Rishton Great Harwood Clayton-le-Moors Altham
Rishton Great Harwood Clayton-le-Moors Altham
Church Title
Oak Hill Park		 Huncoat
Church Huncoat
Oswaldtwistle Baxenden
Oswaldtwistle Accrington Baxenden

Photographs © Alyson Jackson of The Silk Route

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 (January 2007) biographical notes are generally available only for those from Accrington, Altham, Baxenden, Church, Clayton-le-Moors, Great Harwood and Huncoat.

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.

Please let me know of any errors or omissions at andrew.jackson@btinternet.com

Abbreviations

aptd.: appointed; 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

  1. War Memorial, Oak Hill Park, Accrington
  2. Greater Accrington Roll of Honour 1914-1919, first published in the Accrington Observer & Times, 1919
  3. Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register
  4. Officers- and Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1919
  5. Officers and Men of the Accrington Pals
  6. Records of the Canadian Expeditionary Force
  7. The National Archives, WO339/7443
  8. The National Archives, WO339/7438
  9. War Memorial, Church of St. John the Baptist, Baxenden
  10. War Memorial, Huncoat
  11. War Memorial, St. James Church, Altham
  12. War Memorial, Mercer Park, Clayton-le-Moors
  13. War Memorial, Church Lane, Great Harwood
  14. War Memorial, Blackburn Road, Rishton
  15. Accrington Observer & Times, 18th September 1923
  16. Accrington Observer & Times, 17th January 1922
  17. Greater Accrington Roll of Honour 1915, published in the Accrington Observer & Times, 1st January 1916
  18. Accrington Observer & Times, 8th July 1916
  19. Accrington Observer & Times, 15th July 1916
  20. Accrington Observer & Times, 4th August 1917
  21. The National Archives, WO339/7439
  22. The National Archives, WO374/11292
  23. Accrington Observer & Times, 5th October 1918
  24. "De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918" by The Marquis De Ruvigny, reprinted by Naval and Military Press 2003
  25. Accrington Observer & Times, 14th April 1917
  26. Accrington Observer & Times, 1st May 1917
  27. Accrington Observer & Times, 11th July 1916
  28. Information courtesy of Sharon Bunter
  29. Australian Service Records from World War 1
  30. Roll of Honour, St. John's Church, Accrington
  31. Information courtesy of Steve Williams
  32. Great Harwood Roll of Honour (Town Hall, Great Harwood, 31st December 1915)
  33. 1891 Census for England and Wales
  34. Absent Voters' List 1918, Parliamentary Borough of Accrington
  35. 1901 Census for England and Wales
  36. Medal Rolls Index
  37. Accrington Observer & Times, 1st January 1918
  38. Accrington Gazette, 1st January 1916
  39. Accrington Observer & Times, 1st January 1916
  40. Accrington Observer & Times, 9th February 1915
  41. Accrington Observer & Times, 30th October 1915
  42. Accrington Observer & Times, 16th October 1917
  43. Accrington Observer & Times, 7th May 1918
  44. Accrington Observer & Times, 14th September 1918
  45. Accrington Observer & Times, 3rd March 1917
  46. Accrington Observer & Times, 12th May 1917
  47. Accrington Observer & Times, 23rd June 1917
  48. Information courtesy of David Ingham
  49. Information courtesy of Ron Nuttall
  50. The National Archives, WO339/46857
  51. Information courtesy of Jacqueline Wilson
  52. Information courtesy of Steven Owen
  53. Blackburn Roll of Honour
  54. 1901 Census for England and Wales
  55. Lancashire Telegraph, 21st February 2008
  56. British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920

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