect inwhich the· N.C.O.'s and men held their former officer, it may be noted that every man was on parade. Qr.M.-Sergt. J. Pell carried a beautiful wreath of flowers contributed by the Officer Commanding, N.C.O.'s and men ofthe platoon. The bearers both at Gressingham and Kirkby Lonsdale were four farm tenants of Capt. Pearson, viz.~ Mr. W. Garnett (Storrs Gate), Mr. Braitbwaite, E. Hayton (Bainsbeck), Mr. Jas. Mackereth (Gowan Hall), and Mr. John Steele (Gressingham). The remains were followed by members of the family, officers of Capt. Pearson's own regiment, and of other regiments from Preston and Prees Heath, doctors, employees, representatives of public bodies, tenants, and a large number ofthe general public; and the procession was a lengthy one. Business premises were closed in Kirkby Lonsdale during the time ofthe funeral and blinds were drawn. At the Parish Church there was a further large gathering of residents. The procession was met by the Rev. R.P. Brown, vicar ofKirkby Lonsdale, and the Rev. W. Shepherd, vicar ofArkholme, and the firing party and the Volunteers lined the pathway up to the church door for the mourners to pass through. In the church the form of service was gone through quite simply, being taken by the two officiating clergy. As the cortege left the church Mr. John Taylforth played'Abide with me' and other appropriate music. The grave was situated in the north-west corner ofthe newly-consecrated ground overlooking the fine view ofthe valley which can be there obtained. It was moss-lined, and ivy and snowdrops had been interwoven by the gardeners from The Biggins. The committal sentences were read by the Rev. R.P. Brown and at the conclusion ofthe service the firing party fired three volleys, and the 'Last Post' was given by the bugler at the head ofthe grave. Amongst those present were [over 125 people are listed] ------At Kirkby Lonsdale Church on Sunday morning the vicar, before the commencement ofhis sermon, said that all present felt the loss the district bad sustained by the death ofCapt. Pearson. Though he died of sickness, he had died in the King's service, and at the touching service held on the previous day it was recognised that he had died and was buried as a gallant soldier. His personal acquaintance with Capt. Pearson was very short, but he had lived long enough in the district to realise the universal respect in which he and his family were held, and to know something ofhis high ideals, and universal goodness to all. Such a death as his meant a great deal in a country district as theirs was, and it was a grievous loss. Rents were made which it appeared could never possibly be filled. He had left them all an admirable example, however, both in his domestic and public life.

[See also Capt. Pearson's letter included in the obituary to Sergt. Taylforth] In Memory of Private G DENNISON

14988, 1st Bn., Border Regiment who died on 19 March 1918

Remembered with honour OXFORD ROAD CEMETERY

Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

WESTMORLAND GAZETTE, April, 1918.

nENNISON, Pte. George Henry, Border Regt., SOD ofMr. and Mrs. Wm. Dennison, Mitchelgate, was killed in France by a sniper on March 19th. The news first reached his parents from a comrade out ofthe district, Pte. J~ Hodgson, of Whittington, who was wounded at the same time. A letter from the chaplain ofthe regiment was received at the weekend, in which it was stated that Pte__ Delluison was on a journey to bring up water for his comrades when a sniper shot him through the head. He fell dead instantly. Pte. Dennison joined at Kirkby Lonsdale a month after the outbreak ofwar, and saw a good deal of active service in France and Salonika. At the latter place he was stricken with rheumatic fever, and was removed to Malta, subsequently returning to England. He was then drafted to France again, where he had served for several months. He was 27. In Memory of Driver HENRY BOOTH

120800, "D" Bty. 88th Bde., Royal Field Artillery who died on 21 March 1918

Remembered with honour ARRAS MEMORIAL

Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission WESTMORLAND GAZETTE, April 20th, 1918.

BOOTH, Pte. H., R.F.A., se,cond son ofMr. and Mrs. S. Booth, ofLow Biggins, Kirkby Lonsda)e, was kiJJed by a she)) on the 21st March. The officer of his regiment conveyed the news to Pte. Booth's wife. On the same da.y, Pte. Thomas Booth, elder son, was wounded in the face by shrapnel, and is now in hospital in England.

KILLED INACTION.

BOOTH.- Killed in action in France, on March 21st, Gunner Harry Booth, R.F.A., the dearly loved husband of Elizabeth Booth, of Oakdene, Sedbergh, and second son ofMr. and Mrs. S. Booth, of8, Low Biggins, Kirkby Lonsdale, aged 24 years. Only a step removed, We QQce again s~aU meet Our own dear loved, Around the Master's f.e.et. In Memory of Gunner WILLIAM CORNES

79175, "Z" 6th T.M. Bty., Royal Field Artillery who died age 27 on 22 March 1918 Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cornes, of Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland. Remembered with honour GREVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY

Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

WESTMORLAND GAZETTE, April 20th, 1918.

CORNES, Pte. William, third son of th~ late Mr. Thos. Cornes, of Main Street, Kirkby Lonsdale, is reported to have been wounded on March 21st, and to have died on the following day, At the time ofjoining the forces. he was living at Seaforth, Liverpool. 1911 Census Household Transcript

Age Relationship Marital Years Name: Sex: in Occupation: Where born: to head: Status: married: 1911 :

CORNES, STONE BISHOPS HEAD MARRIED M 54 THOMAS MASON CASTLE SALOP

• u' H •• n •• _ _n.. 0 __''''un•• •• __ n _ _ __ 0 .. • •••••• _H. H ••__ .h onn _ _ •• CORNES, WIFE MARRIED 27 F 52 SHOPKEEPER WESTMORLAND MARY KBY LONSDALE n h.n • _.n' _._ __ n __ ._ • u _ n n. __ ._. _ •••no __ n n • ., _ _nu •• CORNES. J WESTMORLAND DAUGHTER SINGLE F 24 ASSISTANT ANN KBY LONSDALE

...... __._nu._ Oh • nO n " .. u __ ••• _.n•••• __ h_n. _." n ••• _ n • CORNES. MEAT WESTMORLAND SON SINGLE M 22 FRANCIS J SALESMAN KBY LONSDALE

•• u O __ u •••_._ •• _ ••__ n • nn _ •• _. _ n •• ." _ _ n .. _n_~u.__ • __ ." __ "_ ~ .. " __ """ _u.."." .."." _. " CORNES. LABOURER WESTMORLAND SON SINGLE M 19 W1LLlAM MASONS KBY LONSDALE

CORNES. WESTMORLAND DAUGHTER SINGLE F 16 APRENTICE MARY KBY LONSDALE

CORNES. DOMESTICG WESTMORLAND DAUGHTER SINGLE F 14 SARAH SERVANT KBY LONSDALE

CORNES. WESTMORLAND SON SINGLE M 11 SCHOOL FREDERICK KBY LONSDALE

CORNES WllLlAM (RG14PN31649 RG78PN1820 RD581 SD3 ED10 SN20) 40 MAIN STREET Address County Westmorland KIRKBY LONSDALE District Kendal Subdistrict Kirkby Lonsdale Enumeration 10 District Parish Kirkby Lonsdale In Memory of Private JOSEPH WRIGHT

26284, 7th (West. and Cumb. Yeomanry) Bn, Border Regiment who died on 23 March 1918

Remembered with honour ARRAS MEMORIAL

Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

WESTMORLAND GAZETTE, May 4th, 1918.

