Photographs © Alyson Jackson of The Silk Route
For more photographs of Accrington's War Memorial in Oak Hill Park, see Pat Neill's collection on the Liverpool Monuments website.
These pages commemorate the men and women of Accrington and District who gave their lives for their country during the Great War of 1914-1919. At present (June 2022) biographical notes are generally available only for those from Accrington, Altham, Baxenden, Church, Clayton-le-Moors, Great Harwood and Huncoat.
New! The story of the Accrington War Memorial with a map of the home addresses of 854 men named on the memorial.
Ranks and army/regimental numbers have been taken from source 3 in preference to sources 2 or 4. Home addresses have generally been taken from source 2. Cemeteries and memorials are located in France, Belgium or the United Kingdom unless stated otherwise.
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Abbreviations
aptd.: appointed; att., attested; attd., attached; b., born; bd., buried; comm., commemorated; d., died; d.o.w., died of wounds; e., enlisted; k.i.a., killed in action; P.O.W., prisoner of war; s., son; w., wounded.
Sources
- War Memorial, Oak Hill Park, Accrington
- Greater Accrington Roll of Honour 1914-1919, first published in the Accrington Observer & Times, 1919
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register
- Officers- and Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1919
- Officers and Men of the Accrington Pals
- Records of the Canadian Expeditionary Force
- The National Archives, WO339/7443
- The National Archives, WO339/7438
- War Memorial, Church of St. John the Baptist, Baxenden
- War Memorial, Huncoat
- War Memorial, St. James Church, Altham
- War Memorial, Mercer Park, Clayton-le-Moors
- War Memorial, Church Lane, Great Harwood
- War Memorial, Blackburn Road, Rishton
- Accrington Observer & Times, 18th September 1923
- Accrington Observer & Times, 17th January 1922
- Greater Accrington Roll of Honour 1915, published in the Accrington Observer & Times, 1st January 1916
- Accrington Observer & Times, 8th July 1916
- Accrington Observer & Times, 15th July 1916
- Accrington Observer & Times, 4th August 1917
- The National Archives, WO339/7439
- The National Archives, WO374/11292
- Accrington Observer & Times, 5th October 1918
- "De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918" by The Marquis De Ruvigny, reprinted by Naval and Military Press 2003
- Accrington Observer & Times, 14th April 1917
- Accrington Observer & Times, 1st May 1917
- Accrington Observer & Times, 11th July 1916
- Information courtesy of Sharon Bunter
- Australian Service Records from World War 1
- Roll of Honour, St. John's Church, Accrington
- Information courtesy of Steve Williams
- Great Harwood Roll of Honour (Town Hall, Great Harwood, 31st December 1915)
- 1891 Census for England and Wales
- Absent Voters' List 1918, Parliamentary Borough of Accrington
- 1901 Census for England and Wales
- Medal Rolls Index
- Accrington Observer & Times, 1st January 1918
- Accrington Gazette, 1st January 1916
- Accrington Observer & Times, 1st January 1916
- Accrington Observer & Times, 9th February 1915
- Accrington Observer & Times, 30th October 1915
- Accrington Observer & Times, 16th October 1917
- Accrington Observer & Times, 7th May 1918
- Accrington Observer & Times, 14th September 1918
- Accrington Observer & Times, 3rd March 1917
- Accrington Observer & Times, 12th May 1917
- Accrington Observer & Times, 23rd June 1917
- Information courtesy of David Ingham
- Information courtesy of Ron Nuttall
- The National Archives, WO339/46857
- Information courtesy of Jacqueline Wilson
- Information courtesy of Steven Owen
- Blackburn Roll of Honour
- Baptism records, St. James' Church, Church Kirk
- Lancashire Telegraph, 21st February 2008
- British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920
- Colne Roll of Honour, published by the Colne and Nelson Times, 1920
- 1911 Census for England and Wales
- Accrington Observer & Times, 17th March 1917
- British Army WW1 Service Records
- Information courtesy of Dave Haworth
- British Army WW1 Pension Records
- Accrington Observer & Times, 21st September 1918
- Accrington Observer & Times, 6th April 1918
- Accrington Observer & Times, 11th May 1918
- Accrington Observer & Times, 12th October 1918
- Information courtesy of Jim Marsh
- Accrington Observer & Times, 26th August 1916
- Information courtesy of Michael Horne
- Names of the Fallen recorded on Accrington War Memorial, published in the Accrington Observer & Times of 8th July 1922.
