'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 NAMES OF MEN IN THE ARMED FORCES ON THE MEMORIAL AT ST. THOMAS' CHURCH, WERNETH
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Robert Geoffrey Lees Ascroft
2nd Lieutenant
1/10 Battalion
The Manchester Regiment.
Enlisted
August 1914
of Primrose House, Wellington Rd., Oldham.
Educated : Charterhouse
Killed in action : 4th June, 1915, The Dardanelles
Age 19
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George Oswald Ashby
Private 4393, Royal Fusiliers 20th Battalion
Son of Richard and Jane Ashby, of Oldham, Lancs.
killed in action: 20th July 1916,
France & Flanders
age 21
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Edgar Beaumont
Private 6118, 8th Battalion The King's Liverpool Regt.
(Machine Gun Corps.)
Formerly Manchester Regt. 4632.
of 14, Hornby Street, Oldham.
Previous employment at Fir Mill, Royton.
Son of Mary and the late Samuel Beaumont, of Coppice, Oldham.
Killed in action, France, 10th January 1917
France & Flanders
age 23
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Robert Beaumont
for whom we have no details
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Thomas Leslie Bell
Rifleman 13594
King's Royal Rifle Corps. 7th Battalion.
of 54 Malton St., Coppice, Oldham.
Born in Bendigo, Australia.
Enlisted Hollinwood.
Died of wounds 30th March 1916
France & Flanders
Age 18
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Ernest Roland Charnock
Private, 351334, Manchester Regt., 2nd/9th Battalion.
Enlisted 1915
Son of John Walter and Mary Ann Charnock, of 4, Oswald St., Chadderton Rd., Oldham.
prviously employed - Emmott & Wallshaw Ltd., Vale Mills.
Killed in action, France, 20th November 1917
age 20
His officer writes: "He was one of the Scouts and as his Scout Officer I came into close contact with him. He was always keen and cheerful, whatever he had to do and was a fine soldier. From what I hear he was killed instantly by a shell and would suffer no pain".
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Harry Cocking
Private 33307, East Yorkshire Regt., 1st/4th Battalion
Formerly 23133, Manchester Regt.
Son of James and Annie Cocking, of 37, Stuart St., Coppice, Oldham.
Killed in action: 7th May 1918
France & Flanders
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Sam Cook
Lance Corporal, 9055 1st Battalion The East Lancashire Regt.
formerly Manchester Regt. 9667
of 84, Tudor Street, Oldham.
Husband of Ethel Cook, of 19, No.1 Court, Eldon St., Oldham.
Killed in action 18th March, 1915
France & Flanders
age 29
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Robert Coop
Private 4661, 20th Battalion, (Public Schools Btn.) The Royal Fusiliers
of 'Penrhos', Grange Ave., Oldham
Enlisted Manchester
killed in action 15th July 1916
France & Flanders
age 21
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Herva Deem
Private 315861, Cheshire Regt., 1st/4th Battalion.
of 30, Gainsborough Ave., Oldham.
Son of Henry and Maria Deem.
Enlisted Dec. 1916 serving in Palestine before going to France. A member of the first
British Force to enter Jerusalem.
Connected with St. Michael's Church,
Crossbank St., and with the YMCA.
Killed in action, France, 1st August 1918.
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Charles Edward. Driver,
Private 292750, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), 7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial)
Son of James Frederick and Mary Ann Driver, of 10, Malvern St., Oldham
(and brother of Joseph who was killed in October 1918).
Enlisted in Oldham.
Killed in action 26rh March 1918
France & Flanders
age 28
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Joseph Driver
Private 31386, East Lancashire Regt., 2nd Battalion.
Enlisted in Oldham.
Son of James Frederick and Mary Ann Driver, of 10, Malvern St., Oldham
(and brother of Charles Edward whowas killed in March 1918).
Killed in action 12th October 1918,
France & Flanders
age 20
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Harry Easthope
Private 204645, The King's Own (Liverpool Regt.) 12th Battalion.
Lewis gunner.
of 69 Castle Mona Street, Douglas, I.O.M. and formerly of 65, Chelmsford Street, Oldham.
An old scholar of St. Thomas School and chorister of St. Thomas Church, Werneth.
When in Oldham he was a guard on the steam cars.
Killed in action 5th October 1918
France & Flanders
age 41
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John Barlow Emmott
2nd Lieutenant
1/10 Battalion
The Manchester Regiment.