WRIGHT, Pte. Joseph D., Border Regt., of Kirkby Lonsdale, is reported officially "missing" from March 23rd. He went out with his regiment on that day and was seen by another Kirkby Lonsdale man, but since then no word has been received of him. He had previously been wounded in France. In Memory of Private THOMAS HENRY MORPHET

53458, 1st/8th Bn., Lancashire Fusiliers who died age 19 on 25 March 1918 Son ofMr. and Mrs. Morphet, of Moorgate Cottages, Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland. Remembered with honour ARRAS MEMORIAL

Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Ancestry.co.uk In Memory of Lance Corporal FRED MURRAY

26311, 8th Bn., Border Regiment who died age 33 on 10 April 1918 Son ofthe late T. Murray; husband ofBeatrice Murray, of22, Mitchelgate, Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland. Remembered with honour PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL

Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

WESTMORLAND GAZETTE, May 18th, 1918.

MURRAY. In loving memory of Lce.-Cpl. Fred Murray, Border Regt., killed in action in France, 10th April, 1918.

Christ shall clasp the broken chain closer when we meet again.

From his sorrowing wife 3»d child Mitchelgate, Kirkby Lonsdale. In Memory of Private WILMOT HERMON FEARN

24799, 8th Bn., Border Regiment who died age 39 on 17 April 1918 Son ofWilmot and Elizabeth Fearn, ofKirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland. Remembered with honour TYNE COT MEMORIAL

- Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission PRIVATE WILMOT FEARN, BORDER REGIMENT

1901 Census Entry for Wilmot Fearn' Family:

5, Chapel Lane, Kirkby Lonsdale:

Wilmot Fearn: Head: Married: 51: House Painter: born Derby Elizabeth : Wife: Married: 44: : b. Kendal George H. : Son : Single : 22: Gardener : b. Kirkby Lonsdale

Ellen : Daur: Single : 12: : b. Kirkby Lonsdale Annie : Daur: Single : 9: : b. Kirkby Lonsdale

WESTMORLAND GAZETTE, May 18th, 1918.

MISSING.

FEARN, Pte. W.D., Border Regt., son ofMrs. Fearn, of Kirkby Lonsdale, is officiaJJy reported missing after an engagement in France on April 12th. He had served in the forces for two years, and had previously been wounded in France.

WESTMORLAND GAZETTE, December 28th, 1918.

DIED ON SERVICE.

FEARN. In ever loving memory ·ofPte. W.H. Fearn (Whim), 8th Border Regiment, reported missing April 12th, now officially reported to have died between 12th and 17th April, 1918 - from mother, brother and sisters. In Memory of Private WILLIAM BENSON LAWRENCE

202282, 1st/4th Bn., Border Regiment who died on 24 August 1918 (Buried Nowshera Mil. Cem. I. lIA.). Remembered with honour DELHI MEMORIAL INDIA GATE

Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

WESTMORLAND GAZETTE, September 7th, 1918.

LAWRENCE, S.S. [Staff Sergt.] Wm. Benson, Mobile Veterinary Section. Mrs. W.B. Lawrence has received official information that her husband was killed instantaneously (run over by train at Nowshara, India). Pte. Lawrence went out to India with the Border Regiment, and after passing an examination was transferred to the M.V.S. He was just out of hospital about a fortnight before he met his death, having been previously injured while treating a sick horse. He joined the Borders in August, 1916, having been married in August, 1915. He leaves a wife and one son. His wife is the youngest daughter ofMr. and Mrs. E.J. Ward of Grayriggs. For some years he was employed by Messrs. Barnes, ofPark House, Mr. Hayton, Kilnhead, Lambrigg, and at the time he joined up he was a lorry driver for Messrs. Pye ofLancaster, and lived at Swiss Cottage, Kirkby Lonsdale. His age was 28. In Memory of Private JOHN BRUNSKILL

432917, H.Q. 1st, Canadian Infantry Brigade who died age 27 on 10 September 1918 Son ofWilliam and Alice Brunskill, of 16, Main St., Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland. Remembered with honour BAC-DU-SUD BRITISH CEMETERY, BAILLEULVAL

Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

WESTMORLAND GAZETTE, September 21st, 1918.

BRUNSKILL. Mrs. Wm. Brunskill, ofKirkby Lonsdale, received news on Monday of the death ofher son, Pte. John Brunskill. He enlisted in Canada, and came over with the First Canadian Infantry in January, 1915. He was severely wounded with shrapnel in the right shoulder and right hand, and was taken to hospital in France, where he died on September 10th. In Memory of Private SAMUEL DUNNING

260605, 7th (West. and Cumb. Yeomanry) Bn, Border Regiment who died age 22 on 18 September 1918 Son ofMrs. A. A. Dunning, of 18, Pairbank, Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland. Remembered with honour GAUCHE WOOD CEMETERY, VILLERS-GUISLAIN . ' ./ ...... :... '- ,. ~

Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission WESTMORLAND GAZETTE, November 23rd, 1918

DUNNING - in loving memory of Pte. S, Dunning, Border Regt., who died ofwounds received in action September 18th, 1918. Ever remembered by Maggie.

WESTMORLAND GAZETTE, December 12th, 1918.

DUNNING. Pte. SamuelDunning, 7th Border Regt., killed in France, 18th September, 1918.

We never thought when you came home You came to say good-bye; You went away so bravely, never thinking You were going to di.e. But you died for your King and Country, Did your duty well; Now we are left to mourn your loss, Ofone we loved so well.

Sadly mourned by his mother and brothers and sister Lily.

(Son ofPte. SamuelDunning, died on September 15th, 1917] In Memory of Private CHRISTOPHER SCOTT TWITCHEN

310137, Tank Corps who died age 29 on 04 October 1918 Son ofJohn James Twitchen; husband ofFlorence Twitchen, of I, Lyncot Rd., Aintree, Liverpool. Born at Penrith, Cumberland. Remembered with honour KIRKBY LONSDALE (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD WESTMORLAND GAZETTE, October 12th, 191.8.

TWITCHEN, Pte. C.S. ,0fPenrith, who resided st Kirkby Lonsdale, and managed the business ofMessrs. A. Moorhouse & Son, ironmongers, for some years, died in hospital at Wareham, Dorsetshire, on Thursday last week, after a short illness. Deceased had an attack of influenza in camp and instead oflying up stuck to the post of duty until pneumonia set in and he died in a few days. The remains were brought to Casterton to the residence of his father-in-law, Mr. J. Richardson. He had only been married about three months and was 28 years of age. He was attached to the Tank Corps. The funeral took place at Kirkby Lonsdale on Wednesday and was conducted by the Rev. R. Percival Brown, vicar. As the funeral cortege entered the town it was met by a detachment of the Kirkby Lonsdale V.T.C., ofwhich deceased was formerly a member, under the command ofLieut. A. Pearson, who escorted it through the town to the Parish Church. As the remains were carried into the church, Mr. J. Taylforth, organist, played "0 rest in the Lord," from Mendelssohn's Elijah, and at the close the "Dead March in Saul." The mourners present were:- Mrs. Twitchen, widow, Mr. J. Richardson, father-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Twitchen, Penrith, Mr. J. Twitchen, Penrith, Mr. J. Richardson, Liverpool, Miss Doris and Miss E. Richardson, Casterton, Mr. Garnett, Mr. Atkinson, Penrith. After the committal in the churchyard Pte. J. Dennison sounded the "Last Post." A large concourse of people, both from Kirkby Lonsdale and Casterton, attended the service.

