Ince Blundell's fallen Service men
Ince Blundell’s War Memorial is situated on Back O’ the Town Lane. Listed upon the memorial are the names of 10 Service men who gave their lives in The Great War.
Some of the men have additional information about their lives and where they were born or lived before the war.
Surname | First Name | Rank | Service No. | Regiment/Ship/ Squadron | Last known address | Died | Age at death | Burial Place | Biography |
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Blanchard | Robert | Sergeant | 15056 | 45th Company, Machine Gun Corps, and Royal Welsh Fusiliers | 25 Back Lane, Hyde, Cheshire | 24/03/1918 | 34 | Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, France | Robert was born in Ince Blundell, he enlisted in Manchester. Robert went on to serve in Flanders and France, he died of his wounds on 24th March 1918. |
Budworth | Richard | Private | 39411 | 12th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment | 25 Schubert Street, Seaforth, Lancashire | 14/09/1918 | 32 | Saints Peter & Paul Churchyard, Great Crosby, Merseyside | Richard died of his wounds in Seaforth on 14th September 1918 |
Bullen | John | Private | 42864 | 6th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment | Haycut Cottages, St George's Road, Hightown | 18/09/1918 | 18 | Villers Hill British Cemetery, Villers-Guislain, France (Allegedly) | John was killed in action in an advance to take the village of Villers-Guislain. The village was abandoned by the Germans on 30 September 1918, after heavy fighting. (There is a question as to the identity of the man buried in this grave) |
Cropper | Joseph | Private | 235290 | 11th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment (Accrington Pals) and the King's Liverpool Regiment | Lydiate Lane, Sefton | 14/11/1918 | 20 | Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, France | Joesph was born in Lathom, Lancashire in 1898 and he served in France and Belgium. He is listed as dying from sickness. |
Dorries | David | Sergeant | 1354 | 2nd/4th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment | Ince Blundell | 27/09/1918 | 25 | Vis-En-Artois Memorial, Pas De Calais, France | David was the husband of Annie Wilcock (nee Dorries) His death was reported in the Liverpool Echo on 30/10/18 in an article entitled “An Ince Blundell Sergeant”. He left behind two children Henry and Margaret |
Hollihead | Thomas | Private | 381027 | 4th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment | Carr House Lane, Ince Blundell | 17/04/1918 | 27 | Tyne Cot Memorial, West Vlaanderen, Belgium | Thomas was killed during heavy shelling in Meteren, France. |
Prescott | William | Apprentice, Mercantile Marine | S.V. "Inveramsay"(Aberdeen) | 27/04/1917 | 16 | Tower Hill Memorial, London, England | William was killed aboard SV. Inveramsay April 27th, 1917. The ship was sailing from Gulfport, Mississippi to Fleetwood, Lancashire when it was hit by gunfire from German U-Boat 62 north-west of Ireland. William has no known grave | ||
Reynolds | Christopher | Private | 57203 | 1st/5th Battalion, Manchester Regiment | Pear Tree Cottage, Kirkby, Lancashire | 29/03/1918 | 19 | Arras Memorial, France | Christopher was killed in action near Ablainzevelle, France. The battalion was under heavy shell fire, at the time. |
Weld-Blundell | Louis Joseph | Rifleman | 553421 and 7045 | 6th Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment, 16th Battalion, London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) | Lulworth Castle, East Lulworth, Dorset | 08/02/1919 | 29 | Dunkirk Town Cemetery, France | Louis went to France in June 1916. By November 1916 he was in Salonika, and in Egypt in 1917. He fought in Palestine and was among the first troops to enter Jerusalem. Louis contracted Spanish flu, he died at Dunkirk on 8th February 1919 and was buried at Dunkirk Town Cemetery. His brother Richard Shirburne also fell in the war. |
Weld-Blundell | Richard Shirburne | Second Lieutenant | 7th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment | Lulworth Castle, East Lulworth, Dorset | 01/01/1916 | 27 | Ince Blundell Roman Catholic Cemetery, Ince Blundell, Lancashire. | Richard died at 19 Albion Street, Ramsgate, Kent on 1st January 1916. The cause of death was given as "Injuries to the brain caused by a fall - accidental death". Richard has a memorial window in the family church at Ince Blundell. This reads "Pray for the soul of Richard Shirburne Weld-Blundell who died while serving with the King's Liverpool Regiment." | |
Wharton | Thomas | Private | 97932 | 162nd Company. Machine Gun Corps and King's Liverpool Regiment | Ince Blundell Village | 11/01/1917 | 19 | Jerusalem Memorial, Israel. | Thomas is listed as killed in action in Palestine. |