Maghull’s fallen Service men
Maghull’s War Memorial is situated in the grounds of St Andrew’s Primary school on Deyes Lane. The school was built as a memorial to the fallen. Listed upon the memorial are the names of 26 heroic 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 | Medals |
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Armstrong | Richard | Corporal | 3507 | 2nd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment | Liverpool Road, Maghull, Lancashire | 16/06/1915 | 32 | Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium | Mrs. Armstrong, of Liverpool Road, Maghull, received official intimation that her husband, Corporal R. Armstrong, was killed in action at Ypres. Read more about Richard | Victory Medal British Medal Star Medal |
Ashcroft | George | Lieutenant | 13711 | 1st/5th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment | Gore House, Maghull, Lancashire. | 31/07/1917 | 21 | Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium | George completed his training in November 1916, and was killed less than a year later at the Battle of Pilckem Ridge; part of the Battle of Passchendaele, the third Battle of Ypres. | |
Ball | John | Private | 307828 | 1st/8th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment. (Liverpool Irish) | Liverpool Road, Maghull, Lancashire. | 26/09/1916 | 19 | Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France | John was killed in an attack near the village of Flers, on the Somme. | |
Boyer | John | Private | 59465 | 18th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment (2nd City Pals) | 31/07/1917 | 24 | Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, France | John was killed on the first day of the Third Battle of Ypres, often known as Passchendaele. | ||
Bray | Herbert Samuel | Private | 27569 | 17th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment (1st City Pals) | 22 Bodmin Road, Walton, Liverpool | 02/07/1916 | 31 | Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France | Herbert saw action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1st July 1916 and died the following day. | |
Clark | Neville Arthur | Lieutenant | 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards | High Pastures, 138 Liverpool Road North, Maghull, Lancashire | 28/11/1917 | 30 | Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt, Somme, France | Neville died of his wounds during the Battle of Cambrai. | ||
Cobham | Albert J. | Corporal | 41889 | 1st Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment | Damfield Cottage, Damfield Lane, Maghull, Liverpool, Lancashire. | 22/04/1918 | 22 | Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, France | Albert was killed in April 1918, in what was known as 'trench wastage'. | |
Cuddy | Albert George | Private | 300470 | 1st Lancashire Hussars; 18th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment (2nd City Pals) | Roanoke, Liverpool Road, Maghull, Lancashire. | 19/12/1917 | 22 | Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium | Albert was born in Maghull in 1896 and in 1911 he was an architects pupil, living at Roanoke, Liverpool Road, Maghull. He travelled to France and died of wounds in a clearing hospital in Belgium | Victory Medal British Medal |
Fox | Philip | Private | 20565 | 14th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers | Hall Bridge Farm, Maghull, Lancashire. | 16/07/1917 | 27 | Anfield Cemetery, Liverpool | ||
Hamm | William George | Second Lieutenant | 13th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment (4th City of Hull Pals) | Rose Dene, Liverpool Road South, Maghull | 02/05/1917 | 20 | Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-en-Gohelle, Pas de Calais, France | William was awarded the Military Cross for “conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty”. The regimental war diary gives the date of the award as March 21, 1917. Read more about William | MC Military Cross | |
Haskayne | Charles W. | Private | 47289 | 1st Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment | Nook Cottage, Taylor's Lane, Maghull, Lancashire | 17/02/1917 | 36 | Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France | Charles died of his injuries after the assembly trench he was stationed in was bombarded by the Germans, near Pozieres, on the Somme. | |
Henretty | Walter | Private | 32997 | 1st/5th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment | The Lodge, Moss Side Convalescent Home (Workhouse), Maghull, Lancashire | 30/11/1917 | 23 | Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France | Walter was killed in action at the Battle of Cambrai. | |
Mason | James | Private | 265736 | B Company, 1st/7th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment | Liverpool Road, Maghull, Lancashire. | 09/08/1916 | 19 | Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France | James was killed during the fighting to take the village of Guillemont, on the Somme. | |
Norris | George Ernest | Private | 3/54389 | 15th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers | Southport Road, Lydiate, Lancashire. | 04/11/1918 | 21 | Landrecies British Cemetery, Nord, France | George was born at Lydiate in 1896; the son of James Norris and Ruth (nee Hesketh). He was killed in the fighting by the 25th Division to capture Landrecies from the Germans. | |
