Waterloo & Seaforth’s Fallen

Waterloo & Seaforth’s fallen Service men and women

Waterloo & Seaforth’s War Memorial is situated on the corner of Crosby Road North and Great George’s Road. The memorial is known as the ‘Five Lamps’. Listed upon the memorial are the names of 431 Service men and three women, who gave their lives in The Great War.

Some of the men and women 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 know address	Died	Age at death	Burial place and/or memorial where commemorated	Biography	Medals
Acton	Reginald	Second Lieutenant	WR/350257	5th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment	10 Courtenay Road, Waterloo,	09/05/1915	21	Baillieul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France	Reginald was the son of James and Elizabeth Acton. He died of wounds received in action near Hill 60 on 10th May, 1915. He was a member of a Liverpool firm of corn merchants; a flag flew at half-mast over the Liverpool Corn Exchange as a mark of respect.
Adams	Francis Albert	Private	22302	13th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment		03/05/1917	37	Arras Memorial, France	Francis was born in Everton in 1889, his parents were Frank and Fanny Adams.
Adams	Henry	Private	81476	24th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers	62 Norway Street, Waterloo	09/09/1918	20	Bac-Du -Sud cemetery, Ballieul, France	Harry was the son of Arthur and Helena Adams. They received news that their eldest son, died in France from wounds received in action the same day. Private Adams was educated at Christ Church School, Waterloo, and later went to sea in the service of the Allan Line. He was torpedoed twice. In 1917 he enlisted, and was sent to France in 1918.
Adams	Charles Frederick	Lance Corporal	2732	6th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	10 Lilford Avenue, Orrell Park,	25/09/1916	24	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France	Charles was the son of William Joseph Adams. He was killed in action on the battlefield of the Somme
Alcock	James	Private	17780	2nd Battalion, The King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment	24 Schubert Street, Seaforth	01/10/1915		Loos Memorial, France	James was the husband of Helen Frost Alcock. Before the war he worked as a steward on Cunard Line.
Alcock	Stephen	Private	1690	7th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	9 Roman Street, Seaforth	03/06/1915	20	Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France	Stephen was the son of Stephen and Annie Alcock. In civilian life he was in the employ of Mr. Telford, builder and contractor, Waterloo
Alcock	Joseph Peter	Lance Corporal	265237	7th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	24 Norway Street, Waterloo	20/09/1917	24	Tyne Cot Memorial, West Vlaanderen, Belgium	Joseph was born at Waterloo in 1893, the son of Henry Alcock and Catherine (nee Lee). He was a member of Waterloo Harriers.
Alcock	A								In a letter received by Mrs. Adams her son's chaplain writes:- "It is with deep regret I have to inform you of your son's death. He was very badly wounded by a shell. He is a great loss to the company, as he was always a very keen worker, and was greatly loved by all of his platoon. I wish to convey to you the company's and my deepest sympathy in your great loss."
Aldcroft	William Henry	Engineer Lieutenant		Royal Naval Reserve, HMS "Pebble"	2 Poplar Grove, Seaforth,	17/05/1918	30	East Mudros Military Cemetery, Greece	William was born in Everton in 1887, he was the youngest son of James Alexander Aldcroft and Eleanor Eliza (nee Clarke).
Allen	Arthur Laugharne	Private	291399	15th Battalion, Welsh Regiment	10 Cecil Road, Seaforth,	23/03/1918	20	Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, France, France	Arthur was the son of William and 'Lily' Ellen Allen. His father was a bank manager.
Anderson	James	Private	22684	5th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment	53 St John's Road, Waterloo,	15/07/1917	20	Monchy British Cemetery, Monchy-Le-Preux, France	James was the son of Mrs Emily Anderson. He died of wounds received in action.
Armes	John Henry	Able Seaman	211569	Royal Navy, HMS "Good Hope"	30 Doric Street, Seaforth,	01/11/1914	32	Portsmouth Naval Memorial, England.	John was the son of the late John Henry and Margaret Cecilia Armes of Liverpool; husband of Martha Ann Armes. he was killed during the Battle of Coronel, When Good Hope was lost with all hands
Arnold	Peter Forrester	Captain		8th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers & Royal Air Force	Waterloo	08/08/1918	33	Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt	Peter was the son of Henry William and Margaret Gillies Arnold of Waterloo.
Ashcroft	Leopold	Corporal	10853	4th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	4 Albert Road, Waterloo,	18/07/1916	20	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France	Joseph was the son of Henry Ashcroft and Margaret Clare (nee Quinn).
Ashcroft	Stephen	Private	16394	7th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, British Columbia Regiment (Canada)	The Maples, Ronald Road, Waterloo,	26/06/1915	26	Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium.	Stephen was the son of Mr. S Ashcroft. He was killed in action between Bellewarde and Poelcapelle on the Ypres Salient. His body was buried by the Germans.
Ashworth	Charles Henry	Driver	12498	9th Division HQ, Royal Field Artillery	4 Sussex Street, Brighton le Sands,	24/04/1917	40	Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Turkey, Turkey	Charles was the husband of Sarah Thomasina Ashworth. Charles was 'killed in the field'
Austin	Harry Stanley	Private	22312	20th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	38 Lyra Road, Waterloo,	30/07/1916		Guillemont Road Cemetery, France	Harry was the son of Thomas and Sarah Jane Austin. He went missing in action and death was presumed.
Baker	Robert Hilditch	Apprentice		Mercantile Marine, SS "Thracia"	19 Marlborough Road, Waterloo,	27/03/1917	17	Tower Hill Memorial, London	Robert was the son of Robert and Barbara Mary Baker. He was lost when Thracia, was torpedoed, off Belle Isle, without warning, by the German submarine UC-69. She was struck forward of the stokehold. 38 of her 40 man crew were killed.
Ball	Robert Arthur	Chef		Mercantile Marine, SS "Abosso"	6 Fir Road, Waterloo,	24/04/1917	57	Tower Hill Memorial, London	Robert was the son of (the late) William and Sarah Ball; husband of Sarah Ellen Ball (nee Burgess). He was killed when Abosso, carrying passengers, mail and gold, was torpedoed and sunk 180 off Fastnet, Ireland by German submarine U-43. 65 lives were lost.
Ball	T. J.
Barker	Harry Edward	Private	1276	7th Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment	7 Thorndale Road, Waterloo,	25/09/1915	19	Vielle-Chapelle, New Military Cemetery, Lacouture, France	Harry was the son of Walter Barker and his wife Florence Atkinson (nee Pickering); Harry died trying to rescue a wounded friend.
Bartlett	Charles Sydney Ellis	Midshipman		Royal Navy, HMS "Goliath"		13/05/1915	15	Chatham Naval Memorial, England	Charles was born at Acton, London, the only son of Charles Alfred Bartlett and his wife Edith Kate (nee Ellis). He was lost when Goliath, was hit by three torpedoes fired by the Turkish Destroyer Muavenet-i-Milliye. The Ship sank very quickly, giving the crew below deck had no time to escape. Of the complement of 750, about 570, including Capt. Shelford, were drowned.
Bates	George	Steward's Boy		Mercantile Marine, RMS "Lusitania"	128 Sandy Road, Seaforth,	05/05/1915	17	Tower Hill Memorial. London, England.	George was the son of William Henry and Catherine Bates. He was lost when the R.M.S. Lusitania was sunk by torpedo off Kinsale, Ireland on the 7th May 1915. George, aged 17, was among the drowned, was employed as telephone operator in the first-class saloon.
Bates	W.H.
Baxter	T.
Beesley	George William Alfred	Assistant Purser		Mercantile Marine, RMS "Lusitania"	12 Thorndale Road, Waterloo,	07/05/0915	22	Tower Hill Memorial, London	George was the son of George Henry and Emily Beesley; his father was a bookkeeper. He was lost when the R.M.S. Lusitania was sunk by torpedo off Kinsale, Ireland
Bell	Percy	Private	26773	1st Battalion, Auckland Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force	1 Kingsway, Waterloo,	04/10/1917	32	Tyne Cot Memorial, West Vlaanderen, Belgium	Percy was the son of John and Alice Bell. He was killed in action on the battlefields of Ypres
Bell	Francis Howard	Corporal	464686	A Company, 47th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	19 Norma Road, Waterloo,	13/01/1917	21	Villers Station Cemetery, Villers-Au-Bois, Pas De Calais, France	Francis was born at Blackburn, Lancashire, on 30th September 1895. He was the son of Thomas Penrice Bell and his wife Elizabeth (nee Howard). He was killed in action.
Bellis	Alfred James	Private	24318	19th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	17 Brighton Road, Waterloo,	29/04/1918	24	Voormezeele Enclosure No. 3, West Vlaanderen, Belgium	Alfred was the son of Alfred and Martha Bellis, "Alf" had served in France for two years before his death.
Bennett Brown	James Edward	First Class Waiter		Mercantile Marine, R.M.S. "Lusitania"	41 Albert Road, Waterloo,	07/05/1915	29	Tower Hill Memorial, London	James was the son of Alfred and Jane Bennett Brown; husband of Florence (nee Lowe). He was lost when the R.M.S. Lusitania was sunk by torpedo off Kinsale, Ireland.
Billington	Robert	Driver	L/13508	11th Division Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery	49 Norway Street, Waterloo	22/07/1917	32	Essex Farm Cemetery, West Vlaanderen, Belgium	Robert was the son of James and Mary Billington; husband of Margaret Ann Billington. He died 'in the field'
Birch	John	Third Engineer		Mercantile Marine, SS "Vendee"	13 Lyra Road, Waterloo,	08/07/1917	25	Tower Hill Memorial, London	John was the son of Alfred and Anna Birch, he was lost when the S.S. Vendee was sunk by a mine off the coast of France.
Birch	Harry James	Private	61964	16th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment	5 Sandon Street, Waterloo,	22/10/1917	29	Tyne Cot Memorial, West Vlaanderen, Belgium	Harry was the son of Alfred Haworth Birch and the late Anna (nee Spratt). he was killed in action
Bird	Frederic Valentine	Lieutenant		12th Squadron, Royal Air Force	Wythburn, Blundellsands	21/08/1918	26	Bienvillers Military Cemetery. Pas De Calais, France	Frederic was the son of Frederic Joseph and Mary Elizabeth Bird, he held a B.Sc.. from Liverpool University. He was killed whilst flying
Bird	W.H.
Birkett	Harold Joseph	Private	44708	18th Battalion, Gloucester's	33 Gordon Road, Seaforth,	11/09/1918	27	Sailly-Labourse Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France	Harold was the son of the late Joseph and of Ellen Birkett. He was killed in action
Blackburn	Robert	Private	75949	14th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers	47 Rossini Street, Seaforth,	22/04/1918	19	Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery, Albert, Somme, France	Robert was the son of Robert and Mary Agnes Blackburn. He was killed in action
Boadle	Frank Chambers	Private	4625	1/13th Kensington Battalion, London Regiment	Waterloo and Liverpool	01/07/1916	25	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France	Frank was the son of Mr and Mrs William Boadle. he was killed in action on the battlefield of the Somme
Bolton	J. H.
Bourne	Charles Joseph	Private	3504	7th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	10 Blucher Street, Waterloo,	24/08/1916	24	Abbeville Communal Cemetery, Somme, France	Charles was the son of Joseph George and Ann Teresa Bourne. He died of wounds received in action.