[See also funeral service ofPte. Samuel Dunning, senior] Kirkby Lonsdale Parish Magazine, November, 1918.

The death ofPrivate Twitchen of the Tank Corps has evoked the tenderest sympathies for his young widow. Before he joined up he was well known in the town as manager for Messrs. A Moorhouse and Son. He had only been three months married, and died in hospital of pneumonia following upon influenza. A large congregation assembled for the Burial Service in the Parish Church on Oct. 9th. A detachment of local V.T.C. under Lieut. Pearson was present, and the Last Post was sounded at the grave.

~-. In Memory of Lance Corporal L CARR

14986, 9th Bn., Border Regiment who died age 30 on 14 February 1919 Son ofThomas Carr, of 17, Ashford Rd., Scotforth, Lancaster, and the late Sarah Mary Carr. Remembered with honour KIRKBY LONSDALE (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD LA CE-CORPORAL GEORGE CARR.

Lance-Corporal George Carr, son ofMr. and Mrs. T. Carr, of Kirkby Lonsdale, died in hospital on February 14th, 1919. Lance-Corporal Carr joined the 9th Batt. Border Regt. in September, 1914. In the following July he went to France for three months, and then his battalion was transferred to Salonica, where he has remained ever since. Some months ago he contracted malaria fever, accompanied by dysentry. He was invalided home, but had to go into hospital at Malta, Italy and Marseilles. He was ultimately brought to East Dulwich Hospital, London, where he was struck down with influenza, and died. His remains were brought to Kirkby Lonsdale on Wednesday and were met at the entrance to the town by a guard of honour composed of demobilised soldiers. The funeral was conducted with military honours. Lieut. Pearson was in charge of the various units. The Rev. Percival Brown read the service, and the Last Post was sounded by Private Birkett, who was in the same regiment, and Private Dennison, K.L.V.T.C. There was a very large and sympathetic body of mourners. In Memory of Private John William Blamire

74716, 3 Div. Bn., Machine Gun Corps who died on 18 March 1919 Age 34

Remembered with Honour Brookwood (United Kingdom 1914-1918) Memorial

Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission PRIVATE J.W. BLAMIRE, MACHINE GUN CORPS.

The attached document shows that John William Blamire volunteered for the Cheshire Yeomanry only fifteen days after the war began in 1914. As a groom, the cavalry would have been a natural choice, but he was soon transferred to the Machine Gun Corps - as commemorated on the War Memorial. It also indicates that he was a native of Kirkby Lonsdale, born in 1884.

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(U'm) w'" wm3JB,P8l~ l,OOOm lJlj2l 1.P W E asl. In Memory of Lieutenant JAMES SEPTIMUS PUNCHARD

5th Bn., King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) who died age 44 on 02 April 1919 Son ofFrederick and Mary Punchard, of Kirkby, Lonsdale. Remembered with honour KIRKBY LONSDALE (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regt. Archives.

Lieutenant James Septimus Punchard was commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant on August 15th, 1915. He was promoted full Lieutenant with the 1st/5th Battalion on July 1st, 1917. He retired from the army on the 7th July, 1918, probably due to the wounds which he received in July, 1917. On the Army List ofJanuary 1st, 1919, as being on the 'NE List', meaning Non-effective list. He died on April 2nd, 1919, and is buried at Kirkby Lonsdale.

WESTMORLAND GAZETTE, August 18th, 1917.

PUNCHARD. Sec.-Lieut Jas. S. Punchard, King's Own, is reported to have been wounded on the 30th July by gunshot in the right thigh, and is now in hospital in Reading. Lieut. Punchard was a solicitor at Milnthorpe prior to joining the forces, and is a brother ofMr. F.B. Punchard, of Kirkby Lonsdale.

Kirkby Lonsdale Parish Magazine, September, 1917.

We were sorry to read that Sec. Lieut. J,S, Puncha.r.d of the King's Own had been wounded on July 13th by gunshot.

WESTMORLAND GAZETTE, April 12th, 1919.

PUNCHARD. On the 2nd inst. at Whites Lodge Nursing Home, Bournemouth, James Septimus Punchard, Lieut., 5th King's Own Royal Lancashire Regiment, aged 44 years. In Memory of Serjeant WILLIAM AIREY

267, 10th Bty. 2nd West Lanes Bde., Royal Field Artillery who died age 45 on 11 August 1919 Husband of Agnes Airey, ofRose Cottage, Killington, Kirby Lonsdale. Remembered with honour LANCASTER. CEMETERY, Lancashire-

Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

WESTMORLAND GAZETTE, August 16th, 1919.

AlREY. On the 11th inst. at Rose Cottage, Wennington, from illness contracted on Service, WilJiam Airey, aged 45, late Farrier-Sergeant, 2nd West Lancashire R.F.A., and second son of the late John Burrow Airey , of Kirkby Lonsdale. In Memory of RFC Mech. JAMES ROWLAND WILLAN

Born: 12 1une 1898, Kendal District [Family Search] Baptised: Parents: lames (a gardener, domestic) and Annie WILLAN [1901 Census] Siblings: Nellie (b.1894) Ada (b. 1896) Florence (b.1900) Edward (b. 1903) [1911 Census] School: Occupation: Married: Children: Addresses: (1901) 2 Salt Pie Lane, Kirkby Lonsda1e [1901 Census] (1911) Yard 43, Main Street, Kirkby Lonsdale [1911 Census] Enlisted: 1917 as a Rigger in the Royal Air Corps Regiment: Service No.88239 [Genes Reunited - Royal Air Force Muster Roll 1918] Rank: A. Mech.2 (later A.Mech.3) [" ""] Theatre of War: France Died: (Dec) 1922 age 24, Westmorland [Genes Reunited] Buried: Kirkby Lonsda1e

Mise. (Roland in 1911 Census) Rowland was in the Royal Flying Corps or whatever in WWI. He was on the maintenance crew in France and was gassed in 1917. He was brought back to England and finished up in Kendal Hospital but didn't die till 1922. 5 years in hospital. His grave is near the gazebo in KL churchyard. In Memory of Pte. JOHN HARRISON Lancashire Fusiliers THE STORY OF

THE KIRKBY LONSDALE

WAR MEMORIAL

. 1919 - 1921 KIRKBY LONSDALE WAR MEMORIAL, 1919-1921

THE PLANNING:

Built to a unique design in a prominent position within St. Mary's Churchyard, Kirkby Lonsdale's tribute to those of its menfolk who died in "The Great War" was conceived with massive public support very quickly after the fighting ended with the Armistice of November 11th, 1918.

The following information has been extracted from contemporary Parish Magazines and the "Westmorland Gazette", showing the level of support through attendance at public meetings and, especially, contributions to the building fund, the care which went into the design, the use of a local monumental mason to do the work, and the outpouring of emotion when the project was completed in 1921. The words written at the time speak for themselves.

Parish Magazine, February, 1919: LORD HENRYBENTINCKpresided over a meeting at the Institute on Jan.22nd, to promote a Memorial ofthe Kirkby men who have died in the War. There was a large attendance. The Chairman introducing the proceedings in a short speech referred to the stupendous issues ofthe War in the history ofthe civilization ofthe world. He was confident there would be unanimous agreement in principle that we who have lived through this crisis ofthe world should leave behind us a Memorial of those who have given their lives for the world's liberty. As to theform that such a Memorial should take, there was roomfor difference ofopinion, and, once the principal (sic) was agreed, he would invite the widest possible suggestions.