- War Memorial, Rhyddings Street, Oswaldtwistle
- Baptism records, St. James' Church, Accrington
- British Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929
- British Army Service Records 1914-1920, available through find my past
- England and Wales Death Index
- 1881 Census for England and Wales
- Baptism records, St. Bartholomew's Church, Great Harwood
- Information courtesy of Pennie Cowley
- National School Admission Registers & Log-books, available through find my past
- England and Wales Marriage Index
- British Army WW1 Silver War Badge Records
- Information courtesy of Hilary Fearn, Pam Holderness, Cheryl Clarke and their teams
- 1927 Electoral Register for Accrington
- Marriage records, All Saints' Church, Clayton-le-Moors
- WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards
- Baptism records, All Saints' Church, Clayton-le-Moors
- Family of Henry (Harry) Heath, available through Ancestry
- Military Hospitals Admissions and Discharge Registers (The National Archives, MH106)
- 1939 Register, available through find my past
- England, Select Marriages
- The National Archives, WO329/1181
- The National Archives, WO329/836
- The National Archives, WO329/1481
- Accrington Observer & Times, 29th July 1916
- Baptism records, St. James' School Church, Clayton-le-Moors
- Baptism records, St. Leonard's Church, Padiham
- Accrington Observer & Times, 20th April 1918
- England and Wales Birth Index
- OnLine Parish Clerks for the County of Lancashire
- England, Select Births and Christenings
- Royal Air Force, Officers' Service Records 1912-1920, available through findmypast
- Baptism records, Church of St. James and St. John, Hebden Bridge
- Marriage records, Barnoldswick Parish Church
- Accrington Observer & Times, 12th June 1915
- Date of enlistment from the author's own analysis
- Baptism records, Mitton Parish Church
- Marriage records, St. Stephen's Church, Haslingden Grane
- Baptism records, St. John's Church, Accrington
- Baptism records, Immanuel Church, Oswaldtwistle
- Birth Certificate
- British Army Service Records 1760-1915, available through find my past
- Canada Passenger Lists, 1881-1922
- Rhode Island Deaths and Burials
- Accrington Observer & Times, 2nd November 1918
- England & Wales National Probate Calendar
- Marriage records, Christ Church, Linthwaite
- 1913 Electoral Register for Accrington
- Baptism records, St. James' Church, Haslingden
- South Africa War Graves Project
- General Register Office Online Index
- Marriage records, St. Peter's Church, Burnley
- Baptism records, All Saints' Church, Wigan
- Family of Henry (Harry) Beard, available through Ancestry
- Baptism records, St. Saviour's Church, Bamber Bridge
- Baptism records, St. Luke's Church, Heywood
- Baptism records, Wesleyan-Methodist Chapel, Longsight
- England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
- UK, Civil Engineer Records
- Deaths at Sea, 1891-1972, available through find my past
- ICRC prisoners of the First World War archive
- England & Wales, Christening Index
- Marriage records, Immanuel Church, Oswaldtwistle
- Baptism records, St. Ambrose's Church, Leyland
- Accrington Observer & Times, 19th January 1918
- Royal Navy Seamen 1899-1924
- Royal Navy and Royal Marine War Graves Roll, 1914-1919
- Baptism records, Emmanuel Church, Holcombe
- Marriage records, St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Rishton
- Marriage records, St. Andrew's Church, Livesey
- Baptism records, St. Peter's Church, Liverpool
- Family of Tom Dewhurst, available through Ancestry
- Family of Walter Dobson, available through Ancestry
- Family of Butterfield Ashworth Duckworth, available through Ancestry
- Baptism records, St. Thomas' Church, Blackburn
- Electoral Register for Accrington, 1915
- Scots Guards Service Records 1799-1939, available through find my past
- Baptism records, St. John and St. Barnabas' Church, Holbeck
- Marriage records, Christ Church, Lancaster
- Marriage records, St. Peter's Church, Accrington
- Accrington Observer & Times, 5th January 1918
- Baptism records, Castlecroft Independent Congregational Church