Bradley	John	Lance Corporal	16639	18th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	The Lodge, Manley Road, Waterloo,	01/07/1916	25	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France	John Bradley was the son of John and Ann Bradley. He died on the battlefield of the Somme
Brandwood	Albert Edward	Pioneer	83114	201st Field Company, Royal Engineers	45 Dale Street, Seaforth	22/06/1916	43	Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery, Somme, France	Alberts was the son of George Brandwood and Martha (nee Hadfield); and the husband of Sarah Jane 'Lily' (nee Cropper) Before the war Albert worked for Harland and Wolff. He was killed in action
Breckell	Ralph Leicester	Second Lieutenant		3rd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment	Holmdene, Alexandra Road, Waterloo,	09/07/1915	25	Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium	Ralph was born at West Derby in 1890, one of the four sons of Edward John Blease Breckell and his wife Amelia Mary (nee Oddie). Ralph died of the battlefields of Ypres, his brother Edward also perished.
Breckell	Edward Ryder Clayton	Lieutenant		3rd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment	12 Alexandra Road, Waterloo,	08/02/1918	29	Anfield Cemetery, Liverpool	Edward was born at West Derby in 1888, one of the four sons of Edward John Blease Breckell and his wife Amelia Mary (nee Oddie).
Breckenridge	Ernest Pearson	Private	2379	10th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	St. Fillans, The Park, Waterloo.	09/12/1914	20	Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium	Ernest was the son of John and Annie Breckenridge. Ernest was a keen local sportsman. He died of the battlefields of Ypres
Brennan	Arthur	Private	307841	8th Battalion, King's Liverpool	Seaforth	19/07/1917		Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery, West Vlaanderen, Belgium	Arthur was the son of Eliza Brennan. He was killed in action.
Bretherton	J
Bridge	Harold	Private	3948	7th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment.	20 Thomson Road, Seaforth,	07/09/1915	19	Kirkdale Cemetery, Liverpool	Harold was the son of Edwin George and M A Bridge. He died of wounds in Kirkham Military hospital.
Briggs	Ernest	Sergeant	1863	6th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	40 Cambridge Avenue, Great Crosby,	07/07/1916	27	Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt, France, France	Ernest was the son of Inspector and Mrs. T. Briggs, Hill Street, Colne. He was a local preacher in Crosby.
Brock	Eric George	Captain		7th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	23 Harbord Road, Waterloo,	31/07/1917	24	Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium	Eric was born in 1893 in Waterloo, the son of George Albert Brock and Minnie Constance. He was awarded the Military Cross for gallant and distinguished service. He was killed in action	Military Cross
Brookes	Arthur Ernest	Corporal	2722	10th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	30 Waterloo Road, Waterloo,	16/06/1915		Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium	Arthur was the son of Eleanor Margaret Brookes and the late Arthur Brookes. He was killed in action the battlefields of Ypres.
Brown	Jack	Private	58220	14th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers	Hollybank, 14 Norma Road, Waterloo,	27/08/1918		Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, France	Jack was the son of William and Beatrice Brown. William was a master tailor. He was killed in action
Brown	T.S.
Buchan	Archibald John	Private	39649	9th Battalion, Cameronians Scottish Rifles		25/04/1918		Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium	Archibald was the son of William Buchan, who resided in Buenos Aires. His death was presumed on the battlefields of Ypres
Bunkhall	Frederick	Private	51999 / 75069	18th Labour Company, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment	21 Dale Street, Seaforth	20/08/1917	44	Brandhoek New Military Cemetery No.3, West Vlaanderen, Belgium	Frederick was the husband of Mrs M D Bunkhall. He died of wounds received in action.
Burns	Bertie	Second Electrician		Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Arabic"	19 Gordon Road, Seaforth,	19/09/1915	21	Tower Hill Memorial, London	Born in Bootle, Bertie was the son of Mary and (the late) Arthur Burns. German U-Boat U-24 torpedoed the Arabic, 50 miles south of Kinsale. She sank within 10 minutes, killing 44 passengers and crew, 3 of whom were American
Burns	Robert	Private	276966	1st/7th Battalion, Manchester Regiment	93a Seaforth Road, Seaforth,	28/03/1918	24	Arras Memorial, France	Robert was the son of Robert and Catherine Timmins Burns; husband of Bridget Flynn Burns.
Burrows	John	Able Seaman	Mersey 3/230	Nelson Battalion, Royal Naval Division	11 School Lane, Seaforth.	13/07/1915	19	Helles Memorial, Turkey	John was the son of Peter and Ellen Burrows. He is listed as 'killed or died as a direct result of enemy action'
Bush	Arthur Garnet	Gunner	476676	2nd Battery, 1st Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery	Sunnyside, 29 Great George's Road, Waterloo,	09/06/1916	33	Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm), West Vlaanderen, Belgium	Arthur's enlisted at Esquimalt, British Columbia on the 7th December 1915 he gave his next of kin as his step-mother, Mrs Teresa Bush. He was killed in action in the Zillebeke Sector of the Ypres battlefields.
Caird	Norman Henry	Private	496224	Labour Corps	26 Park View, Great Crosby,	21/4/1918	19	Not known	Norman was a junior clerk and provision assistant in civilian life. He enlisted in the Army at Seaforth on the 13th July 1917. He was discharged from the army as physically unfit for further military service at Nottingham on the 4th February 1918 and died at home 2 months later. As he died after he had been discharged he is not officially 'war dead' and is not commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Caley	Norman	Mate		Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Lofoten"	9 Binney Street, Hall Lane, Edge Hill.	04/02/1918	35	Tower Hill Memorial, London	Norman was the husband of Catherine Macintosh Caley (nee Robertson). He was killed on the 4th February 1918 when the S.S. Lofoten was torpedoed and sunk in the Channel by German submarine UB-38.
Callaghan	Thomas	Sergeant	14959	62nd Company, Machine Gun Corp	47 St John's Road, Waterloo,	07/10/1917	38	Godewaersvelde British Cemetery, Nord, France	An ex-regular, Thomas re-joined the Rifle Brigade in 1914. He was wounded twice before being killed in an artillery bombardment.	Military Medal and Bar
Callaghan	John Joseph	Private	49581	20th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	7 Birch Street, Seaforth	08/09/1917	24	Torreken Farm, Cemetery No. 1, West Vlaanderen, Belgium, West Vlaanderen, Belgium	John was the son of Patrick and Margaret Callaghan. He was one of two sons to die in action.
Cannon	John	Private	7762	1st Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment	5 Sweden Street, Waterloo,	01/11/1914	30	Norwich Cemetery, Norfolk	John was the son of Jane & John Cannon. He died at the Norwich and Norfolk Hospital, twenty minutes after arrival suffering from wounds received in action. He was the first wounded soldier to die at the hospital and was given a full military funeral.
Carew	Francis	Lance Corporal	21689	19th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	1 Cooper's Row, Waterloo	11/06/1916	25	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France	Francis was the son of Mary and (the late) Richard Carew. He was killed in action on the Somme battlefields
Carter	Edward Wilson Parr	Lance Corporal	265739	7th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	16 Wesley Street, Waterloo,	01/08/1917	23	Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium	Edward had served in France for two years before being killed. His parents received a letter from a friend, at the front, who was 40 yards away when a shell burst killing Edward instantly.
Casey	Joseph	Private	19857	1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards	32 Dale Street, Seaforth	31/07/1917	26	Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium	Formerly a dye works labourer, Joseph enlisted in the army at Seaforth. His medal card suggests that he was posted to the front after January 1916. He was killed in action in Belgium.
Chadwick	William Bartley	First Officer	n/a	Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Thracia"	19 Ferndale Road, Waterloo,	27/03/1917		Le Palais Communal Cemetery, Morbihan, France	William was a master mariner and died at sea. His ship, S.S. Thracia, was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat uc-69 off the coast of Belle-Île, Brittany, France. His body was found by a French gunboat and he was buried in France.
Charnock	Robert R	Private	49499	20th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment and Lancashire Hussars Yeomanry	25 The Mews Great George's Road, Waterloo,	04/09/1917	18	Henin Crucifix Cemetery, Pas De Calais, France	Robert was the son of Mrs M Charnock. He was only 18 years old, and was killed while on patrol duty, being struck in the back by shrapnel. Previous to enlistment he was employed by Mrs. H. Mercer, Bath Street, Waterloo. He enlisted in May, 1915.
Clark	Walter	Second Corporal	WR/300907	Royal Engineers	126 Sandy Road, Seaforth,	09/06/1921		St Luke's Churchyard, Great Crosby, England	Walter was the son of William Clark and Harriet (nee Jones); husband of Annie Clark (nee Porter).
Clay	Harold	Private	51649	17th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	18 Chapel Street, Waterloo	12/10/1916	27	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France	Harold was the son of Frederick and Margaret Clay. Before the war he worked as an engineer's labourer. Harold was killed on the battlefields of the Somme.
Clayton	G
Cleary	Nicholas	Bombardier	70078	423rd Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery	2 Richmond Terrace, Green Lane, Seaforth,	18/04/1918	29	Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial, Egypt	Nicholas was the son of George and Mary Cleary. He died of wounds received in action, at the 17th General Hospital, Alexandria.
Cole	William	Private	8304	1st Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers		23/10/1914		Harlebeke New British Cemetery, West Vlaanderen, Belgium	William enlisted in the army at Bootle. He was posted to the Western Front on the 6th October, 1914. He died of wounds at a Field Hospital at Dadizele, Belgium less than three weeks later. His widow, Lilian, died in 1918, and their two sons were adopted by her mother.
Conway	George	Gunner	112258	C Battery, 62nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery	49 Argo Road, Waterloo,	14/06/1917	26	Bunyans Cemetery, Tilloy-Les-Mofflaines, France	A former employee of Cunard, George joined the army in 1915 and had been in France for 18 months when he was killed in action.
Coope	James Napier Poole	Private	15768	6th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment	19 Schubert Street, Seaforth	10/08/1915	37	Helles Memorial, Turkey	An ex-Allan line employee, James was reported missing at Gallipoli. He had served in the army for a year. He and his wife, Florence, had six children.
Cooper	John Edward	Fireman	n/a	Royal Navy, H.M.S."Duke of Albany"	14 Verdi Street, Seaforth,	24/08/1916	28	Plymouth Naval Memorial. England	The Duke of Albany was a passenger vessel which was requisitioned by the Admiralty in 1914. She was used by the Royal Navy during the First World War as an armed boarding steamer, serving as HMS Duke of Albany. She was torpedoed and sunk by the Imperial German Navy submarine SM UB-27 in the North Sea. All 24 sailors aboard, were lost. James left a widow, Ellen.
Corcoran	John Thomas	Second Steward	n/a	Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Swanmore"	17 Willow Grove, Seaforth	25/04/1917	19	Tower Hill Memorial, London	On April 25th, 1917, S.S, Swanmore, on a voyage from Baltimore to Liverpool with general cargo, previously damaged by gunfire from U-43 and U-93 earlier in the day was sunk by torpedo by the German submarine U-50 (Gerhard Berger), 230 miles WNW of Fastnet. 11 persons were lost.