Enlisted
August 1914
Previous employment with Emmott & Wallshaw Ltd.
Married in 1914 a sister of 2nd Lieutenant RGL Ascroft
Killed in action : 4th June, 1915, The Dardanelles
age 25
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Harry Exley
Private 2594,
Manchester Regt., 1st/10th Battalion.
enlisted in Oldham
Killed in action, Gallipoli, 14th August 1915.
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William Farnworth
Private
139557, Machine Gun Corps. (Infantry).
Formerly 4476, Manchester Regt.
of 109 Napier Street, Oldham.
Previously employed at Summervale Mill
Died of Wounds 7th June 1918
France & Flanders .
age 21
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Joseph Graves
Leading Stoker, Royal Navy.
Lost on HMS 'Indefatigable'
31st May 1916.
of 10, Wye Street, Oldham
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Clarence H. Greaves
Private 83763, Cheshire Regt., 52nd Battalion.
Son of James and Catherine Greaves, of 116, Napier St. East, Oldham, Lancs.
died: 2nd September 1919
age 19
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Harry Greenwood
Private 33990 The Manchester Regt., 12th Battalion.
Born in Oldham;
son of John and Harriet Greenwood.
Died of wounds, France, 4th September 1918
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Fred Halliwell
2nd Lieutenant, 11th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment,
Gazetted Aug. 1917 from Artists' Rifles.
Enlisted Dec 1916
the son of John Edward and Alice Halliwell
of 108 Werneth Hall Road, Oldham.
Educated Municial Secondary School and Hulme Grammar School.
Previous employment at Manchester & Liverpool District Bank.
He was a member of St. Thomas Church, Werneth, and Werneth Cricket Club.
Killed in action, France, 22nd April 1918, age 20.
Memorial Window in St Thomas Church.
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George Halliwell
Private
13598 Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
the son of John Edward and Alice Halliwell,
of
108, Werneth Hall Rd., Oldham.
Died 28th June, 1918 age 22
Buired in Chadderton Cemetery
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John Hart
Private 201616, King's Own (Royal Light Infantry) 1sr/4th Battalion.
Enlisted Oldham
Killed in action, France, 31st July 1917
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Frank Holdsworth
Private
35402, Border Regiment, 7th Battalion.
of 36 Fern Street, Oldham.
Previous employment: C.H. Lees
& Co., Printers, King St., Oldham.
Killed in action, France, 15th March 1918
age 19
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William Hilton
Private, 2915, 2nd Battalion, The Manchester Regiment.
of 1, Wilfred Street, Oldham.
Killed in action in France, 9th July 1916
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John J. Johnson
Private, 1600, 1/10 Battalion, The Manchester Regiment.
Born saddleworth; enlisted Oldham.
Died of wounds, in Egypt, from Gallipoli, 24th June 1915
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Arthur Hayes Jones
Private, 352975, The Manchester Regiment, 2nd Battalion.
Son of John Samuel and Emma Jones, of Oldham; husband of Anne Jones, of 38, Poplar Avenue, Hollins, Oldham.
(Brother of Charles Gordon Jones, killed 31st October 1917).
Enlisted Oldham; Died of wounds, France, 3rd October 1918
age 34
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Charles Gordon Jones
Armament Staff Sergt., 990, Army Ordnance Corps, 28th Ordnance Mobile Workshop.
Son of John Samuel and Emma Jones, of Oldham; husband of Clara Jones, of 31, Napier St. East, Oldham.
(Brother of Arthur Hayes Jones. died 3rd October 1918)
Killed in action 31st October 1917
France & Flanders.
age 32
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Taylor Kitson
Sergeant, 213, 1/10 Battalion, The Manchester Regiment.
of 25, Tudor Street, Coppice, Oldham.
Husband of Annie Kitson.
Previously employed at Asa Lees Ltd.
.Killed in action, 4th June 1915, The Dardanelles age 36
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Arthur Rogers Maw
Captain, Manchester Regiment, 10th Battalion.
Son of Walter and Lucy Maw, of "Holmleigh", Windsor Rd., Oldham.
Killed in action 21st March 1918
age 27
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Frank Mills
Lance Cpl. 35630 Mancheste Regiment, 2nd Battalion.
enlisted Oldham
Lived in Chadderton.
Killed in action, France, 2nd June 1918
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William Mills
Private, 21107, 1st Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment;
formerly 13517, The Lancashire Fusiliers.
of 12, Brook Street, Chadderton.