Pim | Mortimer | Rifleman | 1658 | 6th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment (Liverpool Rifles) | 15 Station Road, Maghull, Lancashire | 26/09/1916 | 25 | Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe, Somme, France | Mortimer first served as a despatch rider, then as an Infantryman. Rifleman Pim was wounded near Flers, on the Somme and later died of his injuries. Prior to the war he was a founder member of the first scout troop established in Liverpool. | |
Prescott | Frank | Private | 17087 | 18th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment (2nd City Pals) | Melling Lane, Maghull, Lancashire | 25/07/1916 | 25 | Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France | Frank responded to Lord Derby's call and volunteered in September 1914, joining the 18th Battalion, (2nd City Pals) of the King's Liverpool Regiment. After training on what is now Knowsley Safari Park Car Park, he was sent to France. Having been wounded in early July, 1916, Frank died from his injuries in Etaples Hospital, a few weeks later. Frank's brother, Herbert, also died in the war. | |
Prescott | Herbert | Private | 30184 | 18th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment (2nd City Pals) | Melling Lane, Maghull, Lancashire | 001/07/1916 | 27 | Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz, Somme, France | Herbert joined up with his brother Frank, serving in the 2nd City Pals Battalion. He went over the top on 1st July 1916 - the opening day of the Battle of the Somme, and was killed, alongside 19,240 other soldiers . His brother, Frank, died from his injuries on 25th July, just over three weeks later. | |
Prescott | Oliver | Private | 28663 | 6th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment | Kenyons Lane, Maghull, Lancashire | 02/02/1917 | 23 | Amara War Cemetery, Iraq | Oliver died of wounds received early on 2nd February 1917, and was buried in the war cemetery in Amara, Iraq. | |
Reynolds | Thomas Francis | Rifleman | 240172 | 1st/6th Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment (Liverpool Rifles) | Station Road, Maghull, Lancashire | 26/09/1918 | 25 | Houchin British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France | Early on in the war, Thomas was wounded and sent home to recuperate. He returned to the front line in 1918 and soon after was mortally wounded. He died the next day. | |
Rimmer | John | Private | 28352 | King's Shropshire Light Infantry | The Brook, Maghull, Lancashire. | 12/10/1918 | 21 | St Andrew's Churchyard, Maghull, Lancashire | John was the son of Robert and Ellen Rimmer of Maghull and he died at King George's Hospital in Ilford, Essex, but the circumstances are unknown. His body was brought home for burial in St. Andrew's Churchyard, Maghull. | |
Sewell | Sydney | Rifleman | 200231 | 1st/5th Battalion, Kings Liverpool Regiment | 12 Alpha Street, Litherland, Lancashire | 08/08/1916 | 21 | Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France | Sydney grew up at 1 Durant's Cottages, off Melling Lane, Maghull. It is thought that Sydney disappeared whilst fighting to take the village of Guillemont. His family posted a request for information concerning his fate, which appeared in the Liverpool Echo on 9th September 1916; Private Sydney Sewell, King's Liverpool Regiment is missing. Previous to the war he was employed by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company at Aintree. | |
White | James | Lance Corporal | 55914 | 1st/5th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment | Maghull, Lancashire | 21/10/1918 | 19 | Ere Churchyard, Hainaut, Belgium | James was killed in action, just three weeks before the end of the war, and he was buried in a civilian cemetery. | |
Woodward | Henry (Harry) | Private | 28305 | 1st/4th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry | 45 Gosford Street, Dingle, Liverpool | 10/08/1918 | 27 | Sandpits British Cemetery, Fouquereuil, France | Harry was killed during the last 100 days of the Great War. His parents had already lost two of his brothers, Richard and Walter. | |
Woodward | Richard James | Company Sergeant Major | 241159 | 6th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment (Liverpool Rifles) | Deyes Lane, Maghull, Lancashire | 27/10/1918 | 32 | St. Peter's Churchyard, Heswall, Wirral. | Richard was the eldest of the three Woodward brothers who died. he received an M.S.M. - (Meritorious Service Medal) in 1917. He returned home in 1918, after being seriously injured, but died of his wounds a few weeks later. | Meritorious Service Medal |
Woodward | Walter | Lance Corporal | 51749 | 18th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment (2nd City Pals) | Deyes Lane, Maghull, Lancashire | 29/04/1918 | 21 | Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium | Walter was the youngest of three brothers who died. He was killed during the German spring offensive near Ypres, Belgium. | |
Woolfenden | Joseph Brooks | Lance Sergeant | 36562 | 10th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment (1st City of Hull Pals, (also known as the 'Hull Commercials'). | 11 Willaston Road, Walton, Liverpool | 29/09/1918 | 26 | Underhill Farm Cemetery, Ploegsteert, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium | Joseph died of his wounds sustained in the attack on Ploegsteert Wood, Flanders, Belgium. |