Corder	John Armstrong	Barber	n/a	Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Dwinsk"	71 Sandy Road, Seaforth,	18/06/1918	27	Tower Hill Memorial, London	SS Dwinsk was en route from France to America when she was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine u-151 about 400 miles from Bermuda. After the ship sank, the U-boat remained in the area, using the survivors in seven lifeboats as a lure to try to sink additional Allied ships. 27 crewmen were lost.
Corkhill	Robert Ernest	Clerk, Third Class	n/a	Mercantile Marine, R.M.S. "Falaba"	16 Woodland Road, Seaforth,	28/03/1915	21	St. Ives ( Barnoon) Cemetery, Cornwall	Robert's body was brought ashore at St. Ives on the 25th of April, along with others lost from the sinking of the Falaba. At the subsequent inquest, the coroner passed the verdict of drowning after being sunk by an enemy submarine. Members of the jury objected, saying the verdict should be "Wilful murder". The coroner upheld his verdict.
Corkindale	Walter E	Gunner	24795	D Battery, 149th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery	21 Durham Road, Seaforth,	07/07/1916	23	Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt, France, France	Walter joined the army in 1915. He was a former asylum attendant at Seafield House, Seaforth, and a keen local bowls player.
Cousins	Joseph Ernest	Private	1533	7th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	4 Iris Grove, Kirkdale	28/06/1916	20	Wailly Orchard Cemetery, Pas De Calais, France	Joseph was a grenade thrower, twice mentioned in dispatches. He was killed in action
Cowap	Donald James	Private	14685	12th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	16 St John's Road, Waterloo,	16/09/1916	27	La Neuville British Cemetery, Corbie, France	Donald was the youngest son of John and Victoria Cowap. He died of wounds received during the early stages of the Battle of the Somme.
Coyle	Patrick	Private	1393	2nd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment	64 Verdi Street, Seaforth,	09/11/1914	24	Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, France	Patrick Coyle was born at Seaforth in 1890. He was a regular soldier, having enlisted in the "South Lancs" on the 12th July, 1911.
Coyle	James	Stoker	1970S	Royal Navy, H.M.S. "Cressy"	64 Verdi Street, Seaforth,	22/09/1914		Plymouth Naval Memorial, England	H.M.S. Cressy was sunk, along with the H.M.S. Aboukir, H.M.S. Hogue in the North Sea on the 22nd September 1914. Approximately 1450 soldiers were killed in the German U-Boat ambush.
Craig	J
Crawford	Thomas Archibald	Butcher Fourth Class		Mercantile Marine, H.M.H.S.Hospital Ship "Britannic (Liverpool)"	1 Argo Road, Waterloo,	21/11/1916	27	Tower Hill Memorial, London	Thomas was killed when the H.M. Hospital Ship Britannic struck an underwater mine off the Greek island of Kea, on the morning of 21st November 1916, and sank with the loss of 30 lives.
Crawford	David Wallace	Corporal	21462	19th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	15 Grovenor Avenue, Great Crosby,	30/07/1916	29	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France	David was killed during the attack on Guillemont.
Cullen	John Henry
Cunningham	Andrew	Private	51514	4th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	40 Granville Road, Seaforth	08/08/1916	21	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France	Andrew was one of three brothers who died in World War One. He worked as a carter before the war.
Cunningham	Robert	Private	14953	12th (Ayr and Lanark Yeomanry)Royal Scots Fusiliers	40 Granville Road, Seaforth	18/11/1917	23	Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt	Robert had joined the RSF in 1914, but had been discharged after a week as being "unlikely to become an efficient soldier". Nevertheless, he somehow arrived in France with the 6th Battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers and was serving with the 12th battalion in Egypt when he died.
Cunningham	William Charles	Private	18385	6th/7th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers	40 Granville Road, Seaforth	31/07/1917	24	Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium	An ex-employee of the Mersey Dock Board, William served in the Royal Scots Fusiliers along with his younger brother, Private Robert Cunningham. He enlisted at Greenock, Scotland and his medal card suggests that he first saw active service after January 1916. In 1919, their mother, Catherine posted a tribute to her sons in the Bootle Times, including these lines: "In sad but loving memory of my three sons, Private William, Private Robert, Private Andrew Cunningham, who gave their lives for their country. To graves far away a mother's sad heart wanders to-day".
Cuthbert	Richard Nicholson	Private	51663	17th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	13 Adelaide Road, Seaforth,	17/04/1917		St. Martin Calvaire British Cemetery, St. Martin-Sur-Cojeul	Richard Nicholson Cuthbert was the son of John and Sarah Ann Cuthbert.
Dalglish	Lawrence	Private	11013	1st Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)	25 Beaufort Street, Toxteth Park,	20/07/1916	25	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France	Lawrence's widowed mother was running a laundry and he was working as a van driver in the family business. He enlisted in the army while living in Seaforth.
Dalton	George Stanley	Private	2807	10th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	Per Ardua, Crosby Road North, Waterloo,	04/04/1915	18	Boulogne Eastern, Cemetery, France	George died in the No. 2 Stationary Hospital, Boulogne. From letters received by friends, it would appear that he was in the trenches up to the previous Thursday, when he was wounded in the thigh by a shrapnel shell. George was 18 years of age, and had been a member of the Liverpool Scottish since January, 1914. He went to the front in November, 1914 with the 1st Battalion.
Dalton	Peter Forrester	Sergeant	16053	17th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment		31/07/1917	22	Zantvoorde British Cemetery, West Vlaanderen, Belgium	Peter Forrester Dalton was the only son of James and Elizabeth Dalton. Born at Seaforth.
Damsell	George Frederick	Private	1452	87th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps	28 Ashlar Road, Waterloo,	05/06/1915	19	Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta	George Damsell, of "B" Section, 87th Field Ambulance, was killed at the Dardanelles. According to a letter received from the commanding officer Private Damsell was wounded in the head by shrapnel on May 29th, and removed to the hospital the following morning.
Davey	Sydney Hubert	Private	43925	1st/4th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment	4 Holly Grove Seaforth,	29/04/1918	19	St Luke's Churchyard, Great Crosby, England	Sydney died in Leicestershire, presumably of wounds received in action, and was brought home for burial at St. Luke's C. of E. graveyard, Crosby. His grave is marked by a Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone.
Davidson	John	Private	14185	12th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	6 Dean Street, Waterloo,	03/10/1916	31	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France	John Davidson was the son of the late James and May Davidson and the husband of Deborah Davidson.
Davies	Lindsay Ramsay	Second Lieutenant		18th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	3 Milton Road, Waterloo,	05/07/1916	25	La Neuville British Cemetery, Corbie, France	Lindsay died of wounds received during the early stages of the Battle of the Somme. He was the only son of William John and Eliza Davies.
Davies	William	Private	29353	4th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	94 Rawson Road, Seaforth,	18/08/1916	21	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France	William was a member of the Star of the Sea Church, Seaforth, and after leaving school was for some time with Mr. Manabí, the manager of Messrs. Irwin's Stores at 81, Rawson Road, Seaforth. Later, he was employed in Messrs. Thorougood's Lion Brewery, Waterloo. He joined the Army on May 22nd, 1915, and went to France in April 1916.
Dawkins	Richard Donald	Sergeant	1829	10th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	55 Crosby Road South, Waterloo,	16/06/1915	24	Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium	Richard was killed in the charge of the Liverpool Scottish at Hooge on 16th June 1915 during the Battle of Bellewarde. Richard was employed on the office staff of the Booth Steamship Co. Ltd., prior to his going on service with his regiment.
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Dean	John	Private	28791	6th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment	11 Ionic Street, Seaforth,	15/01/1917	29	Basra Memorial, Iraq	A report on John's death appeared in the Bootle Times on the 6th November 1917: " Private John Dean, South Lancashire Regiment, who has been killed in action, was the son of Mrs. Dean, of Ionic Street, Seaforth. Before joining up he was employed at Thorougood's Brewery, Waterloo, and was twenty-nine years old". He was killed in what is now Iraq, then known as Mesopotamia.
Deane	Wellesley Venables	Second Lieutenant		D Battery, 95th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery	36 Oxford Drive, Waterloo,	24/09/1917	21	The Huts Cemetery, West Vlaanderen, Belgium	Born in Didsbury, Manchester, Wellesley is commemorated on the Merseyside Roll of Honour, St. John's C. of E. Church, Waterloo and the Merchant Taylors Memorial, so he was presumably a Merchant Taylors old boy.
Dear	William	Private	80235	2nd/6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry	32 Green Lane, Seaforth,	26/10/1918	19	Esquelmes Churchyard, Hainaut, Belgium	William's parents were William and Mary Jane Dear.
Divine	Charles Lawford	Lieutenant		1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers	Primera, Ryde Road, Hunters Hill, New South Wales, Australia	20/01/1918	30	Lancashire Landing Cemetery, Turkey	On 20th January 1918 two Turkish warships, Yavûz Sultân Selîm and Midilli (formerly the S.M.S. Goeben and S.M.S. Breslau) attacked a small force of four Royal Navy ships off the Island of Imbros, Turkey. The two smaller vessels were the Monitor-class, H.M.S. Raglan and H.M.S. M28 and both were sunk in the ensuing engagement. 130 men were lost aboard H.M.S. Raglan and 12 aboard H.M.S. M28. Charles was one of the twelve lost on H.M.S. M28.
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Duff	Arthur	Private	6063	7th Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment	6 Fernlea Road, Seaforth	01/10/1916	19	St Sever Cemetery, Rouen	Arthur was the son of William and Sarah Duff. A brief report on his death appeared in the Bootle Times on the 13th October 1916: "Private Arthur Duff (19), K.L.R., has died of wounds. His parents live at 6 Fernlea-road, Seaforth. Prior to joining the Army he was employed at the General Post Office."
Duff	Sidney Hamilton	Second Lieutenant		18th Battalion, Welsh Regiment	12 Kingsway, Waterloo,	09/04/1918	24	Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium, Belgium	Sidney was the son of the late William Drummond and Sarah Ellen Duff. Sidney's brother William Drummond Duff was killed four months after him.
Duff	William Drummond	Sapper	429935	39th Signal Company, Royal Engineers	12 Kingsway, Waterloo,	31/08/1918	27	Wancourt British Cemetery, Pas De Calais, France	William Drummond Duff was the son of the late William Drummond and Sarah Ellen Duff. His brother Sidney Hamilton Duff also fell. The names of both men can be found on the memorial at St. Faith's C. of E. Church, Crosby.
Duffy	Thomas	Private	32975	1st Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment		17/10/1918	19	Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France	At the time of the 1911 census the Duffy family were living at 12 Moores Lane, Standish near Wigan. Thomas's father was working as a drawer in a colliery. Thomas was living at Waterloo when he enlisted in the army at Seaforth.
Duncan	Walter	Lieutenant		8th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	20 The Esplanade, Waterloo,	19/12/1918	28	Anfield Cemetery, Liverpool,	As a member of the Territorials (6th Liverpool's) he was at once mobilised. He remained with his regiment till November, 1914, when he obtained his commission with the 8th Irish. Read more about Walter
Dykes	Thomas Gray	Private	1188	1st North Lancashire Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps	Ballochmyle' Waterloo Park, Waterloo	18/06/1916	24	St Luke's Churchyard, Great Crosby	Thomas Gray Dykes was a medical student at Liverpool University before the war. He was buried in the family grave at St. Luke's E. graveyard, Crosby. Part of the inscription reads: "IN LOVING MEMORY OF THOMAS GRAY, BELOVED SON OF JOHN & LILIAN DYKES, 1ST WEST LANCASHIRE FIELD AMBULANCE R.A.M.C. (T.F.) WHO DIED 18TH JUNE 1916, AGED 24 YEARS."