- Marriage records, St. Peter's Church, Accrington
- Baptism records, St. John's Church, Darwen
- Leicestershire Baptisms, available through find my past
- Baptism records, St. John's Church, Stonefold
- Baptism records, St. Paul's Church, Ramsbottom
- Baptism records, Lincoln Fields Methodist Chapel, Leeds
- Marriage records, St. John's Church, Accrington
- "The Sky Their Battlefield" by Trevor Henshaw (Grub Street, 1995)
- Shropshire Baptisms, available through find my past
- Yorkshire Marriages, available through find my past
- Marriage records, St. Bartholomew's Church, Great Harwood
- Royal Naval Division Casualties of The Great War, 1914-1924, available through Ancestry
- Baptism records, St. James' Church, Halifax
- Baptism records, St. Peter's Church, Ashton-under-Lyne
- Baptism records, Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Blackburn
- Family of Matthew Hogan, available through Ancestry
- Marriage records, Church of St. Mary le Ghyll, Barnoldswick
- Royal Air Force, Airmen's Service Records 1912-1939
- Andrews Newspaper Index Cards, 1790-1976
- Baptism records, St. Clement's Church, Longsight, Manchester
- Preston Herald, 7th December 1918
- Marriage records, St. Michael's Church, Coppenhall
- Bere Ferrers Rail Accident from New Zealand History
- Joseph Judge at the Auckland Museum Online Cenotaph
- Marriage records, St. James' Church, Accrington
- 1871 Census for England, Wales and Scotland
- Electoral Register for Rossendale, 1915
- Baptism records, St. Saviour's Church, Preston
- Lancashire Daily Post, 22nd April 1916
- William Knox at Craven's Part in the Great War
- Baptism records, St. Luke's Church, Preston
- Baptism records, St. Bartholomew's Church, Chipping
- Marriage records, St. Benedict's Church, Everton, Liverpool
- NZDF Personnel Files
- Baptism records, St. Mary's Church, Lancaster
- Family of William Thomas McMillan, available through Ancestry
- Baptism records, St. James' Church, Lower Darwen
- Baptism records, St. George's Church, Hulme
- Baptism records, St. Mary Magdalene's Church, Clitheroe
- Family of Thomas Myerscough, available through Ancestry
- Baptism records, St. John's Church, Lancaster
- Family of Frances Mary Gaunt, available through Ancestry
- Marriage Certificate
- Burnley Express and Advertiser, 14th November 1917
- Fatal Air Accidents in Britain, Jan-March 1918
- Royal Marines Registers of Service Index, 1842-1925
- Devon Baptisms, available through find my past
- Baptism records, All Saints' Church, Blackburn
- Baptism records, St. Michael's Church, Croston
- William George Rampling at Craven's Part in the Great War
- Baptism records, St. Andrew's Church, Accrington
- Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900
- Family of Thomas Robinson, available through Ancestry
- Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index
- Baptism records, Holy Trinity Church, Tunstead
- Marriage records, St. John's Church, Great Harwood
- Baptism records, Holy Trinity Church, Wakefield
- Baptism records, All Saints' Church, Rhodes
- TNA WO 339/27229
- Family of Joseph Smallshaw, available through Ancestry
- Baptism records, St. Oswald's Church, Knuzden
- Marriage records, St. Luke's Church, Cheetham
- Royal Naval Reserve 1899-1930
- Baptism records, Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Steeple Aston
- Marriage records, Christ Church, Brondesbury
- TNA WO 339/25206
- TNA WO 374/64566
- Marriage records, All Saints' Church, Sixhills, Lincolnshire
- Marriage records, St. Anne's Church, Newton Heath
- National Records of Scotland, Statutary Registers, Births
- Baptism records, St. Peter's Church, Oldham
- Accrington Observer & Times, 4th May 1918
- Baptism records, Christ Church, Southport
- Death certificate
- Baptism records, St. James' Church, Ashworth
- Baptism records, St. Stephen's Church, Burnley
- Family of Walter Harry Withall, available through Ancestry
- Baptism records, St. Andrew's Church, Burnley
- Soldier's Will
- Burnley News, 27th October 1917
- GRO Army Death Indices
