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Borough of Rawtenstall: Cenotaph (IWM Ref: 594 - no names)
Borough of Rawtenstall: Cenotaph (IWM Ref: 594 - no names)
"A TRIBUTE OF HONOUR / TO THE MEN WHO / MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE / TO THOSE MEN WHO CAME BACK /, AND TO THE THOSE WHO WORKED AT HOME / TO WIN SAFETY FOR THE EMPIRE / 1914 - 1918 /" This Community attempts to collate and record those, with a known connection to the Borough of Rawtenstall (e.g. birth, relatives, employment, residence), who are NOT YET IDENTIFIED ON ANY KNOWN LOCAL WAR MEMORIAL. As an observation I would offer the size of this community is an indication of the scale of local casualties who were not formally memorialised in stone or paper and whose story never made the local newspapers for whatever reason. For that very reason I would humbly offer it perhaps serves as the most important "Borough of Rawtenstall" IWM Community. Please note: 1. This Community does not include those singularly recorded as enlistments in Rawtenstall with no other known connection. 2. It should be read in conjunction with "Borough of Rawtenstall: Casualties as reported in the Rossendale Free Press (1914 - 1921) - PENDING FULL TRANSCRIPTION" which includes a large percentage of servicemen merely reported as died in the local newspaper who would also fall into this community - if time had been available to add them before the closure of the IWM LIves Project.
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1072780
Created by: Ian105013
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Died 1917
British Army 21778 Private East Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion.
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Born 1884
Died 1918
Royal Navy J57669 Ordinary Seaman HMS VEHEMENT
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Died 1917
British Army 9613 Private King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment
British Army 9613 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1st Battalion
More about John Houghton Astbury -
Born 1898
Died 1918
British Army 51961 Private West Riding Regiment
British Army 47347 Private Durham Light Infantry 13th Battalion.
More about Edwin Andrews -
Born 1877
Died 1915
British Army 7239 Private East Lancashire Regiment
More about William Disley -
Born 1895
Died 1917
British Army 25708 Private Grenadier Guards 3rd Battalion
More about Soloman Hanson -
Died 1916
British Army 23969 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 2nd Battalion
More about Michael Crane -
Born 1892
Died 1917
British Army 23629 Lance Corporal East Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion
More about David Henry Harrison -
Born 1878
Died 1918
British Army 224326 Gunner Royal Field Artillery "X" 42nd Trench Mortar Bty. Royal Field Artillery
More about John William Haworth -
Born 1899
Died 1918
British Army 91157 Private King's (Liverpool Regiment) 13th Battalion
More about William Lionel Ball -
Born 1896
Died 1915
British Army G/4408 Private Royal West Kent Regiment
British Army GS/4408 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 8th Battalion
More about John Edwin Cunliffe -
Born 1887
Died 1916
British Army 24921 Private East Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion
More about Thomas Dearden -
Died 1918
British Army 22616 Private East Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion
More about Harry Ashworth -
Died 1915
British Army 5323 Private East Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion
More about Richard Cookson -
Born 1880
Died 1917
British Army 23634 Private East Lancashire Regiment 9th Battalion
More about Robert Tattersall -
Died 1917
British Army 32061 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
British Army 32061 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 2/4th Battalion (Territorial Force)
More about William Terry -
Born 1896
Died 1915
British Army 13125 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Battalion
More about Walter Thomas -
Born 1888
Died 1915
British Army 5829 Private East Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion
More about Joseph Westall -
Born 1897
Died 1917
British Army 6398 Private East Lancashire Regiment
British Army 37074 Private East Lancashire Regiment 8th Battalion
More about Harold Trickett -
Born 1882
Died 1916
British Army 11719 Private Manchester Regiment 19th Battalion
More about William Woodhead