Edwards	Robert John	Private	5239	9th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	64 Norway Street, Waterloo	12/08/1916	20	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France	Robert was a shopboy and was living with his widowed mother and siblings in Waterloo when he enlisted in the army at Bootle.
Eggleston	Frank	Private	24959	17th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	167 Dalton Lane, Warrington.	30/07/1916	21	Serre Road Cemetery No.2, Somme, France	The 17th Battalion King’s Liverpool Regiment was formed in the city on 29th August 1914 by Lord Derby, becoming the first of the pals battalions to be formed. Frank would have enlisted at that time. He was killed in the early stages of the Battle of the Somme.
Ellams	Frederick John	Private	38309	1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers	27 Kingsway, Waterloo,	17/04/1917	19	Arras Memorial, France	Frederick is commemorated on the Waterloo with Seaforth Civic Memorial and that of the Catholic Institute School, Liverpool.
Ellams	John Orrell	Clerk		Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Apapa"	9 Gladstone Road, Seaforth,	28/11/1917	25	Tower Hill Memorial, London	John was serving aboard the S.S. Apapa, en route from Sierra Leone to Liverpool carrying cargo and passengers, when she was torpedoed without warning off Anglesey in the early hours of the 28th November 1917, with the loss of over seventy passengers and crew, out of a complement of 251. 30 of the dead were crew, including John Ellams.
Elliott	Thomas Nichols	Second Lieutenant		7th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	27 Cecil Road, Seaforth,	11/04/1918	22	Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium, Belgium	SEAFORTH OFFICER MISSING. Second-Lieut. T.N. Elliott, K.L.R., was posted missing on April 11-12th. Any news of this Liverpool officer would be welcomed by his mother at 27, Cecil Road, Seaforth. This request for information about Thomas appeared in the Bootle Times on the 17th May 1918 :
Evans	Albert Edward	Private	52859	17th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	46 Argo Road, Waterloo,	12/10/1916	22	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France	Albert, a former railway porter, enlisted in the army at Seaforth. His service records have not survived and his medal card suggests that he was posted to the front after January 1916. He was killed in action in France. His brother Frederick William Evans was killed in action at Festubert on the 16th May 1915.
Evans	Norman Edward	Second Lieutenant		17th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers	37 Ferndale Road, Waterloo,	07/11/1918	20	Englefontaine British Cemetery, Nord, France	Norman's biography, found in Liverpool Scroll of fame, says: " It was in the treacherous Mormal Forest on the Western Front, on November 4th, 1918, within a week of the Armistice. He was at the head of his platoon, pressing forward through a hail of machine-gun bullets, when one struck him on the head, killing him instantly". Read more about Norman
Evans	Frederick William	Private	2172	7th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	46 Argo Road, Waterloo,	16/05/1915	19	Le Touret Memorial, France	Frederick's service records show that he enlisted in the 7th battalion King's Liverpool Regiment at Crosby on the 8th August 1914 aged 19 years and 1 month. He was working as a clerk at Thomas Cook & Sons and was 5ft 6 inches tall. He was posted overseas with his battalion on the 7th March 1915, and was killed in action at Festubert on the 16th May 1915, reportedly shot in the stomach and dying instantly. His sergeant wrote to his parents: "Your son died a brave and glorious death, and was buried in the midst of the roar of the guns." - Liverpool Echo, 16/6/1915.
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Fairclough	George	Leading Stoker		Royal Navy, H.M.S. "Defence"	10 Little Crosby Road, Little Crosby,	31/05/1916	24	Plymouth Naval Memorial, England	George had served in the Royal Navy for six years. The Battle of Jutland took place between the British Grand Fleet and the German High Seas Fleet, 31st May - 1st June 1916, in the North Sea, off Jutland, Denmark. He was lost, along with many Merseyside men, on HMS Defence, an armoured cruiser, one of 14 British ships sunk during the battle.
Fairhurst	Arthur	Ordinary Seaman		Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Sagamore"	69 Conway Street, Seaforth.	03/03/1917	16	Tower Hill Memorial, London	Arthur died on the 3rd March 1917 when the British S.S. Sagamore, was sunk by a German submarine. Three life boats were got away; two of these were never seen again and when the third lifeboat was rescued only seven of its twenty-two occupants were still alive. Fifty-two hands were lost as a result of the attack, including the Master, and Arthur.
Fell	Robert Ernest	Private	47275	6th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment	8 Lyra Road, Waterloo,	27/04/1918	19	Esquelbecq Military Cemetery, Nord, France	The Crosby Herald, on the 18th May, 1918, said: " Private Robert Ernest Fell, younger son of Mrs. Fell, 8, Lyra-Road, Waterloo, has died in a casualty clearing station in France from wounds received in action. Private Fell, who was in his 20th year, joined the Army Service Corps in April, 1917, and was finally transferred to the Leicester Regiment. He had only been in France one month before his death."
Findlow	John Walter	Rifleman	3769	6th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	9 Portland Avenue, Waterloo,	09/08/1916	24	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France	Son of John and Laura Findlow, John was serving in the Territorial (Rifle) Battalion of the Kings which landed in France at Le Havre, 25/2/1915. On 26 January 1916, they transferred to 165th Brigade, 55th (West Lancashire) Division. John was killed in the early stages of the Battle of the Somme.
Finnesey	Francis Osmund	Private	39347	1st/4th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment	6 Brunswick Parade, Waterloo,	25/04/1918	37	Leuze Communal Cemetery, Hainaut, Belgium	Francis was a master tailor before the war. He was killed during the Battle of the Lys, holding back the last German offensive on the Western Front.
Flaherty	Thomas	Petty Officer Stoker	1571/U	Royal Navy, H.M.S. "Vanguard"	27 Beaumaris Street, Seaforth	09/07/1917	37	Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery, Orkney, Scotland	Just before midnight on the 9th July 1917, H.M.S. Vanguard was anchored at Scapa Flow in the Orkneys, Scotland when she was ripped apart by an accidental ammunition explosion. Over 800 crew died, including Thomas. The Evening Express, 25/7/1917, said "Stoker Petty Officer Thomas Flaherty, who was killed in H.M.S. Vanguard explosion on July 9th, was 37 years of age. He belonged to the Royal Naval Reserve for 15 years, and re-joined at the outbreak of war.
Foden	Robert Ernest	Private	58081	18th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	20 Ferndale Road, Waterloo,	24/11/1918	29	Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport, Seine-Maritime, France	Robert Ernest was a waiter aboard the R.M.S. Lusitania at the time of her sinking on the 7th May 1915. Having survived the Lusitania disaster he enlisted in the Duke Of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry (service no 4313) at Manchester before being transferred to the 18th Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment (service no 58081). He died of wounds in France on the 24th November 1914, almost a fortnight after the Armistice.
Forbes	William Campsall	Lance Corporal	288503	6th/7th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders	21 Lyra Road, Waterloo,	14/10/1918	24	Ramillies British Cemetery, Seine-Maritime, France	William joined the 10th Liverpool Scottish, and was one of the first to go out to France at the beginning of the war. He was transferred to the Gordon Highlanders, and has been at the Front for four years, doing splendid service, as various letters from comrades testify. Only eight weeks before his death he was home on leave.
Fox	Donald Pearson	Lance Corporal	24347	41st Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps	10 Walmer Road, Waterloo,	10/06/1916		Amara War Cemetery, Iraq	An old boy of Merchant Taylors School, Donald is buried in what is now Southern Iraq. The Amara War Cemetery contains more than 4,600 graves including three recipients of the Victoria Cross.
Fox	George Henry	Private	41925	18th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	Normanhurst, 2 Park Terrace, Waterloo Park, Waterloo,	31/07/1917	37	Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium	A recruit to one of Liverpool's Pals battalions raised by Lord Derby, George was killed during the fighting around Arras.
Francis	George Patrick	Lance Corporal	14125	9th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment	1 Chapel Street, Waterloo,	18/09/1918	24	Doiran Memorial, Greece	George's service records have survived. They show that he enlisted on the 4th September 1914. He was 5ft 5 inches tall, weighed 112 lbs with a 34 inch chest and was a ship's steward.
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Fryer	Charles Herbert	Private	83079	2nd/2nd London Regiment(Royal Fusiliers)	51 College Road, Great Crosby,	18/09/1918	19	Epehy Wood Farm Cemetery, Epehy, Somme, France	Charles was a Merchant Taylors old boy. His father died in Central America. His next of kin was his grandmother, living in Great Crosby.
Gardner	William George	Second Class Waiter		Mercantile Marine, R.M.S. "Lusitania"	17 Ferndale Road, Waterloo,	07/05/1915	45	Cobh, Old Church Cemetery, County Cork, Ireland	Born in Herefordshire, William was lost when the R.M.S. Lusitania was sunk by torpedo off Kinsale, Ireland on the 7th May 1915. He is buried in the Old Church Cemetery, Cobh, County Cork, along with others who died in the disaster
Gaskell	Thomas	Private	38789	17th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	28 Doric Street, Seaforth,	04/08/1917		Hagle Dump Cemetery, West Vlaanderen, Belgium	Crosby Herald on the 1st September 1917: " News has been received of the death in action of Private Thomas Gaskell, second son of Mr. Geo. Gaskell, of 28, Doric-street, Seaforth. Private Gaskell, who belonged to the King's (Liverpool Regiment), was wounded in March of this year, and had only been back in France six weeks before his death, which occurred sometime between July 31st and August 4th."
Gee	Herbert	Lieutenant		16th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	8 Belvidere Road, Great Crosby,	10/07/1915	21	Twelve Trees Copse Cemetery, Turkey	A dental student before the war, His medal card shows he initially enlisted as a Private in the Royal Army Medical Corps before obtaining a commission in the King's Liverpool Regiment. He was attached to the Royal Dublin Fusiliers He was killed in action at the Dardanelles and lies in a cemetery there, along with 3,360 First World War servicemen.
George	Ernest	Private	25325	19th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	14 Gordon Road, Seaforth,	30/07/1916	20	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France	A report on his death appeared in the Evening Express on the 6th September 1917. " Private Ernest George, K.L.R., reported missing, is now officially reported killed on the 30th July, 1916. Previous to enlisting he was apprenticed to the engineering trade at the C.P.R., Sandon Dock, Liverpool".
Gerrard	William Ernest	Private	202872	9th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	46 Kingsway, Waterloo,	31/07/1917	33	Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium	William left a widow, Jeanie McDougall Gerrard. The 9th Kings were a territorial battalion which recruited heavily in Ormskirk, which may explain why William's name in on the Southport Civic Memorial.
Gillett	Thomas Faith	Private	370116	9th Battalion, Manchester Regiment	61 Sweden Street, Waterloo,	21/03/1918	37	Roisel Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France	Thomas left a widow, Elizabeth Gillett. He died on the first day of the German offensive of 1918, in which the Manchester's were heavily engaged.
