This community records those who were noted as Prisoners of War during research into local memorials and sites within the former Borough of Rawtenstall. It does not, in any way, indicate a complete record of all of those locals who were taken as Prisoners of War. NOTES: Still to be identified: 1. Pte Edgar Lord of Bethlehem Unitarian Church, Newchurch-in-Rossendale. 2. Pte Douglas Taylor RWF of Cloughfold (in Hannover). 3. Rossendale Free Press 1/03/1916 has an article with photo "RAWTENSTALL TRAM DRIVER - PRISONER OF WAR IN GERMANY Corporal A.W Riley resided at 21 Rockcliffe Street Rawtenstall up to being called up as a reservist in the Lancashire Fusiliers on August 4th 1914 ……." 4. Pte Willie Parkinson, 14 Adelaide St, Crawshawbooth. Signaller Harry Sellars of Crawshawbooth. Pte Ernest Lord of Hill Street, Crawshawbooth. Pte Herbert Rogers of Forest Holme, Lumb. Pte E. Watts of Cloughfold. Pte Harry Ashworth of Waterfoot. Pte Willie Oldham of Crawshawbooth......and many, many more. 5. 235037 Pte Arthur Haworth of Waterfoot and 203160 Private Thomas Callaghan of Cloughfold are included here as found dead and buried by the Germans.
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Born 1897
Died 1918
British Army 4934 Private East Lancashire Regiment
British Army 235037 Private Prince Of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) 2nd Battalion.
Born 1898
British Army 50531 Private South Lancashire Regiment
British Army 28247 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1/4th Battalion
Died 1918
British Army 42192 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion.
Born 1895
Died 1918
British Army 21668 Pte East Lancashire Regiment
British Army 26657 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 25th Battalion
British Army 42151 Private Manchester Regiment 17th Battalion
Born 1893
Died 1956
British Army 21176 Private Worcestershire Regiment 4th Battalion
Born 1893
Died 1971
British Army 358708 Private King's (Liverpool Regiment) 10th Battalion
Born 1891
British Army 13189 Private Manchester Regiment
British Army 30195 Private East Yorkshire Regiment
Born 1899
Died 1918
British Army 42209 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion
Died 1918
British Army R/11410 Acting Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion
Born 1888
Died 1917
British Army 28334 Private Grenadier Guards 3rd Battalion
Born 1893
British Army 23791 Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers
British Army 30227 Corporal King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 19th MGC
British Army 142349 Corporal Machine Gun Corps
Born 1894
Died 1918
British Army 26628 Private East Lancashire Regiment
British Army 44641 Private Manchester Regiment 12th Battalion
British Army 7455 Private South Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion
Born 1893
Died 1918
British Army 7117 Private Scots Guards 1st Battalion
Born 1897
British Army 19558 Private Army Cyclist Corps
Born 1898
British Army 5415 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
British Army 201760 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1/4th Battalion