Died of wounds, 2nd April, 1916
France & Flanders
age 34
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George Edward Joseph Marriott
Captain, Lancashire Fusiliers,
1st/6th Battalion
died in France, 6th July 1917
Servicemen Known HERE
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Alfred Molyneux
Private 2514, Manchester Regt., 1st/9th
Son of William and Amy Molyneux, of 13, Wellington Rd., Coppice, Oldham
killed in action: 8th august 1915
Gallipoli
age 17
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George Monks
Private 2155, The Manchester Regt., 1/10th Battalion.Born Stockport, enlisted Oldham, lived in Heaton Norris
Son of the late George and Elizabeth Ann Monks.
Killed in action, Gallipoli, 4th June 1915
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Geoffrey G. Needham
Lieutenant, 1st Battalion The Lancashire Fusiliers.
of Holly Bank, Wellington Road, Oldham.
Educated Hulme Grammar School, Oundle & Sandhurst.
Son of Mr. GW Needham, JP., Chariman of Platt Bros.Died of wounds, Daranelles, 22nd August 1915.
Awarded the Militaty Cross.
Citation, 'On 28th April 1915, during operations South of Krithia, for acting with great dash and gallantry during the attack on Krithia.'
& mentioned in dispatches
age 20
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Arthur Norman
Private, 1431, 1/10 Battalion, The Manchester Regiment.
Enlisted in Oldham
Son of William and Ellen Norman, 6 Tudor Street, Coppice, Oldham.
Died in Egypt, 11th July 1915
age 22
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John Pinder
Private, 902, 1/10 Battalion, The Manchester Regiment.
Born and enlisted in Oldham
Son of Abraham and Agnes A. Pinder, of Oldham; husband of Minnie Pinder, of 51, Constantine St., Waterhead, Oldham.
Died of wounds 6th June 1915, Dardanelles
age 29
(Brother of James & Samuel Pinder)
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Edgar Rogers
for whom we have no details
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Charles Ellis Smethurst
Private 376767, Manchester Regt., 2nd/10th Battalion
born Oldham
Killed in action 9th October 1917
France & Flanders
age 20
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Robert Smith
Sergeant 1473, 1/10 Battalion The Manchester Regiment.
Born Glodwick, enlisted Oldham.
Husband of Sarah Ann Smith, of 26, Adelphi St., Higginshaw Rd., Oldham
Killed in action 4th June 1915, Dardanelles. age 33
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Norman Learoyd Smyth
Private PS/10921, Royal Fusiliers, (City of London Regiment) 9th Battalion.
Son of Thomas Henry Smith, Solicitor (Of Messrs. Blackburne & Smyth, Clegg St., Oldham) and Mary Edith Smyth, of "Brantwood", Conway Rd., Colwyn Bay.
Educated Manchester Grammar School.
Early years at Derker Mill; since 1910
at Messrs. Forsythe Ltd., Yorkshire Street.
killed in action : 3rd May 1917
age 40
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Harold Claude Stockdale
Private, 5710, 20th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
of Osborne Villa, Osborne Rd., Oldham.
Educated Hulme Grammar School.
Killed in action, France, 20th July 1916
age 21
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Fred Taylor
Private, 12852, 7th Battalion, King's Own(Royal Lancaster Regiment).
of 23 Latimer Street, Oldham.
Son of
Mrs. Ambrozine Taylor,
Killed in action, France, 23rd September 1915
age 31
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Thomas Tewson
Private, 28388 Manchester Regt.
transf. to (396869) 65th Coy. Labour Corps.
Son of Mr. W. Tewson, of 12, High Lee St., Werneth. Oldham.
died 4th February, 1919, Belgium.
age 24
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Alfred Warren
Private, 14565, 24th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment (Oldham Pals)
of 11, Mulberry Street, Glodwick, Oldham.
Killed in action 30th March, 1916
France & Flanders
age 22
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William Wilkinson
Private, 2204, 1/10 Battalion, The Manchester Regiment.
Enlisted in Oldham.
Died of wounds at sea, Gallipoli,18th June 1915.
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Harry Williamson
Private, PS/7631, 19th Battalion, (Public Schools) The
Royal Fusiliers (city of London Regt).
of 61 Albert Street, Hollinwood.
Killed in action 2nd January 1916.
France & Flanders
age 25
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