Glover	George Alfred	First Class Waiter		Mercantile Marine, R.M.S. "Lusitania"	25 Beech Grove, Seaforth,	07/05/1915	29	Tower Hill Memorial, London	George was lost when the R.M.S. Lusitania was sunk by torpedo off Kinsale, Ireland on the 7th May 1915. A year after his death, his wife, Winifred, placed this notice in the Liverpool Echo: "GLOVER - In loving memory of my dear husband, George Glover, who was lost on R.M.S. Lusitania, May 7, 1915.(Ever remembered.)"
Goode	William	Private	12959	2nd Battalion, Scots Guards	17 Sweden Street,	16/05/1915	34	Le Touret Memorial, France	After William's death, The Crosby Herald printed this report on June 12, 1915: "WATERLOO GUARDSMAN'S DEATH. Mrs. Good, of 17, Sweden Street, Waterloo. has received news of the death of her husband, Private William Good, of the Scots Guards, who was killed in action in France on May 16th. Private Good, who was 34 years of age, had 18 years' service in the army, and served all through the South African war. He leaves a widow and four children.
Gorman	Richard	Corporal	2543	7th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	52, Argo Road, Waterloo,	17/05/1915	27	Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy, France, France	The Liverpool Echo, on 17/6/1915, published this account of Richard's death: "A VALUED N.C.O. Mrs. Gertrude Gorman, of Argo Road, Waterloo, whose husband, Sergeant Gorman, of the 7th King's Liverpool Regiment, was killed at the front, received a letter from one of the officers of the battalion, who wrote: "In him I have lost a most valuable non-com. He was a very hard and willing worker, and was very well worth his stripes." He left his widow and one child.
Graham	Norman	Assistant Cook		Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Hesperian"	20 Chapel Street, Waterloo	04/09/1915	18	Tower Hill Memorial, London	SS Hesperian on the 4th September 1915 was en route from Liverpool to Quebec with a crew complement of 300 and carrying 814 passengers when she was torpedoed by German submarine U-20 whilst 85 miles southwest of Fastnet, Ireland. The Hesperian survived the attack only to sink two days later, after towing failed. During the evacuation of the Hesperian one of the lifeboats upset as it was being lowered with the loss of twenty-two crewmen, one of whom was Norman.
Graham	Benjamin Ray	Private	307703	12th Battalion, Tank Corps	20 Chapel Street, Waterloo	08/10/1918	18	Anneux British Cemetery, Nord, France	Benjamin was formerly in the Royal Flying Corps (64872) but was compulsorily transferred to the Tank Corps on the 9th February 1918 at Farnborough, Hampshire which was the home of the Royal Aircraft Factory. Benjamin who was killed in action on October 8, is the second son lost by Mrs. Graham, who lives at 20, Chapel Street, Waterloo. His commander writes:- "He was a stout-hearted boy, and very reliable. He died fighting for his country on the eve of a great victory."
Green	Albert Edward	Private	33126	4th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	25 Dale Street, Seaforth	31/08/1916	16	Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt -L'Abbe, France	Albert's battalion landed in France on 6th March, 1915. As part of the 33rd Division, they took part in the Battle of the Somme, during which Albert died.
Greenhow	W Andrew	Rifleman	202320	5th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	87 Henley Street, Seaforth	24/07/1917	30	Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, France	In civilian life, Andrew was a joiner and a member of a territorial battalion. His battalion landed in France on 22nd February, 1915 and were heavily engaged during the Battle of Third Ypres (Passchendaele) at the Pilkem Bridge and Menin Bridge. Andrew was killed in this battle.
Grieve	Allan (Alan) Edward	Second Lieutenant		2nd Battalion,South Lancashire Regiment		03/07/1916	19	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France	Allan was killed on the third day of the Battle of the Somme. His brother James Grieve was accidentally killed in Wiltshire on the 21st February 1917.
Grieve	James	Lieutenant		3rd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment and Royal Flying Corps		21/02/1917	22	St Luke's Churchyard, Great Crosby, France	James was accidentally killed in Wiltshire on the 21st February 1917. His body was returned to his family for burial in the family grave at St. Luke's E. graveyard, Crosby. The inscription describes him thus: "LIEUT. 3RD S. LANCS REGT. ATTD R.F.C.KILLED IN FLYING ACCIDENT AT UPAVON,21ST FEBY 1917, AGED 22 YEARS"
Griffin	Thomas Victor	Private	55707	16th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers	11 Elm Road, Seaforth,	16/06/1918	21	Varennes Military Cemetery, Somme, France, Somme, France	Thomas appears to have been a postal worker before the war; his name is inscribed on the Liverpool Main Post Office Memorial. He lies in company of 1,219 burials of the First World War.
Griffin	Douglas Morley	Second Lieutenant		18th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	7 The Esplanade, Waterloo,	16/07/1917	26	Abbeville Communal Cemetery, France	Before the war Douglas was an architect and surveyor. He died at No 2 Stationary Hospital, France on the 16th July 1916, during the Battle of the Somme.
Griffiths	George Theodore	Private	265317	7th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	3 Chapel Street, Waterloo	11/04/1918	26	Post Office Rifles Cemetery, Festubert, France, France	The Crosby Herald reported on the 18th May, 1918: "DEATH IN ACTION OF WATERLOO SOLDIER. - Mrs. Griffiths, 3, Chapel-street, Waterloo, has received news that her husband, Private Theodore George Griffiths, 7th King's (Liverpool Regiment), was killed in action in France on April 11th. Private Griffiths, who was 26 years of age, enlisted in 1914, and had been in France over three years.
Griffiths	Herbert John	Gunner	148085	67th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery	43 Caradoc Road, Seaforth,	22/01/1918	33	Nine Elms British Cemetery, West Vlaanderen, Belgium	The Bootle Times published this report on his death on 01/02/1918: " Gunner John Herbert Griffiths, R.G.A., who died in an Australian Casualty Clearing Station on January 22nd, from injuries caused by enemy shellfire, was 33 years of age, and an "old boy" of St. Thomas's School, Seaforth. Formerly a member of the 7th King's, he joined up about two years ago, relinquishing his position under the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board.
Gunson	William Douglas	Sergeant	17123	18th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	25 King Street, Waterloo,	11/04/1917	27	Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty , Pas De Calais	William left a widow, Florence. He rests with 1,266 Commonwealth burials of the First World War in Warlincourt Cemetery.
Hall	George Alfred		25/1190	D Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade	previously of 8 Murat Street, Waterloo,	31/07/1916	42	Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France	George died of wounds. He was the son of George and Hannah Hall of Waterloo but next of kin is noted as JB Gow (friend) of Opotiki.
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Hamilton	William Hartwell	Private	228910	Reinforcement Pool, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	16 St John's Road, Waterloo,	03/05/1917	22	Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas De Calais, France, Pas De Calais	The eldest son of Lizzie Hamilton and the late James Hartwell Hamilton, William was born in Borrowash, Derbyshire. He enlisted in Montreal on 19/9/16 his next of kin being Mrs Arthur Cowap of 16 St John's Road, Waterloo. He was a butcher.
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Hampson	John	Corporal	1266	7th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	5 Prince Street, Waterloo,	15/05/1915	19	Le Touret Memorial, France	John's service records show he enlisted 12th October 1911 at Seaforth and was a plumber. Promoted to Corporal on 5 August 1914. A HERO'S LAST MESSAGE. Mr. and Mrs. Hampson, of 5 Prince Street, Waterloo, have received official information of the death in action at Festubert, of their son, Corporal J. Hampson. Deceased, who was only 19 years of age, had been a member of the 1/7th Battalion King's (Liverpool Regiment), (Territorials) for nearly four years. He was in the employ of Mr. Thomas McHugh, plumber and painter, Bootle. He went to France early in March last. Corporal. Hampson, although so young, was a much esteemed member of St. Thomas's Catholic Young Men's Society. When home on leave in February, Corporal Hampson told his parents his battalion were going to France the following week, and his remark was, "Mother, if I don't come back, don't worry. I will have died for a good cause, and it will be a glorious death." In a letter to Mr. and Mrs. Hampson announcing his death, Captain Thompson, "A" Company, wrote: 'Please accept my sincere sympathy on the death of your son Corporal J. Hampson, in action. Your loss is shared by his company.' Evening Express 12th October 1915.
Hampton	Ernest	Private	356411	10th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	29 Beaconsfield Road, Seaforth,	09/08/1916	26	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France	Ernest was the son of Charles and Sarah Hampton
Handlin	David Cowell	Second Cabin Bedroom Steward		Mercantile Marine, RMS "Lusitania"	16 Ferndale Road, Waterloo,	07/05/1915	45	Tower Hill Memorial, London	David was the son of Mary and late Edward Handlin, born in Manchester. Husband of Hannah Mary Handlin nee Barker . He was lost when the R.M.S. Lusitania was sunk by torpedo off Kinsale, Ireland on the 7th May 1915.
Hansom	Oswin	Private	77556	4th Battalion, Welsh Regiment	5 Park Terrace, Waterloo,	19/09/1918	19	Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas De Calais	WATERLOO SOLDIER'S DEATH. A promising career has been cut short through the death in action of Private Oswin Hansom, Welsh Regiment,. After being only a month at the front, he was killed by a shell splinter at the age of 19 years. Young Hansom had a brilliant scholastic career. On arriving at military age, he joined the Pembroke Yeomanry, and was attached to the Welsh Regiment when he gave his life for his country.
Hardman	John Francis	Private	13946	15th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry	16 Dale Street, Seaforth	11/7/1916	20	Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France	Mr. and Mrs. J. Hardman, 16, Date Street, Seaforth, have received official news of the death of their youngest son, Private Jack F. Hardman, of the Highland Light Infantry, who was killed in France on the 11th July. Private Hardman, who was a car conductor in Glasgow, joined the Army at the outbreak of war, and went to France last October.
Hardman	Wilfrid	Private	250718	1st/1st Battalion, Lancashire Hussars	52 Gladstone Road, Seaforth,	30/07/1917	19	Canada Farm Cemetery, West Vlaanderen, Belgium, West Vlaanderen, Belgium	TROOPER WILFRID HARDMAN. Mr. and Mrs. Hardman, Gladstone-road, Seaforth, have received news that their son, Trooper Wilfrid Hardman, Lancashire Hussars, has been killed in action. Trooper Hardman enlisted in June, 1915, and had been in France 19 months. He was killed by a shell bursting very near him whilst he was wounded. Death was caused by concussion, and the doctor says was instantaneous.
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Harrison	David	Private	90650	16th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)	90 St John's Road, Waterloo,	03/12/1917	19	Cambrai Memorial, Louveral, France.	WATERLOO SOLDIER MISSING. We regret to hear that Private David James Harrison, of Waterloo, 18th M.G. Company, is still missing. He joined the Army in 1917, and was reported missing December 3rd, 1917. He first joined up in the 7th K.L.R., and was transferred to the M.G.C. His brother William Harrison also fell.
