'THE GREAT WAR', 'THE WAR TO END WAR', 'WORLD WAR 1'
'What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
- Only the monstrous anger of the guns.'
from 'Anthem for Doomed Youth'
by Wilfred Owen
1914 - 1918
'THE HOME FRONT'
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List of Servicmen who are recorded on the 'Gifts to Our Boys' pages in NOTEBOOK 1
of Failsworth Wesleyan Group of
'The Failsworth and Woodhouses War Comforts Society'
These were the 'comforts' sent to servicemen known to the workers ,,,,
the majority of 'comforts' was distributed from the 'Centre'
Some names are listed on more than one page and some more than once on a single page.
Private W. Anthony |
Private Tom Aspinall |
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| Private Harry Bennett |
Private Tom Berry |
Corporal Tom Berry |
Private G. Bolton |
Private James Bradley |
Private Jos. Breakell |
Private Tom Breakell |
Driver Brooks |
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Sgt. H Cartwright |
Private Chas. Causton |
Private Jos. Causton |
A.M. John Cheetham |
L/c H. Clark |
Private Harold Clarke |
Private W. Collier |
Rifleman Thos. Collinson |
Private Arthur Compston |
Seaman John Cook |
Private Asa Holgate Crabtree |
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| Private Arthur Davies |
Private H. Dawson |
Private Herbert Dawson |
Gunner Jas. Dootson |
Private Jack Douce |
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Seaman Alf Eardley |
Sgt. Tom Edge |
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Private J. T. Fenton |
Rifleman Flanagan |
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| Sapper F.E. Garner |
J. Geldart |
Seaman Robt. Gerrard |
A.M. Gibson |
Private Chas Gibson |
| Chas. Gibson, R.F.C. |
Private Chas Gibson |
Private Gledhill |
Private Willie Goode |
Private Chas. Gray |
Private Greaves |
Cor. B. Griffiths |
L/c Bertie Griffiths |
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Seaman Chas. Hancock |
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Private H. Ironmonger |
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Driver E. Johnson |
Cyclist W. Jones |
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Sapper George Kay |
Cpl. H. Kinsman |
L/c. H. Knowles |
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Private Samuel Lancaster |
Private Andrew Lane |
L/cpl. Andrew Lane |
Private Harry Lowe |
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Private Harry Marland |
Private Marshall |
A.M.Matthews |
"Fred Middleton & fellow
stretcher bearers" |
Private John Midgley |
| Private H. Morley |
Private Syd. Morris |
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Private Harry Nixon |
Private H. Nuttall |
Private Jos. Nuttall |
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| Private Hubert Ogden |
Private H. Ogden |
Sapper Lewis Ogden |
Captain E. Oldershaw |
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Private George Park |
Driver A. Parr |
Driver Arthur Parr |
Private Frank Parr |
Driver Pendlebury |
| Private Jos. Perrin |
Private Willie Perrin |
Private Sydney Pilkington |
Private W. Pilkington |
Private Alf Pimlott |
Private H. Pinder |
Sapper Jos. Pinninington |
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| Private Ed. Roberts |
Sergt. Roberts |
Private H. Rowbottom |
Private Fred Rydngs |
Private Jos. Rydings |
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Cor. Arthur Schofield |
Private Charles Schofield |
Private Tom. Scholes |
Private Slater |
Private John Smith |
Private Willie Smith |
Pilot Soppitt |
J.M. Starr |
Private Clarence Swift |
Seaman E. Swift |
Harold Swift |
Private Jas. Swift |
Private Syl. Sykes |
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Private Harold Taylor |
Private H. Taylor |
Private S. Tetlow |
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Sapper W. Varney |
Sapper Varney |
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| Bombardier W. Wade |
Cpl. Jos Warburton |
Walter Weaver |
Private A. Wild |
Private Arthur Wild |
| Private Jas. Wild |
Private W. A. Wild |
Signaller E. Wilkinson |
Sapper Geo. Wright |
Private Geo. Wright |
| Cpl. Wrigley |
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Contributed by : Martin Goodyear
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