DR. PAGET-TOMLINSON moved aformal Resolution infavour of the principle and spoke with muchfeeling ofthe debt that can never be paid to those who have made the great sacrifice. The best testimony that we could offer to their virtue and ourproud affection for them was certainly thefirst duty that lay on every member ofthe community. He hoped that when theform ofthe Memorial was considered they might steer clear of"something useful": the memorial aspect ofsuch things was apt soon to be lost. MR. J.R. PICARD seconded this resolution which was carried unanimously.

On the Chairman callingfor proposals as to theform a Memorial should take, there was for some time silence, after which MR. PEARSON rose to urge the peculiarpropriety ofsomething objective, e.g. a monumental cross which with its inscription would tell its own tale. No other suggestion being putforward the Vicar moved as a definite basis of discussion 'tbat tbe Memorial sball take tbe form ofa plain cross of local stone .... to be designed by some eminent expert, and to be erected in tbe S.W. enclosure oftbe cburcbyard at a cost not exceeding £250.' He urged the simplicity ofand significance ofthis proposal and the attractions ofthe site. The Resolution was seconded by the REV. JJl: MACHIN, Congregational Minister, who thought the proposal was one in which all people might unite.

The motion was criticized mainly on the ground that it did notprovide for the scale ofsubscription which was to be expected. DR. MATTHEWS thought that it might bepossible to provide educational endowments in connection with the Grammar SchooL After some informal discussion a Committee having been spoken ofto report to afurther Meeting, the Chairman invited a definite amendment in this sense, which was adopted on the motion ofMR. WOLFENDEN. The Committee was constituted as follows:- LORD HENRY BENTINCK, MRS. PUNCHARD, MRS. TATHAM, MRS. JJl: TAYLFORTH, THE VICAR, REV. JJl: MACHIN, DR. MA THEWS, DR. PAGET-TOMLINSON, andMESSRS. PEARSON, SHERRIFF, J. TAYLFORTH and WOLFENDEN. MEETING ON APRil, 30TH, 1919.

THE SITING OF THE MEMORIAL:

This took the place ofan earlier meeting which was badly attended, said to be due to its early start and poor publicity. The Parish magazine reported that the attendance at this adjourned meeting uas regards volume and representative character (was) on a level with that ofprevious meetings". Two important decisions were made, not without some serious division on the first, as the Westmorland Gazette reported a few days later:

At a large and influential public meeting held last week, MR. JOHN TAYLFORTHpresided, and the committee appointed in January reported. On the question ofa site for the proposed memorial the main cleavage of opinion was as between a site in the churchyard and a site in some other place. A long discussion followed, and at its conclusion the Chairman put the issue to the meeting in the form proposed by MR. w: WOLFENDEN, and seconded by MR. w: TAYLFORTH, 'That the proposed memorial be erected on some site OUTSIDE the churchyard'. This was lost by 24 votes to 21. Several members ofthe committee having raised the question whether confidence had been proved in the existing executive, the Chairman pointed out that the meeting was competent to dismiss or reconstruct their committee. No proposals being forthcoming he said the sense ofthe meeting was that the existing committee should be continued. MR. WILLIAM TAYLFORTHproposed, andMR. J.R. PICARDseconded, thatMESSRS PALEYAND A USTIN be commissioned on behalfofthe meeting to prepare a design for a war memorial to be erected in the churchyard, after consultation with the committee, the result to be reported to afurther public meeting. This was carried. MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 2ND, 1919: THE DESIGN:

Following a number offurther committee and public meetings, the decisive stage was reached on July 2nd, 1919, and was reported as follows in the Westmorland Gazette.

A large and representative town's meeting was held on Wednesday to consider the erection ofa War Memorialfor thefallen in the township of Kirkby Lonsdale. MR. JOHN TAYLFORTH was ruled to the chair in the unavoidable absence ofLORD HENRYBENTINCK, the Chairman ofthe committee. The Chairman explained that at the request ofthe public meeting held the weekpreviously, the Committee was instructed to consult MESSRS. PALEYAND AUSTIN, architects, Lancaster, as to theform of the memorial cross, and askfor a design to be prepared. This design duly came to hand, and after much consideration, the committee decided unanimously in itsfavour, and also at the request of the public meeting, had the sameposted in the town for public inspection.

Mr. Paler's description of the design was then quoted in full by the Gazette.

We have adopted the style which we think is eminently suited to the surroundings ofKirkby Lonsdale and should look well on the site chosen. The height shown is 15ft. 6ins.from the ground. The back ground ofthe sycamore tree would be very valuable, especially in summer time. We wouldpropose a fine Derbyshire mill stone grit stonefor the cross and shaft itself, and ij'possible to be got, a bright localfreestone might be used for the base, except the cornerpillars. Thefour panels, with the dedicatory inscription and names ofthefallen thereon, could be ofWestmorland green slate, the names being deeply cut, emblems ofpeace and laurel wreath on the space under the round arches cut in low relief. The panels would be well sheltered, being somewhat recessed. The actual inscription you will no doubt wish to formulate to be cut on thefront paneL The dates 1914-1919 might be cut as indicated on the base stone. The cost would roughly be somewhere about £300.

In answer to an inquiry, the Chairman stated that there would be no replica ofit elsewhere. After some discussion it was proposed that the memorial cross be erected according to the design ofMESSRS. PALEY ANDA USTIN. This was seconded and carried unanimously. Lord Henry Cavendish Bentinck, M.P. Chairman THE APPEAL:

The Committee was empowered to issue an appealfor subscriptions, and ifsufficientfunds were obtained, to proceed with the work at once. DR. PAGET-TOMLINSON, in a letter regretting his inability to attend the meeting, strongly supported the erection ofthe cross according to the design ofMessrs. PALEY andA USTIN, andpromised a subscription of £50 towards the cost.

THE SEPTEMBER, 1919, PARISH MAGAZINE.

;Rworts on Subscriptions

The appealfor subscriptions to the War Memorial Fund was sent by post in thefirst week in August to all inhabitants whose names are on the lists of Voters. It asksfor contributions, small as well as great,from all members ofthe community, and a list ofthe subscribers is by public resolution to be deposited in the office ofthe Urban District Council.

The heart ofthe matter is touched by LordHENRY BENTINCK's words in the circular. "No moving appeal," he says, "is necessary. We have all ofus in our hearts a deep sense ofgratitude to those brave men who, on manyfields ofbattle in many lands, opposed a dauntless beast to thefury ofthe oppressor. We should indeed be ungrateful ifwe did not provide a memorial worthy oftheir great sacrifice. "

MR. C. SHERRIFF ofthe District Bank has accepted the office of Hon. Treasurer to the Fund, and subscriptions can be paid, by the kind cooperation ofthe managers, at any ofthe Banks in the town.

Atpresent a sum ofover £200 has been received in contributions ranging from £50 to 6d., the latter a worthy gift ofa child in the National School. This is a fair beginning, but it is ofcourse no more than a beginning, the second halfofany subscription is always the trial of strength. Happily this is a case in which it is to be assumed that every man, woman and child will wish to take some part. ot: ~ Cl) e .5 !Xl -E ~ -~ I '-~ -& ~ 8!. i ~ .Q a::o Q -g a::Q) THE RECORD OF ALL WHO SERVED:

In addition to the Memorial ofthe Dead the last public meeting decided that a permanent record should be made oUhe names ofall who served in the War from Kirkby Lonsdale.