Harrison	Frank Cyril	Second Lieutenant		5th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	11 Station Road, Ainsdale,	04/05/1918	22	Lapugnoy Military Cemetery, pas de Calais, France	Frank was the son of Frank Harrison of Southampton, husband of Clara E Harrison of 11 Station Road, Ainsdale
Harrison	William	Private	G/25531	The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment and Royal Army Veterinary Corps	90 St John's Road, Waterloo,	11/10/1918	27	Vis-en-Artios Memorial, France	Reports on William's death appeared in the Crosby Herald on the 23rd November 1918 . WATERLOO FAMILY'S SACRIFICE. PTE. D.J. HARRISON (Killed in Action). Mrs. Harrison, 90, St. John's-road, Waterloo, is one of those who have paid heavily for the great victory. She recently received official news that her second son, Private W. Harrison, was killed in action on October 11th.
Harrison	Charles Gordon MC	Second Lieutenant		3rd Battalion attached to 2nd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment	Glencairne', Neston, Cheshire.	26/09/1918	24	Westoutre British Cemetery, West Vlaanderen, Belgium	Charles was the son of Mr and Mrs Frank Harrison of Willow Way, King's Gap, Hoylake.Probate of his estate was obtained at London on the 27th January 1919 by Edith Marianne Harrison (wife of Frank Harrison). His home address was given as 'Glencairne', Neston, Cheshire.
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Harvey	Charles Joseph	Private	5135	7th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	Waterloo	25/09/1916	20	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France	Charles Joseph Harvey was the son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Alborne Harvey of Waterloo.He is one of the 72,000 men of the British and South African forces who died in the Somme sector.
Hasprey	Alfred Tanswell	Private	2291	7th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	7 Harrington Road, Great Crosby,	16/05/1915	19	Le Touret Memorial, France	Alfred was born in Blundellsands to William Hasprey and Ellen ( nee Tanswell). He was killed at the front, being shot by a German sniper.
Haybyrne	James Benedict	First Class Waiter		Mercantile Marine, RMS "Lusitania"	21 Bedford Place, Seaforth,	07/05/1915	31	No grave but the sea, Commemorated at Tower Hill Memorial	James was lost when the R.M.S. Lusitania was sunk by torpedo off Kinsale, Ireland on the 7th May 1915.
Haybyrne		Master Mariner		Mercantile Marine, SS "Barrowmore"	7 Park View, Crosby,	19/02/1918	43	Tower Hill Memorial, London
Heaney	James Robert	Rifleman	242036	6th Battalion, ing's Liverpool Regiment	2 Hereford Road, Seaforth,	09/09/1918		Loos Memorial, France	James was married Ellen Maria Jackson in 1910 and was previously a turf-accountant
Heaney	James Frank	Private	22715	20th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	24 Oak Street Bootle,	13/04/1917		St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France	James was a ships Blacksmith. He was married to Hannah and father to James, Hannah and Doris
Heaps	Norman Costine	Second Lieutenant		5th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	21 Hougomont Avenue, Waterloo,	10/02/1919	26	Halle Communal Cemetery, Turkey	Noramn was the husband of Catherine Heaps and mentioned in despatches
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Hepstonstall	Cyril	Private	1834	7th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	19 Ashdale Road, Waterloo,	25/09/1916		Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France	Cyril was the son of Robert Heptonstall
Hey	Benjamin Walter	Sergeant		4th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	12 Tuscan Street, Seaforth	27/04/1915	35	Menin Gate, Memorial, Ypres, Belgium	Benjamin was killed while saving wounded comrades. Read more about Bemjamin
Hill	Alan Hawksley	Corporal	22415	165th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps	54 Alexandra Road, Great Crosby,	25/09/1916	24	Australian Imperial Force Burial Ground, Flers, France	Francis' cousins Arthur Hawksley Hill and Geoffrey Hawksley Hill also died
Hilton	Joseph	Private	23279	1st Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	147 St John's Road, Waterloo,	10/10/1915		Les Gonards Cemetery, Versailles, France	Joseph was the son of Peter and Emma Hilton. He died from wounds in General Hospital in Versailles. Before the war he was a butcher by trade. His brother Ernest also fell.
Hilton	John Clifford	Private	21512	19th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment		30/07/1916		Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Hinton	Harry Palmer	Private	M2/102643	1st Heavy Motor Transport (Repair Shop)Royal Army Service Corps	53 Crosby Road, Seaforth,	13/03/1919	24	Levallois-Perret Communal Cemetery, Paris, France	Harry was the son of George Millward Hinton and Clara Louisa Hinton, died at 57 American Base Hospital, Paris
Hird	Agnes B	Stewardess		Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Ava"	156 Stanley Road, Bootle,	26/01/1917	42	Tower Hill Memorial, London	Agnes married her husband Anthony Hird, a butcher, in 1897 in Seaforth. In 1911, she was living in 28 Woodland Road, with her sons William and Anthony, and her daughter Dorothy. Read more about Agnes
Hodgson	Edward Ernest	First Mate, Mercantile Marine		Mercantile Marine, S.S. Tataraxx (Greenock)	4 Winstanley Road, Waterloo,	10/08/1918	26	Tower Hill Memorial, London	Edward was born in South Woodford Essex, to Joseph Ainsworth Hodgson and late Martha Hodgson nee Spencer
Holland	Horace Leonard	Acting Bombardier	123965	284th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery	16 Mount Pleasant, Waterloo,	20/09/1918	19	Marteville Communal Cemetery, Attilly, France	Horace was the son of Benjamin and Mary Holland, mortally wounded and previously working for JC Plimpton and Co, Liverpool. See report Crosby Herald 5 Oct 1918
Holt	Edward George	Private	12800	1st Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	9 Poplar Grove, Seaforth,	15/12/1917	21	Valenciennes (St Roch) communal cemetery, Nord, France	Edward was the son of Edward and Katherine Daisy Holt, born in Halifax, Yorkshire
Holt	Walter Thomas	Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve	Mersey Z/3601	Mercantile Marine, SS "War Dame"	48 Argo Road, Waterloo,	21/10/1918	29	Jersey City Bay View, New York Bay Cemetery, USA	Walter was born in Birkenhead and was married to Annie.
Hood	Richard Edward	Major		1st/2nd Lowland Brigade, Royal Field Artillery	13 Public Ave, Montrose, Pennsylvania, USA	07/08/1919	58	St Luke Churchyard, Great Crosby, England	Richard was the son of Edward and Jane Hood, husband of Margaret. He was twice mentioned in despatches.
Houghton	Tom Johnson	Barkeeper, Mercantile Mariner		Mercantile Marine, RMS Lusitania	38 Stuart Road, Waterloo,	07/05/1915		Tower Hill Memorial, London	Tom was the son of late John and Jane Houghton, husband of Mary Ellen Houghton nee Roche. He was lost when RMS Lusitania was torpedoed off Kinsale Ireland on 7 May 1915
Howard	James	Private	16722	11th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment	37 Mount Pleasant, Waterloo,	03/07/1916	27	Serre Road Cemetery no.2, Somme, France	James was the son of Mr and Mrs Howard. Previously employed by CC Pattinson of Blundellsands. His brother Percy also died of wounds.
Howard	Percy	Private	30028	8th Battalion, Border Regiment	37 Mount Pleasant, Waterloo,	10/06/1917	22	Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France	Percy was the son of Mrs and Mrs Howard and brother of James who also fell. He was taken to casualty clearing station in France in October 1916 and died of wounds in June 1917.
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Hudson	Henry Samuel	Private	39210	6th Battalion, South Wales Borderers	55 College Road, Great Crosby,	23/10/1918	35	Kooigem Churchyard, west Vlaanderen, Belgium	Henry was the son of Emma Hudson and late Staff Sergeant Major SH Hudson
Hughes	Joseph	Able Seaman	216211	Royal Navy, HMS "Good Hope"	16 Kendrick Street Seaforth	11/01/1914	29	Chatham Navel Memorial, England	Joseph husband of Ada Stevens (formerly Hughes) of 16 Kendrick Street, Seaforth. On 1st November 1914 off Coronel, Chile, the 'Monmouth', 'Good Hope', 'Otranto' and 'Glasgow' engaged Von Spee's much more powerful Pacific squadron; 'Monmouth' and 'Good Hope' were both sunk with the loss of all hands.
Hughes	John Glanville	Corporal	5096	1st/ 10th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	2 Dale Street Seaforth	03/07/1916	36	Avesnes-Le-Comte Communal Cemetery Extension, France	John was the son of Benjamin Hughes and Emma nee Donnelly. MHe was mrried to Sarah Ann Byron with a son Charles Granville Hughes. He also had a brother William Hughes who also fell. He had previously been invalided out of the war but re - enlisted as soon as he was fit enough and quickly gained promotion on rejoining. His service records are intact.
Hughes	Joseph	Able Seaman	216211	Royal Navy, HMS "Good Hope"	16 Kendrick Street, Seaforth	01/11/1914	29	Chatham Naval Memorial, England	Joseph was the husband of Ada Stevens nee Hughes. Lost off Coronel, Chile on 1/11/14 when the Monmouth, Good Hope, Otranto and Glasgow engaged Von Spee's much more powerful Pacific squadron. The Good Hope and Monmouth were both sunk with loss of all hands.
Hughes	William	Private	532	10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	28 Caradoc Street, Seaforth,	19/11/1917	32	Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas De Calais, France, Pas de Calais, France	William was the son of Benjamin Glanville Hughes and Emma nee Donnelly. Enlisted in Winnipeg in April 1915 where he worked as labourer and trackman but his father Benjamin Glanville Hughes of Caradoc St was next of kin . His brother John Glanville Hughes also fell
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Hume	Walter William Kenneth	Corporal	240034	6th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	11 South View Waterloo,	02/08/1917		Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium	Walter was the younger son of the late James and Mrs Hume, previously employed by Lindon and Lancashire Fire Ins co. He joined Kings Regiment in 1906.
Hyland	George	Private	23385	18th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	52 Kendrick Street, Seaforth	20/08/1916	39	Gorre British & Indian Cemetery, Pas De Calais, France	George was a dock labourer and living with his married sister Margaret McNulty the wife of Henry
Ireland	John Leonard	Private	M/301365	1st Military Transport Corps, Royal Army Service Corps	31 Beaconsfield Road, Seaforth,	01/07/1918	32	Baghdad North War Cemetery, Iraq	John Leonard was the son of John and Mary Maud Ireland nee Powell
Ireland	Walter Ernest	Second Lieutenant		1st/6th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers	28 Harrowby Road, Seaforth,	26/03/1917		Gaza War Cemetery, Israel	Walter was the son of William Ireland and Mary Agnes Ireland (Nee Turton) Walter was a commercial traveller in the biscuit trade. He had a brother Arthur Turton Ireland who obtained probate .
James	Albert Edward	Gunner	L/16871	C Battery, 148th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery	38 Denmark Street, Waterloo,	08/08/1916		St Luke Churchyard, Great Crosby, England	Albert was the husband of Elizabeth James
James	Robert Francis	Second Lieutenant		51st Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force.	Brookfield, Bootle, Cumberland	12/10/1917	28	Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, Belgium	Robert's next of kin, was his father Captain RW James and May James. He was a civil servant and lived in Perth Australia where he enlisted.
Johnson	William Harold	Ordinary Seaman	J/61172	Royal Navy, HMS "Pheasant"	5 Chestnut Road, Seaforth	01/03/1917	25	Portsmouth Naval Memorial, England	William was the son of Henry and Sarah Johnson. HMS Pheasant was a destroyer and sunk with no survivors after hitting a mine near the Orkneys on 1 March 1917.
