Lives of the First World War

Captain in the 5th (Territorial) Battalion of the East Lancashire Regiment at time of death.

Captain Harry Hargreaves Bolton. Unit: 5th (Territorial) Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Death: 24 May 1915 Gallipoli Dardanelles | CWGC family information: Son of Henry Hargreaves Bolton and Florence Bolton, of "Heightside," Rhos, North Wales; husband of Helen Oliver Bolton, of "Wirral Point," Hoylake, Cheshire. Brother of Lieutenant John Bolton, 5th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, KIA 4 June 1915 (HU 114036). | Head and shoulders press cutting

On the evening of September 25, 1916, the German Zeppelin L21, commanded by Obeleutnant Kurt Frankenburg, was spotted off the coast of Lincolnshire before it headed over Yorkshire and into Lancashire, where it followed the tracks of the East Lancashire Railway line along the Rossendale Valley. The Rossendale Free Press reported that the first incendiary bomb fell shortly after the Zeppelin passed over Seat Naze at Newchurch. It fell in the grounds of Heightside House, but failed to ignite. Heightside House was the home of the Bolton family and the bomb is currently on display in Whittaker Park Museum, Rossendale. (H. H. Bolton on the display case refers to Harry Hargreaves Bolton's father, Henry Hargreaves Bolton J.P. b. 1857)

Harry Bolton seated left of shield

1/5 East Lancashire Regiment Harry middle row 5th from left