MESSRS. A. PEARSON and JOHN TAYLFORTH have been appointed as a Sub-Committee for the special purpose ofpreparing a list ofnames that should be included. It is believed that the list which was exhibited in Church missed a number ofnames, in spite ofthe pains taken.

Such a record as is contemplated would be a failure ifit were not complete, and all persons interested are asked to supply the names. It would help materially ifeveryone who knows the name ofa Kirkby man who served and whose name is not already on the list in Church would furnish particulars.

,lTIDS LIST IS NOW IN THE INSTITUTEl

Thefollowing names have now been added to the list ofthe dead: THOMAS HENRYMORPHET, SAMUEL DUNNING, JUN., ALFRED HOLMES, WILMOTH. FEARN, JOSEPH DA VIS WRIGHT, WILLlAMBENSONLAWRENCE. A special pathos attaches to the name ofPrivate Dunning (who was killed in action at Gauche Wood) in that hisfather Samuel Dunning also died on service in the War.

THE OCTOBER 1919 PARISH MAGAZINE.

The War Memorial Fund is making progress and now stands at about £300. It is announced that subscriptions may be paid not only at the Banks but to any of the following mambers of the Committee, viz Mrs. W. Taylforth, Rev. W. Machin [Congregational Minister] and Messrs. J. Taylforth, W.M. Wolfenden, and C.H. Sherriff. [FmST LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS PRINTED - SEE APPENDIX] THE UNVEILING:

(1) as described in the JULY 1921 PARISH MAGAZINE.

The ceremony of the Unveiling of the War Memorial was accomplished th under the happiest conditions on June 6 • A glorious evening brought together a large concourse, which was successfully dealt with owing to the excellent arrangements concerted by the Churchwardens and Sidesmen. Lord Henry Bentinck came down specially from London to perform the ceremony and to deliver an address. The scene was an impressive one, and the grouping of the representative bodies in the enclosure and the multitude of serious faces expressing the common interest would have justified it merely as a spectacle, if a spectacle it had been.

But it was in fact something far different. The memories of the Great War are too fresh and poignant for such a ceremony to be viewed with an outsider's detachment. And there are no outsiders.

The Service included a definite commemoration in keeping with the objective Memorial, together with intercessions for the bereaved, thanksgiving for victory and prayers for the establishment of peace throughout the world. A lesson was read by Mr. Machin, and prayer offered by the Wesleyan Minister; the massed choirs sang a psalm and three hymns with good tone and devotional sprit.

Lord Henry Bentinck's address was worthy of the occasion, eloquent in local pride and domestic sympathy, and extending by stages to the national standpoint and the outlook of the world. The Last Post and Reveille were sounded after the Service by Sergeant Fahy, kindly detailed by the Adjutant of the Depot.

Now that the Memorial is afail accompli there seems happily to be only one opinion, that it is worthy of its purpose and finely placed, and that both the architect and the contractor have deserved well our thanks.

But I understand that the subscription is still some £20 short of the sum required, and while this is wanting we cannot be said to have done full honour to the brave men whose memory we desire to perpetuate.

[TillS REMAINING SUM WAS IN FACT DO ATED BY THE END OF THE FIRST WEEK IN JULY, 1921]

TH (2) as described in the WESTMORLA D GAZETTE, J1JNE 11 , 1921

LUNESDALE'S TRIBUTE.

Unveiling ofthe War Memorial at Kirkby Lonsdale.

THE BACKGROUND SUMMARISED:

Kirkby Lonsdale honoured the memory ofthe men who gave their lives "in defence ofEngland'sfaith and ofthe world's liberty" in the great war th on Monday evening [June 6 ] when the town's memorial cross was unveiled. When first the proposal was brought before the inhabitants there were varied opinions as to theform the memorial should take and also of the site on which it should be placed, and after very careful consideration the triangular portion ofthe old churchyard nearest to Queen's Square was selected. That this choice was a fitting one was cordially endorsed by all who saw the memorial cross and its surroundings after the unveiling ceremony.

The memorial stands upon elevated ground, andfrom every side the simple dignity ofthe cross in the ancient churchyard, amid its charming and restful surroundings, appeals strongly to the senses as being the place above all others in which such a memorial ofthe heroic men ofthe town should stand. The surroundings are beautiful, there being a wide sweeping lawn around which are fine old trees, and in the background is the tower ofthe Parish Church.

The monument was designed by Austin and Paley, ofLancaster, to be as far as possible in keeping with the character ofthe grand old church. The cross is approachedfrom the Churchyard by steps and a winding pathway, and is easily accessible to the public road. The cross is ofselected freestone and standsfifteen feet in height. The base ofthe cross stands on three steps and in square on plan with circular pillars at the angles with spiral ornament, having cushion-carved capitals supporting circular moulded arched heads with projecting canopies and base stonefrom which rises the slender shaft surmounted with a cross ofsimpleform, both sides being carved with floral ornament in low relief. The arms are intersected by a circle with carved rope ornament.

The front panel in the pedestal base contains the dedicatory inscription cut in raised letters in the stone: "In proud memory ofthe gallant men ofthis township who in defence ofEngland's Faith and ofthe world's Liberty, laid down their lives in the Great War, 1914-1918."

The remaining three panels contain theforty-one names ofthe fallen cut in Westmorland green slate, a wreath ofbay being cut in reliefover the head ofeach panel The following inscription is cut round the steps below the base: "Who stands ifFreedom falls: Who dies ifEngland live": and "Ye that live on 'mid English pastures green, remember us and think what might have been. "

The work was entrusted to Mr. Wm. Bayliff, ofKirkby Lonsdale, and is a beautiful piece ofmomumental masonry and has been entirely worked within a stone's throw ofthe site.

[There follows a fulltist of all the men and their units: the information about these men can be seen in the Books ofRemembrance in the Church near the font]

THE SERVICE:

A charming summer's eveningfavoured the service, there being bright sunshine and a still clear air. The attendance ofrelatives, public bodies, and townspeople was a very large one. The open spaces in the vicinity favoured excellent vantage grounds, and these were fully taken up. The enclosure in which the cross stands was reservedfor the use ofthose taking part in the service, the relatives ofthe men (who were present in good numbers), the Kirkby Lonsdale Platoon ofthe I h Border Regiment under the command ofLieut. P. Harrison, Lieut. L. C Kassell, a representative detachment ofdischarged and demobilised men, the members ofthe Urban District Council, the members ofthe Executive Committee ofthe Memorial Lord Henry Bentinck., M.P. came specially from town [London] to unveil the memorial, and the officiating ministers were the Revs. R. Percival Brown, vicar ofKirkby Lonsdale, Jv. Machin (Congregational) and Mr. F. Stephenson (Wesleyan).