Johnson	Rodney Richard	Lance Corporal	20458	8th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment	5 Hougomont Avenue, Waterloo,	01/05/1917	20	Arras Memorial, France	Rodney was employed as clerk with London and Liverpool Ins Co. He enlisted in 1915. He took part in Battle of Arras and was killed in action at Monchy, whilist helping carry a wounded soldier to dressing station. On his return he was hit by a sniper .
Johnson	Arthur Ellis	Second Lieutenant		2nd Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment	Caradoc, Waterloo Park, Waterloo	20/07/1917		Loos Memorial, France	Arthur was the son of William Ellis and Alice Mary Johnson
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Johnston	George MacKenzie	Private	3092	10th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	17 South Road, Waterloo,	16/06/1915	25	Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium	George was the son of Catherine Johnston and the late Lewis P Johnston
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Jones	William	Private	3716	7th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	44 Henley Street, Seaforth	06/03/1916	29	Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension no 1, Somme, Belgium	William was the son of Jane Jones of 44 Henley Street, Seaforth, and the late Ebenezer Jones of Carnarvon
Jones	Edward	Rifleman	201034	5th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	5 Siddons Street, Seaforth	09/05/1917	39	Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, France, France	Edward was the son of Samuel John Jones and Mary nee Luby, husband of Emilie Helena Hedges with whom he had 4 children. Prior to war employed by W Vortigan, Seaforth. His son Cleaver Edward Jones was killed in Libya in 1941.
Jones	William Henry	Lance Corporal	P13526	Foot Branch, Military Police Corps		02/02/1919	30	St Lukes' Churchyard, Great Crosby, England	William Died of illness at the Military Hospital in Limmerick, Ireland
Jones	Henry Arthur	Private	59455	D Company, 12th (Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry), Manchester Regiment	40 Myers Road East, Great Crosby,	25/08/1918	19	Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas De Calais, France	Henry was the son of George F and Mrs MA Jones
Jones	Herbert Leonard	Private	401072	12th (Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry), Manchester Regiment	22 Norway Street, Waterloo	25/08/1918	18	Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas De Calais, France	Herbert was the son of James and Alice Jones, sent to France in Feb 1918 and slightly wounded on 31/3/18. The first intimation of his death was sent by his brother, who is in the R.A.M.C., and was in the same district as stretcher-bearer. Their father, Sergeant. J. Jones, is in the Royal Air Force, and is stationed at Blandford, in Dorsetshire.
Jones	Robert Henry	Private	59376	4th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	23 Cecil Road, Seaforth,	25/09/1917	25	Tyne Cot Memorial, West Vlaanderen, Belgium	Robert Henry Jones was the son of John and Louisa Jones. Roberts is remembered on The Tyen Cot memorial, it bears the names of some 35,000 men of nearly all of whom died between during the Third Battle of Ypres. Also known as the Battle of Passchendaele
Jones	Florence	Nurse		Mill Road Hospital, Bootle	St John's Road, Waterloo,	29/09/1918		St Luke's Churchyard, Great Crosby, England	Florence was born in Waterloo in 1886, and was the second youngest of a family of seven children. She worked as a nurse at Mill Road hospital in Bootle. She died from acute pneumonia, which she contracted whilst on duty. Read more about Florence
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Keilans	Frederick	Private	PLY8633	HMS Goliath and Royal Marine Light Infantry	42 Rockville Street, Rock Ferry,	13/05/1916	34	Plymouth Naval Memorial, England	Frederick was the husband of Catherine Keilans
Kellond	James	Second Mate		Mercantile Marine, SS Kittiwake	1a Ashlar Road, Waterloo,	09/04/1917	41	Tower Hill Memorial. London	James was the son of late Robert and Isabella Kellond. He died when the S.S. Kittiwake was sunk by a torpedo from German submarine ub-37. He belonged to Neptune Lodge of Freemasons.
Kelly	James (Jim)	Company Quartermaster Sergeant		7th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	42 Oxford Road, Waterloo,	25/09/1915	20	Loos Memorial, France	Jim was born at Liverpool in 1895, the son of James Kelly and Bridget (nee McDonough). Died during an attack in France when was hit in the head by a bullet and died almost instantly. He joined the Army 5/8/14 and previously was steward on the Aquitania.
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Kennedy	Elizabeth	Chief Stewardess		Mercantile Marine, SS Hesperion	24 Handfield Road. Waterloo,	06/09/1915		Walton Parish Church, Liverpool, England	Elizabeth was born in Tranmere in 1849 as Eliza Drake. Before her marriage, she worked as schoolteacher and pianist. She was killed when on September 4th, 1915, SS Hesperian on a voyage from Liverpool to Montreal with general cargo and passengers, was torpedoed by the German submarine U20 (Walther Schwieger), 85 miles Fastnet. 32 persons were lost. Elizabeth's body was recovered from the sea of Ireland a few days later. U20 was the same submarine that infamously sunk The Lusitania.
Kewley	James	Lance Corporal	39764	Depot, York and Lancaster Regiment	6 Rossini Street, Seaforth,	17/08/1917	26	Bootle Cemetery, Merseyside, England, Merseyside, England	James enlisted in the Yorkshire and Lancaster Regiment at Liverpool on the 22nd December 1914. James was due to be medically discharged on the 20th August 1917 but died from Pulmonary Tuberculosis 3 days earlier, at 8.20pm on the 17th August 1917, at 2nd Southern General Hospital, Bristol. His brother William Kewley also died and is buried in same grave and brother John Henry Kewley also died. 3 other brothers survived.
Kilshaw	John Henry Patterson	Private	125937	38th Company, Machine Gun Corps Infantry	58 Sandy Road Seaforth,	10/08/1918	20	Vis en Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France, Pas de Calais, France	John Henry was the son of John and Henrietta Kilshaw of 58 Sandy Road, Seaforth.
Kirby	John	Leading Signalman		Mercantile Marine, SS "Sagamore"	53 Maple Grove Seaforth	03/03/1917	52	Tower Hill Memorial, London	John was the son of the late Henry and Margaret Kirby; husband of Louisa Kirby (nee Pitts) of 53 Maple Grove, Seaforth.
Kirby	Richard	Private	5273	7th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	8 York Place, Waterloo,	24/09/1916	19	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France	Richard was in the employ of Messrs. John Griffiths and Son, Ltd/. colliery proprietors, at their Waterloo Branch . He joined army and after receiving a course of training was sent to France only about seven weeks before he was killed by the bursting of a shell.
Knight	Allan	Second Lieutenant		5th Battalion, Attached 11th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment	66 Oxford Road, Waterloo,	24/03/1918	20	Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France	Alan was the son of Frank Albert and Emily Margaret Knight
Lamb	George	Gunner	150462	31st Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery	3 Greenbank, Waterloo,	23/09/1917	32	Perth Cemetery, China West Vlannderen, Belgium	George married Ethel Mary Rathbone in 1913 and their daughter Janet Lamb was born in 1914. Had a business career with Messrs. Lamb Bros., timber merchants, Bootle. Given charge of the Manchester branch of Lamb Bros. and received due recognition when on formation of the firm into a limited company he was offered and accepted a position on the board of directors.
Lawson	Robert	Private	265429	7th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	21 St John's Road, Waterloo,	09/04/1918		Brown's Road Military Cemetery, Festubert, France	Robert was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. William Lawson, was called up at the beginning of the war, being an old Territorial of the 7th King's. He served in France since 1915. Private William Lawson, second brother, was in hospital also wounded when he fell. He has served with the colours since 1914. The youngest brother, Theodore, had been in Salonika since January, 1915.
Lawson	James	Private	85691	4th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	Lived at 17 Roman Street, Seaforth	17/04/1918	20	Meteren Military Cemetery, Nord, France	James was the son of Gustave and Alice Lawson of 17 Roman Street, Seaforth.
Lawson	Joseph	Captain		18th Lancashire Hussars Battalion, The King's Liverpool Regiment	103 South Road, Waterloo,	21/03/1918	32		Joseph had in fact previously won his commission as a sergeant on the field, and afterwards advanced very rapidly to his captaincy. He fell at last a victim to a sniper whose bullet entered his heart, death being instantaneous and painless. It occurred at Vaux, when the enemy had commenced to force our troops to retreat, and he had just ordered his section to retire after a gallant effort to hold their position. He was engaged to Miss Swift, Liverpool Road, Great Crosby.
Le Rougetel	Guy	Private	33891	187th Corps, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)	2 Oxford Drive, Waterloo,	04/02/1917	20	Amara War Cemetery, Iraq	Guy was the son of Philip Le Rougetel, and the late Susan Harvison Le Rougetel. His brother Bertram also fell. Guy fell in Mesopotamia and his brother Bertram in France in 1916 aged 29.
Leatherbarrow	Edward	Private	29501	8th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment	21 Dean Street, Waterloo,	23/10/1918	18	Romeries Communal Cemetery Extension, nerd, France	Edward was the son of Edward and Mary Leatherbarrow of 21 Dean Street, Waterloo.
Ledger	James	Third Class Waiter		Mercantile Marine, RMS "Lusitania"	12 Sycamore Road, Waterloo,	07/05/1915		Tower Hill Memorial, London	James was the son of George and Augusta Olivia Vincent Ledger. Lost when torpedo sunk RMS Lusitania off Kinsale
Lee	James	Private	20003	13th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	4 Grecian Street, Seaforth,	15/07/1916	32	Corbie Communal Cemetery, France Extension, France, France	James was husband to Catherine Lee and father to James and Robert. He enlisted in Seaforth on 16 September 1914. He was described on enrolment papers as being 5 feet 7 inches tall and having a fresh complexion, grey eyes and black hair. He arrived in France on 26th September 1915 and died of wounds in no. 5 Casualty Clearing Station in Corbie on 15th July 1916.
Lees	Charles Edward	Private	2130	7th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	6 Woodland Road, Seaforth,	15/05/1915		He has no known grave but is commemorated at Le Touret Memorial	Charles was the son of Herbert Robert Lees and Eliza Maud (nee Lyth).
Lewis	Charles Horace	Sergeant		13th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force	58 Milton Road Waterloo,	03/07/1918	25	Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy-Sur-Somme, France	Charles was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, the son of Horace Charles and the late Christina Lewis . His brother Frank Ernest Lewis also fell. He enlisted in Rosebery, New South Wales, Australia on 10/9/14 where he put his occupation as Seaman.
Lewis	Frank Ernest	Private	358645	10th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	58 Milton Road, Waterloo,	19/07/1918	20	Houchin British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, Pas de Calais, France	Frank was the son of Horace Charles and the late Christina Lewis, his brother Charles Horace also fell
Light	George Joseph	Second Lieutenant		142nd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery	114 Netherfield Road, Everton,	08/11/1917	29	Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux en Gohelle, France	George was the son of Casimir Archibald Light (born in Poland) and Mary (nee McDonald).George was an elementary school teacher at our Lady Immaculate Boys school and married Mabel E Campbell in 1913 they had three sons.