- Accrington Observer & Times, 9th November 1918
- Accrington Observer & Times, 30th November 1918
- Accrington Observer & Times, 17th July 1915
- Accrington Observer & Times, 10th July 1915
- Accrington Observer & Times, 3rd November 1917
- Accrington Observer & Times, 9th September 1916
- Haslingden Gazette, 28th September 1918
- Wiltshire Times, 28th September 1918
- Baptism records, All Saints' Church, Hindley
- Lancashire BMD
- Baptism records, St. George's Church, Unsworth
- Baptism records, St. Mary Magdalene Church, Clitheroe
- Marriage records, Orchard Street Primitive Methodist Church, Great Harwood
- Baptism records, St. John's Church, Blackburn
- Marriage records, St. John's Church, Blackburn
- England Roman Catholic Parish Baptisms, available through find my past
- Marriage records, St. Francis's Church, Feniscliffe
- Baptism records, St. Peter's Church, Blackburn
- Baptism records, St. Matthew's Church, Blackburn
- Baptism records, Mount Zion United Methodist Church, Cattle Street, Great Harwood
- Baptism records, St. James' Church, Brindle
- 1914 Electoral Register for Great Harwood
- Baptism records, St. Mary's Church, Newchurch-in-Pendle
- Baptism records, St. Mary Magdalene's Church, Clitheroe
- Baptism records, Holy Trinity Church, Blackpool
- Marriage records, Mount Zion United Methodist Church, Cattle Street, Great Harwood
- Baptism records, St. Nicholas's Church, Dunnington
- Accrington Observer & Times, 31st July 1915
- Baptism records, Russell Place Wesleyan Methodist Church, Great Harwood
- Baptism records, St. Botolph's Church, Burton Hastings
- Baptism records, St. James's Church, Clitheroe
- Accrington Observer & Times, 19th June 1915
- Family of Michael Davis, available through Ancestry
- Baptism records, Knuzden Brook United Methodist Chapel
- Lancashire Catholic Registers of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, available through Ancestry
- Baptism records, St. Thomas' Church, Bury
- Coldstream Guards records, available through find my past
- Baptism records, St. Lawrence with St. Paul's Church, Longridge
- Baptism records, Orchard Street Primitive Methodist Church, Great Harwood
- Baptism records, York Street Chapel (Wesleyan Methodist), Oswaldtwistle
- Baptism records, St. Barnabas' Church, Heapey
- Baptism records, Christ Church, Blackburn
- Accrington Observer & Times, 23rd April 1918
- Accrington Observer & Times, 29th June 1918
- Baptism records, St. John's Church, Read
- Baptism records, St. Mary and All Saints Church, Whalley
- Electoral Register for Darwen, 1915
- Baptism records, St. Saviour's Church, Preston
- The National Archives, WO329/1184
- Marriage records, Harwood Street Methodist Chapel, Blackburn
- Electoral Register for Great Harwood, 1915
- Accrington Observer & Times, 18th December 1915
- Baptism records, St. Paul's Church, Blackburn
- Baptism records, St. Andrew's Church, Ashton-on-Ribble
- Royal Marines records, 1899-1919, available through find my past
- First World War Widows' Pension Forms, available through find my past
- Baptism records, Church of St. John the Baptist, Atherton
- Baptism records, All Saints' Church, Habergham
- Baptism records, St. Michael's Church, Blackburn
- Baptism records, St. Michael's Church, Kirkham
- Staffordshire BMD Indexes, available through Ancestry
- Baptism records, St. Paul's Church, Preston
- Accrington Observer & Times, 29th August 1916
- Accrington Observer & Times, 19th May 1917
- 1921 Census for England and Wales
- Baptism records, Christ Church, Todmorden
- Baptism, Church of St. Michael and All Angels, Blackburn
- Baptism records, St. James's Church, Chorley
- Family of Samuel Alexander Waring, available through Ancestry
- Baptism records, Moor Lane (Non-Conformist) Chapel, Clitheroe
- England Roman Catholic Parish Marriages, available through find my past
- Baptism records, Wesleyan-Methodist Chapel, Baxenden
- Cheshire Non-Conformist BMD records, available through Ancestry
- Baptism records, Abbey Street Wesleyan-Methodist Chapel, Accrington
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