The combined choirs ofthe three churches led the singing of the hymns and a psalm, with a good volume oftone, Dr. Jv.S. Paget Tomlinson conducting. Lady Shuttleworth was present. The service opened with the old hymn, "0 God, our help in ages past," which was sung so frequently in the war, and after the Lord's Prayer and short prayers had been said by the Vicar, all presentjoined in the singing of Psalm 23, "The Lord is my Shepherd. " This was followed by an impressive reading ofthe lesson, Rev[elations] 7, v. 9 to the end ofthat chapter, by the Rev. Jv. Machin, and Mr. Stephenson offered simple and appropriate prayer. After the hymn "Let saints on earth in concert sing" had been sung, silence was observedfor a remembrance before God ofall who had laid down their lives in the war, andparticularly the men ofthe parish. Prayers were then offered by the Vicar of thankfulness upon remembrance ofthefallen, ofcommendation, for those in sorrow and affliction, and ofpraisefor the victory andfor the quickening ofa new spirit ofbrotherhood and concord.

LordHenry Bentinck then loosened the cord attached to the huge Union Jack covering the memorial, and the cross stood unveiled.

LORD H. BENTINCK ON THE FRUITS OF VICTORY.

After a briefspace, his Lordship addressed the gathering, and at the outset expressed his thanks to allfor the invitation they had extended to him to perform that ceremony. He wished he could give adequate expression to all the emotions, feelings and memories which were aroused by such an occasion. The cross, however, spokefor itself. It was intended to signify in a lasting, dignified and beautifulform all the love and gratitudefelt to those who hadgiven their lives on our behalf. The war had inflicted untold loss on tortured humanity, and it denoted too the failure ofa civilisation ostensibly based on Christian principles, but nevertheless it undoubtedly calledforth all the heroism ofourpeople.

It was wonderful to remember that even at the end ofoverfour years' struggle there was not wanting a succession ofour gallant sons who lined up and marc/led abreastforward into thejaws ofhell. No town ofits size had displayed greater courage and staunchness than Kirkby Lonsdale. As he looked round he saw men who had undertaken the obligation of making themselves fit to serve their country before the war commenced in the Territorial Forces, and who when war broke out went to the places to which they were sent and did great service to the Empire. He saw also men who as soon as war commenced volunteered their services, and, after a short training, bravely wentforth to fight andface the mud ofFrance and Flanders and the disease ofGallipoli and the East. He saw, too, wives, fathers, mothers and sisters ofthose men who had suffered bravely at home and brought glory to them, and also those men who were too old to fight, but had nevertheless prepared themselves by training to meet any emergency which might arise in the country. All ofthose who had with courage given oftheir best were entitled to have a spiritual share in that ceremony and memorial.

He considered that the real significance ofthat cross was that it should serve as a challenge to us to be true to the ideals for which our sonsfought and died. What was that ideal, and what was thefaith within those who marched away? It was that a new spirit had arisen, that ofGerman militarism, which formed a barrierfatal to the advance ofcivilisation and the progress ofhumanity, a spirit ofdomination, offorce and denial of justice and liberty. The British soldier and sailor were convinced that it was necessary to overcome that spirit ifthe world were to be peaceably ordered and the affairs ofmen conducted on the principles offellowship and brotherhood, ofgoodwill and cooperation. There was every needfor the same idealism in these days, and the greatest memorial they could set up was to follow these principles.

The land was full ofviolence: conciliation andgoodwill between man and man, between class and class, were set at naught. Though our men saved the State by their self-sacrificefor the common good, the State might yet be ruined by those who denied the ideals for which they died. We had been delivered out ofthe hands ofour enemiesfor one purpose only, and that was that we might worship the Almighty withoutfear. The fruits of victory were not, as some vainly imagine, the amount oftribute we could extractfrom a defeated andpowerless enemy, nor the territory which we could annex, but the enthronement in our midst ofjustice, mercy, peace and love. The sooner we realised that truth the sooner would the us to lighten our darkness and guide ourfeet in the way ofpeace and happiness. THE TOWN'S HOMAGE.

The hymn "For all the saints who from their labours rest" was sung with feeling, and the Vicar afterwards dedicated the cross to the glory of God and in memory ofthe men ofKirkby Lonsdale who fell in the Great War. The blessingfollowed a prayerfor acceptance and blessing ofthat memorial ofthe Great Atonement.

Bugler Fahy, ofKendal, gave afine rendering ofthe "Last Post" and "Reveille", the notes ofwhich sounded clearly in the still air. Allpresent joined in singing thefirst verse ofthe National Anthem, and a memorable service was then over.

Immediately after a large number ofbeautiful wreaths, crosses and flowers were placed on the steps ofthe cross.

LordHenry Bentinck placed a large laurel wreath The Rev. U': Machin laid a wreath from the Kirkby Lonsdale Congregational Church "in grateful memory ofthe brave men who died in the cause offreedom. " Mr. Stephen Glover placed onefrom the Kirkby Lonsdale and District Discharged Sailors' and Soldiers' Association Sergt. A. G. Briggs one "in memory ofour comrades whofell"from the Kirkby Lonsdale Platoon, I h Batt. Border Regt. Mr. G. Duguid, chairman ofthe Urban District Council, placed a Wreath " in memory ofdevoted self-sacrifice"from the members of the Kirkby Lonsdale Urban District Council. Mr. eF. SherrijJ, president ofthe Conservative Club, also placed one "in memory ofthose members ofthe Conservative Club whofell in the Great War, 1914-1918."

The cadets ofthe Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School held a special parade to the memorial in uniform and with muffled drum after the ceremony. Under the command ofLieut. Anderson, they saluted the memorial and a fine wreath oflaurel, in which were entwined the school colours, was placed on the memorial, the inscription attached being: "In honour ofthe bravefrom the pupils ofQueen Elizabeth's School, Kirkby Lonsdale. " Other wreaths andflowers included: "In loving memory ofa dear son and brother. " "In loving memory ofour dear son and brother, Jack, from Wm. and Agnes Blamire. " "In dear and loving memory ofa brave, dear son and brother, CpL W.H. Hartley." "In loving memory ofour brave warriors, including a dear brother and uncle, A. and 1. " "In loving memory ofmy dear husband and son, from Mrs. Dunning, Fairbank. For King and Country. " "In everlasting memory ofmy dear brother, Pte. W.H. Lowe." "In ever loving memory ofour dear Cecil, from his loving father and mother, brothers and sisters. Though dead to usfond memory clings. " "In loving memory ofdear Joseph andArthur D. Wrightfromfather, mother, brothers and sisters. " "Honour and gratitude to brave men from H. and E. Murton. " "In loving memory ofmy dear cousin, UCpL MC. Walker, andUCpL F. Murray, who died whilst serving King and Country. Ever remembered by Mrs. M Foulds." "In loving memory of L/CpL F. Murray, who was killed in action in France, April J(j , 1918. From his wife and son; also in loving memory ofL/Cpl. MC. Walker, who died ofwounds at Boulogne, October 24\ 1914, from mother andfather. In memory ever dear." "In loving memory ofour dearly loved son, T.H. Morphet " "In memory ofL/CpL G. Carr. Fromfather and mother, brothers and sisters. " "In loving memory ofAlfred Holmes,fromfather and mother, sisters and brothers. " "In loving memory ofWm. Airey, from his wife and sons. " "In loving memory ofJack. From all at home and Dorothy in Canada. "

The Rev. Benjamin Pollard, Rector ofBradfield, Sheffield, kindly sent the large Union Jackfor use at the ceremony. During the evening the memorial was visited by a large number ofinhabitants and residentsfrom the surrounding districts. •

1 • THE UNVEILING OF THE MEMORIAL.

