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Lance Corporal Thomas ( Tom ) Benion died c 9th Aug 1915 aged 26. Dardenelles.
6th South Lancashire Infantry. Missing Presumed Dead, Gallipoli


6th (Service) Battalion:

Formed at Warrington in August 1914 as part of K1 and moved to Tidworth, attached to 38th Brigade, 13th (Western) Division.Moved to billets in Winchester in January 1915 before going next month to Blackdown. Sailed from Avonmouth in June 1915. Landed at Helles (Gallipoli) 7-31 July then moved to Mudros. Landed at Anzac Beach 4 August 1915

Helles Memorial






Photo taken possibly around Christmas 1914. My Grandmother never knew her father.




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Harry William Larkins died 6th December 1942 aged 21. Rheinberg.

My mum's baby brother.

Lest we forget.

Thomas Ernest Cornthwaite
Postumousley Awarded the Croix de Guerre Belgium
Single handed machine gun operator, saved the women and children of the village.
At the going down of the sun....

Tina

James Irwin - b.1882 Jarrow - d.May 1917 Arras France
(Father Irish, Mother Scottish)
Sapper - Royal Engineers
My Great Grandfather on my Mother's side and the family he left behind.





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Frederick O'Donoghue b.1874 Ennis, Co.Clare - d.1928 Liverpool
(cause of death directly related to bullet wound to stomach 1917 while serving in France)
Professional Soldier - Reached rank of Warrant Officer in Royal Field Artillery
My Great Grandfather on my Mother's side




Lest we forget

Francis Wallace b.1890 Limerick City - d.May 1915 Dardenelles
Corporal - 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers
My Great Uncle on my Mother's side




Lest we forget

Loving Memory of my Grandfather James Marr Died of wounds 2nd April 1917 in France..rest in peace grandad...wish I had a photo of you to post on site...mayanbilly

Michael Finn husband of Sarah.
Killed in action 7th June 1917. Aged 31 years. Buried in Flanders. Cheshire Regiment No. 28730. The grandad I never knew.
God bless you.

In Loving Memory of my great-granddad, Arthur Robert Moore, died 5th October 1917 at the Battle of Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium.

Buried: Ypres Reservoir Cemetery. Remembered with honour.

Rank: Sapper
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Unit: 126th Field Coy



When my great-granddad died he left a wife and four children. My granddad, Arthur Robert Moore, born 13th December 1916 never knew his dad.

Lest We Forget

In Memory of
Civilian
ELIZABETH LILLEY

Civilian War Dead
who died age 42
on 03 May 1941
of 119 Victoria Square. Wife of Edward Lilley. Died at Mill Road Infirmary.
Remembered with honour
LIVERPOOL, COUNTY BOROUGH
leaving 6 children and husband.


In Memory of
Civilian
FRANCIS LILLEY

Civilian War Dead
who died
on 03 May 1941
Aged 18 months; of 119 Victoria Square. Son of Edward Lilley, and of Elizabeth Lilley. Died at Mill Road Infirmary.
Remembered with honour
LIVERPOOL, COUNTY BOROUGH


My partners grandmother and uncle.

information provided by CWGC

William Albert Barker
Royal Engineers
Died 4th September 1916
No known grave but commemorated on the Loos memorial.
My great uncle.

in memory of

Pte Michael Henry McDonough 10909 Kings Liverpool Reg

died of wounds 19 th May at the battle of Festubert ,buried in Bethune Town Cemetery France ,left a wife and 5 children
Doreen

MULCAHY, EDWARD THEODORE Lance Corporal 11252330 16/07/1944 35 Corps of Military Police United Kingdom XI. F. 22. BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY MY MUMS BROTHER

In memory of my Grandfather
Richard Atkinson Banks of 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers.
Died of his wounds on 9th September 1915 age 37.
Buried in Fouquieres-le-Bethune Churchyard.
Left a wife and seven children




Also remembering my great uncle William James Fletcher, a fireman onboard S.S.War Firth, Mercantile Marine. Died 4th September 1918 age 43.

In memory of my Gt Uncle Samuel Owen who was killed on the 7th June 1917 at The Battle of Messines. He was a corporal in the Royal Welch Fusiliers 9th Battalion.
His war grave is at Croonaert Chapel Cemetery near Ypres. A small beautifully peaceful cemetery in the middle of nowhere.







Erika

JOHN FOSTER My dads brother a fireman in Liverpool died 1941 while attending a fire in the Docks he left a widow and 5 children so many fireman gave thier lives

In Loving Memory of my granddad's cousin, Norman Vincent Moore. Died 20th July 1918 of gas poisoning, age 20.

Rank: Private
Regiment: Manchester Regiment
Unit: 2nd/6th Bn.

Lest We Forget

to Dominex, Mary A, Tony Hennesy, and Barbara B........ I did a little fixing of your photos email me at walsue [at] live.com and I will send them to you.

In loving memory of my granddad
Private George Grayson died 1944 at Monte Cassino,

and my husbands gt Uncle George J Barnes RAMC died 1918 in France.


Gina