This photograph was almost certainly taken at the end ofthe unveiling ceremony, as the great number offlowers with attached messages fits in with the description ofwhat happened given in the Gazette account where all the contents ofthe labels are printed.

The enlarged portion ofthe photograph shows the ladies' clothing typical ofthe 1920s.

The terrible nature ofthe War, and how its memories still dominated people's lives, can be seen in the faces ofthose present, but, in particular, through the obvious griefofthe small boy on the right ofthe picture wiping the tears from his eyes with one hand whilst holding on to his mother's hand with the other. SUBSCRIBERS TO KIRKBY LONSDALE WAR MEMORIAL, AS REPORTED IN THE PARISH MAGAZINE, 1919-21.

OCTOBER, 1919. Lord & Lady H. Bentinck £50.0.0 Mr. & Mrs. W.J\bbott 0.10.0 W. S. Paget-Tomlinson 50.0.0 Dr. Mathews 5.0.0 J.R. Picard 20.0.0 Mr. & Mrs. Huddart 0.10.0 Miss Wilman 5.0.0 Mr. Walling 0.1.0 James Corbett 1.0.0 Miss Walling 0.1.0 Miss James 5.0.0 Mr. J. Walling, Junior 0.2.6 Miss Evatt 2.2.0 Miss J\nnie Walling 0.0.6 Miss Murton 5.0.0 Mrs. W. Taylforth 1.1.0 C.F. Sherriff 5.0.0 Miss Brantingham 0.2.6 Mrs. Sherriff 5.0.0 Miss A Walker 0.2.6. The Vicar and Mr. & Mrs Fleming 1.1.0 Mrs Percival Brown 10.0.0 Misses Punchard 1.1.0 The Misses Brown 2.10.0 H. Gunson 2.2.0 Mr. & Mrs. Bush 0.5.0 Mrs. Gunson 1.1.0 Mr. & Mrs Moss 0.5.0 Mr. & Mrs. A Pearson 5.0.0 Col. Chippendall 4.0.0 Wm. J\llen 0.10.0 Mrs. S. Thomborrow 0.5.0 Mr. & Mrs. W.H. J\irey 0.2.0 Mrs. J\. Moorhouse 1.0.0 Mrs. & Misses Wonnwell 5.0.0 L.C. Kassell 1.1.0 Mrs. Slack 0.10.0 F.B. Punchard 5.0.0 W.R. Hadwin 0.10.0 Mrs. Punchard 2.2.0 Mrs. Chippendall 1.0.0 NOVEMBER, 1919 Mr. & Mrs. W. Holmes 0.7.6. H. Stillingfleet 0.10.0 Mrs. Moore 0.5.0 H. Dean 3.0.0 Mrs. Maudsley 1.0.0 Mr. & Mrs. J. Wilman, Jnr 5.0.0 Mrs Kilroy 1.0.0 W. & C. Yeomanry, Nellie and Edith Taylor 1.0.0 Kirkby Lonsdale Troop 2.0.0 Lucy Willan 0.2.6 Dorothy Dawson 0.10.0 Ed. Rawlinson 0.5.0 Mrs Reed 0.5.0 Miss Bell (School House) 1.0.0 William Bayliff 1.1.0 The Misses Wearing 15.0.0 J\lfred Fryer 0.3.0 Mr. & Mrs. Shepherd 0.5.0 Mr. & Mrs. R. Palmer 5.5.0 George Saxton 0.2.0 Thomas Fawcett 1.1.0 F.N. Dowson 5.0.0 W.M. Wolfenden 0.10.0 Rev. W. Machin 1.1.0 John & RD. Brierley 3.3.0 Rd. Major 1.1.0 W. Woodhouse 2.10.0 Mr. & Mrs. W.E. Fishwick 2.2.0 Mrs Alice Briggs 0.1.0 Rd. Garlick 1.1.0 Mr. & Mrs. Simpson Walker 1.1.0 Mrs. F. Pearson 5.0.0. Mr. & Mrs. 1. T. Armer 1.1.0 Mr. & Mrs. S.G. Sedgwick 0.5.0 S.Q.M.S. & Mrs. Hastwell 0.10.0 DECEMBER, 1919. John Haythomthwaite 0.2.6 John Metcalfe (Main Street) 0.2.6 Mrs. Haythomthwaite 0.2.6 Mr. & Mrs. John Teasdale 0.10.0 Mr. G. Preston 0.10.0 Mrs. Jopson 0.10.0 Mr. & Mrs. John Wilman 5.0.0 J.1. Jopson 1.1.0 Mr. & Mrs. PD. Harrison 1.0.0 Mr. & Mrs. Goad 0.10.0 Mr. & Mrs. Morphet, Mr. & Mrs. T. Hartley 0.1 0.0 Moorgate 0.5.0 Robert Fisher (Keastwick) 0.4.0 Mrs. Tatham & H. Dale 0.10.0 Mrs. Dashfield 5.0.0 Mr. & Mrs. Greenbank 1.1.0 Miss Deeming 0.1.0 Pupils at Kirkby Lonsdale Miss Paget-Tomlinson 3.0.0 National Schools 1.16.6 Mr. Procter (Moorgate) 0.2.6 Mrs. 1.D Quem 0.10.0 Mrs. Procter (.. do..) 0.2.6 Miss N.M. Quem 0.2.6 Mr. & Mrs. Jolleys 1.0.0 Mr. & Mrs. Hubble 1.1.0 Mrs. Chamley 0.2.0 Mrs. Howorth 0.10.0 W.E. Senior Smith 10.0.0 Mrs. Morse 0.5.0 James Dennison 0.10.0 Mrs. Stewart Forbes 1.0.0 Mrs. Procter (Biggins) 0.2.6 Mr. & Mrs. R Moorhouse 0.5.0 Mr. & Mrs. Garnett Mr. & Mrs. Dick Harrison 2.2.0 (Biggins) 0.10.0 Mr. & Mrs. Bowerbank 0.3.0 Miss Bessie Wilson 0.10.0 W. Blarnire (Capemwray) 0.2.6 Mr. & Mrs Garnett Robert Blarnire (Catholes) 1.0.0 (Low Lodge) 0.2.6 Mrs. Charles Bradley 0.1.0 M. A. Blamire (... do ... ) 0.2.6 Mr. & Mrs. Forsyth 1.1.0 J.S. Blamire (... do ... ) 0.2.6 Mr. 1. & Miss Harrison Miss S. Bush 0.5.0 (Moorgate) 0.5.0 Mr. Fleming Mr. & Mrs. R. Atkinson 0.5.0 (Queen's Square) 0.2.6 Mrs. Maud 0.10.0 E.R Tiptaft 1.1.0 Mr. & Mrs. Duguid 2.2.0 Dr. Martin 2.2.0 JANUARY, 1920. Mr. & Mrs 1. Askew 1.0.0 Miss M. Willan 0.2.6 W. Thompson 1.1.0 Mr. & Mrs. H. Wolfenden 0.10.6 W.H. Briggs 0.2.6 Mrs. Machell Mrs. Saddler 0.5.0 (Queen's Square) 0.2.6 Mr. & Mrs. Jack Hodgson 0.2.6 Mrs. J.W. Richardson 1.1.0 Joseph Hodgson 0.2.6 Mr. & Mrs. Jos. Dean 0.2.6 Mrs. Holmes Mothers' Union (Queen's Square) 0.2.6 Per Mrs. Mathews 1.5.0 Robert Wilson (Liverpool) 5.5.0 Mrs. A.J. Stent 1.0.0 G.G. Robinson 0.10.0 Mr. & Mrs. Dennison 0.5.0 Mr. & Mrs. H. Jenkins 2.2.0 Eric Dennison 0.1.0 Miss Blamire (Capenwray) 0.2.6 Mr. Archer 0.5.0 Mrs. & Misses Abbott 0.15.0 Miss F. Nicholson 0.5.0 TR Paget-Tomlinson 5.0.0 Mr. & Mrs. T Robinson 0.7.6 Mrs. R Roper 3.3.0 Miss Gertrude Robinson 0.7.6 Anonymous 0.10.0 John Atkinson 0.5.0 Mr. & Mrs. T.D. Hadwin 0.1 0.6 Mr. lL. Dean 0.3.0 Mrs. Troughton (Beck Head) 1.1.0 Mrs. Irving Richardson 0.10.6 Miss MabelAtkinson 0.2.0 Ted Thomborrow 0.2.6 TH. Troughton 0.10.6 Mr. & Mrs. J.J. Pell 0.10.0 Mrs. E. Harrison 1.1.0 Miss RH.M. Pell 0.2.0 Mr. & Mrs. lJ. Richardson 2.2.0 Mr. & Mrs. Wilding 0.10.0 Mr. & Mrs. W. Benson 1.0.0 C.Q.M.-Sergt. K. Bell 0.10.0 Miss A.A. Richardson Mrs. Gilbert Preston 0.10.0 (Kirkby Lonsdale) 1.1.0 Mr. & Mrs. Coultert 1.1.0 RW. Richardson (Kirkby Lonsdale) 1.1.0 APRIL, 1920. TS. Richardson P.D. Pailthorp 0.10.6 (Kirkby Lonsdale) 1.1.0 Mr. & Mrs. Ellis 0.10.6 M.l Richardson 0.5.0 J. Leighton 0.10.0 John Taylforth 5.0.0 W. Remington 0.5.0 Mr. & Mrs W. Brunskill 1.0.0 Mr. & Mrs. A Fisher 1.1.0 Sergt. Eccles 0.10.0 TR ThomboITow 1.0.0 Mrs. G. Pickemel 0.5.0 J. Arrner 0.10.6 RS.M. Harrison & Miss Bickersteth 10.0.0 Mrs. Harrison 1.1.0 C. Howard 0.5.0 1. L. Johnson 2.2.0 Mr. & Mrs. H. Jackson 2.2.0 Thomas Dinsdale 0.10.0 AUGUST, 1921.

Mr. Robert Johnson 0.10.0 Mr. & Mrs. Blain 0.10.0 Misses Murton, Mr. 1. Briggs 0.2.6 additional 2.0.0 Mrs. Carter 0.2.6 Miss Bickersteth, Rev. R. Percival Brown, additional 3.0.0 additional 2.10.0 Mr. A Pearson, proceeds Mr. C.F. Sherriff, ofadmission to additional 1.1.0 Abbot Brow Gardens 3.7.4 Misses Murton, Mr. G. Duguid, additional 2.0.0 additional 1.0.0 Mr. lR. Picard, additional 5.0.0 Mr. & Mrs. Emest Moorhouse 0.10.0 Mr. W. Abbott, additional 0.10.0 Mr. & Mrs. Harrison, (Deansbiggin) 0.10.0 Mr. H. Dean, additional 0.10.0 Mr. Sam Morris 0.15.0 Mrs. Tallon 0.2.6 Mr. W. Walker 0.5.0 Mrs. Haygarth 0.2.6 Miss James, additional 0.10.6 Mr. lW. Towers, (Chapel Lane) 0.2.0 Lord and Lady Henry Bentinck, additional 10.0.0 Dr. & Mrs. McCaul 2.2.0 Misses Punchard, additional 1.1.0 Miss Sarah Dickinson 0.5.0 Miss Deeming 0.1.0 Mr. & Mrs. Dick Harrison, additional 1.0.0 THE FINAL ACCOUNT (Parish Magazine, August, 1921)

Subscriptions as per list £ s d 431 7 10 Bank Interest 16 8 0 447 15 10

Cost ofMemorial as per contract 398 9 0 Austin and Paley 40 0 0 Printing 6 18 6 Advertising 1 8 0 Secretary's postages 0 15 4 Bugler for Unveiling 0 5 0 447 15 10

Audited and found correct, Wm Abbott, 13th July, 1921

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AN INTER-WAR REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY.

The men present are largely, but not exclusively, ex-servicemen as can be seen by the medals.

The man laying the wreath might be Colonel Tomlinson.

Third from the left: 'Jonty' Wilson Fifth: Mr. G. Duguid (Kirkby Lonsdale Urban District Council) Sixth: Denny Harrison (with lowered flag). Seventh: "Cloggy" Thornborough. Eighth: Jonny Fahy?? Tenth: Joe Bowerbank. Extreme right: Tom Richardson

Ifanyone can name any other member ofthe group please let us know.

BETWEEN THE WARS

Initially, and until comparatively recent times, Acts of Remembrance were always held on Armistice Day, November 11t\ whatever the day of the week.

There was a difficulty for some years between the wars in Kirkby Lonsdale as the Vicar refused to allow anyone but himself to take services in the churchyard (presumably because it was consecrated ground ?) As a result, the Methodist and Congregational Ministers resorted to taking a service in Queen's Square, as the accompanying photograph, taken in the early 1930s, reveals.

The ministers were on a small dais to the left, the congregation facing them, with the War Memorial visible over the railings to the right. After the service, the British Legion and representatives of public bodies entered the churchyard to lay wreaths at the Memorial. [Source - Westmorland Gazette].

On the photograph, as well as the Memorial, the fountain (erected 1868) can be seen, and also the iron railings which formed the churchyard boundary at that time; they were removed in the Second World War to be melted down to assist the war effort.

AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

No major change was made to the Memorial after the War. The Westmorland slate plaque facing Queen's Square, and containing the inscription agreed, was reversed (or replaced?) and the THIRTEEN NAMES ofthose who fell in the Second World War were inscribed. REMEMBRANCE IN RECENT YEARS.

Remembrance Day is of course now fixed on a Sunday in th November as near as feasible to the 11 • In Kirkby Lonsdale, it is still extremely well supported and has, for a long time, been on an ecumenical basis. It takes place in St. Mary's Church which is capable of coping with the numbers who attend.

It is preceded by a parade by the British Legion, uniformed services and civic representatives from the Market Square, led by the Kirkby Lonsdale Band.

The final part ofthe service takes place at the Memorial accompanied by the laying of wreaths and the the playing of the Last Post by a Kirkby Lonsdale bandsman.

However, this service is not the only form of remembrance. Led by the British Legion and the Cadets, the two-minute silence is observed on November 11th outside the Institute with prayers and a bugler present. Throughout the year, major wartime events, such as the recent 70th Anniversary ofthe Battle of Britain, are remembered and commemorated by the flying of the relevant flags at the Institute and around the town, motivated to a great extent by surviving war veterans.

As wars still wage around the world, it is heartening to see that the community ofKirkby Lonsdale continues to mourn those who have sacrificed their lives in both past and present conflicts, to support the bereaved and the disabled, and to pray for wiser counsels to prevail to create a peaceful and happier future for all mankind.