Limrick	William Somerville	Assistant Paymaster		Royal Navy, HMS "Arlanza" and HMS "Carmania"	46 Waterloo Road, Waterloo,	23/03/1918	27	St Luke Churchyard, Great Crosby, England	The Cunard Steamship Company Roll of Honour shows William junior was a Purser aboard the H.M.S. Carmania. Also listed in the 1915 Navy List serving on the H.M.S. Carmania, with rank of Assistant Paymaster (Royal Naval Reserve) from the 24th February 1915. At the time of his death he was Assistant Paymaster on the H.M.S. Arlanza which was in service as an armed merchant cruiser. He died of septic pyorrhoea alveolaris and sinus cavernous thrombosis at the Royal Naval Hospital, Plymouth .
Lockett	Walter Hawkins	Signalman	Z/1323	Royal Naval Volunteer, HMS "Broke"	7 Hyde Road, Waterloo,	21/04/1917	18	St James Cemetery, Dover, England	Walter was born in Waterloo on the 29th April 1898, he was serving with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve aboard H.M.S. Broke at the time of his death. Broke survived the Battle of Jutland in 1916, but with the loss of 47 lives. In April 1917 she took part in the 'Battle of Dover Strait', during which she rammed torpedo boat S.M.S. G42. The two ships became locked together and there was close-quarters fighting between the crews, as the German sailors tried to board the British ship. Broke got free and sank G42 but she was heavily damaged and had to be towed back to port. Walter was one of 21 men killed in the encounter.
Lonsdale	Frank Leslie	Private	2016	Lancashire Hussars	40 Thorndale Road, Waterloo,	05/06/1916	18	Curragh Military Cemetery, County Kildare, Ireland	Frank was the son of Frank Lonsdale Sr. and Esther Emma (nee Noke) brother of Hubert, Hugh Sydney, Eveline Dorothy and Norman. Service records not survived and no medal card so he probably did not serve overseas. He died in Ireland in 1917.
Louis	Reginal Charles	Private	252540	2nd/6th Battalion, Manchester Regiment	44 Caradoc Street, Seaforth,	29/12/1917	20	Menin South Military Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium	Reginal Charles Louis was born at Seaforth in 1897 as Reginald Charles Lewis Reginald enlisted in the army at Bootle. His service records have not survived and his medal card suggests that he was posted to the front after January 1916. He was killed in action in Belgium on the 29th December 1917.
Lovett	Harold Joseph	Rifleman	4275	6th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	16 Willoughby Road, Waterloo,	25/09/1916	20	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France	Harold was the son of William and Ellen Lovett of 16 Willoughby Road, Waterloo. His parents also had Thomas Joseph in 1890 who died aged 5 months, Earnest who died in 1893 aged 11 months, John Clancy who died 1894 aged 7 years and William Cyril who died 1925 aged 41 years. Harold was educated at St. Francis Xavier's College and Catholic Institute. He was a cousin of Lieut. Hugh McVey Lovett, whose also fell.
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Mabbs	Frederick Francis	Gunner	41855	D Battery, 55th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery	46 Gillett Street, Preston,	12/08/1918	41	Fosse no10 Communal Cemetery Extension, Sains-en Gohelle, France	Frederick was the son of Frederick Sr. and Margaret Mabbs of Cork; and the husband of Ann Mabbs of 46 Gillett Street, Preston.
Mackie	Charles Boddington	Private	4071	1st/10th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	45 Cambridge Road, Seaforth,	16/06/1915	23	He has no known grave but is commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial	Charles was the son of Alexander Boddington Mackie and his wife Sarah (nee Boddington). His service records survived and show in 1915 he was 5ft 9 inches tall and weighed 10 stone. His vision was good with glasses. He reached the front with the Liverpool Scottish on the 23rd January 1915. On the 16th June 1915 they engaged in their first battle, at Bellewaarde (Hooge). Losses for the battalion neared 400 killed, wounded and missing. Charles was amongst them. He was reported as missing - then later officially killed in action - between the 16th and 26th June.
Maddick	Sidney Alfred	Lieutenant		20th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment and 1st/6th King's African Rifles	Claremont, Coronation Dr, Great Crosby,	02/12/1918	37	Nairobi South Cemetery, Kenya	On 5/11/1915 he arrived at London on the Harrison Line ship Intombi from Durban. He had been working as a planter and living in Natal. The London Gazette of the 20th January 1916 records his appointment as Second Lieutenant (on probation) with the King's Liverpool Regiment on the same date. His medal card records he first saw overseas service on the Western Front with the 20th Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment but he was later attached to the King's African Rifles. After being stationed in Nairobi for six months he died on the 2/12/18 at No 3 B.G. Hospital, Nairobi of D.A.H. and cardiac failure.
Mainey	Frederick John	Private	4894	8th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	37 Cam Street, Lodge Lane, Liverpool,	04/08/1916	21	Corbie Communal Cemetery, France Extension, France	Frederick's service records have survived showing he enlisted on the 16/10/1915 and embarked for Rouen, France on 8/03/1916. He had been a fishmonger in civilian life. Wounded in action on 02/08/1916, he died in no. 5 Casualty Clearing Station, Corbie, two days later on the 4th August 1916.
Mallinson	William Gerald	Rifleman	2651	5th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	19 Church Road, Seaforth,	16/05/1915	22	He has no known grave but is commemorated at Le Touret Memorial	William died whilst trying to cross a shell-swept portion of open country with a badly battered communication trench as cover when a shell ("Whizz Bang" ) burst in front, and he fell. A couple of soldiers stopped to dress him, but he just said, quite coolly, "Don't stop - it's too dangerous. I'm done," and then he left us. He had been to confession with Father Kelly the day before.
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Mason	Ernest	Private	64992	1st Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	28 Corinthian Street, Seaforth,	29/09/1918	22	Vis en Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France, Pas de Calais, France	Ernest was the son of Joseph Mason and Elizabeth Spencer, Ernest enlisted at Seaforth. His service records have not survived and his medal card suggests that he was posted to the front after January 1916. He was killed in action on the 29th September 1918.
Mawdsley	Cecil	Private	5539	7th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	15 Worthing Street, Blundellsands,	15/08/1916	19	Abbeville Communal Cemetery, Somme, France	Cecil was the son of Ellinor Mawdsley and the late James Mawdsley. He died of wounds received in action.
May	Adrian Robson	Lieutenant		5th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	Montrose, Harbord Road, Waterloo,	08/09/1916	19	Dartmoor Cemetery, Becordel, Becourt, France	Adrian had interest in a large poultry farm of which he became a joint manager. In 1915, when the call for soldiers became insistent, he applied for a release, but this was refused. Thereupon, he sacrificed his interest in the concern, and enlisted as a private in the Liverpool Scottish. The battalion had been continually on the line, and had been through a very hard time. On the 8th September his section of trench was being heavily shelled with "crumps" and 5.9's. 'One "heavy" landed and burst right inside the trench, killing several of our men and wounding others. Lieutenant May was severely wounded, and though he lived justt half an hour he was able to give directions for the removal of his injured comrades.
McCabe	Peter	Lance Corporal	269882	17th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	23 Palmerston Ave Litherland,	04/08/1917	29	Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium	Peter was the son of Gustave and Alice Lawson of 17 Roman Street, Seaforth, Peter married Elizabeth Doyle at Our Lady Star of the Sea R.C. Church, Seaforth in 1915, giving his home address as 23 Palmerston Avenue, Litherland. Their son Peter Jr. was born in 1916.
McConnan	James	Lieutenant		11th Battalion, Manchester Regiment	8 Crosby Road South, Waterloo	19/09/1916	34	Bapaume Post Military Cemetery, Albert, France	James was born at Newsham Park on the 30th October 1881. He was the son of Charles James McConnan and Jane Elizabeth Kerr (nee Clarke) .His cousin George McConnan also fell. A report on his death appeared in the Liverpool Echo on the 30th September 1916.
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McDougall	Edward Andrew	Corporal	241106	18th Lancashire Hussars Battalion, and King's Liverpool Regiment	26 Somerville Road, Waterloo,	04/11/1918	24	Roisel Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme	Edward enlisted on the 19th November, 1914, he was gassed and wounded in France in July, 1917. Report from the front said: He died from gunshot wounds received on 18/10/18 in passing through a mixed barrage of shells, gas and machine gun fire, in the capture of Le Cateau. He was evacuated as quickly as possible in a critical condition to hospital, but got rapidly worse on the 4th and passed away very quietly and peacefully at 4-55 p.m. He was qconscious, but not able to speak most of the afternoon, and only lost consciousness shortly before the end. He said then that he had no pain, but felt so very sleepy and weak.
McGinity	Henry Cuthbert (Rev)	Captain		Army Chaplains' Department, 23rd Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corp	The Rookery, Waterloo Park, Waterloo, London and Ireland (probate)	08/11/1918	36	Giavera British Cemetery, Arcade, Italy	A report appeared in the Crosby Herald 16/11/18. 'The death has occurred at a casualty clearing station in Italy of the Rev. Henry Cuthbert McGinity, S.J., C.F., following an attack of bronchopneumonia. He was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis McGinity, the Rookery, Waterloo.
McGowan	Richard			1st Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	Born at Liverpool	25/09/1915
McKenna	James	Private	307853	1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers	6 Norfolk Place, Seaforth,	09/10/1917		Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, West Vlaanderen, Belgium	James was the son of Francis McKenna and Catherine (nee Lyons), James married Elizabeth Pritchard in 1905. He was a plasterers labourer.
McKnight	T	Private	3248	7th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	35 South Road, Waterloo,	27/08/1916	23	Anfield Cemetery, Liverpool, England	Private McKnight died of wounds recieved in action
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Meerin	Ernest	Sailor		Mercantile Marine, SS "Mariston" (Glasgow)	22 Dale Street, Seaforth	11/07/1917	19	Tower Hill Memorial, London	Ernest was the son of William Henry and Hannah Meerin. Born at Salford, he was lost when the S.S. Mariston was sunk on the 15th July 1917 with the loss of 28 lives. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission gives his date of death as the 11th July but 'Deaths at Sea' gives the date as the 15th July.
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Midgley	Thomas Jackson	Deck Boy		Mercantile Marine, SS "California"	9 Caradoc Street Seaforth,	17/10/1917	14	Tower Hill Memorial, London	Thomas was the son of Thomas and Mary Midgeley (nee Jackson), Thomas was lost when the SS California was sunk by German U-22 off Cape Villano, Spain on 18th October 1917.
Mitchell	Charles Napier	Lance Sergeant	21764	13th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	36 Caradoc Road, Seaforth	21/08/1918	23	Warry Copse Cemetery, Courcelles le Comte, France	Sergt. Charles N. Mitchell, K.L.R., was killed in action on August 21st. At the outbreak of war he was an employee of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. He joined the "Pals" on November 12th, 1914, and left for France in November, 1915. He had been three times wounded, and was awarded the Military Medal and bar for bravery on the field.	Military Medal and Bar
Moorcroft	Arthur William	Private	1739	7th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	18 Palmerston Avenue, Litherland,	16/05/1915	20	Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuincy, France	Arthur was the son of William Moorcroft and Georgina (nee Bingham), Arthur's service records have survived. They show that he enlisted at Bootle on the 15th May 1913 aged 18 years 9 months. He was a window cleaner, with Star Window Cleaning. He was 5 foot 7 inches tall with a 34 inch chest and good vision.
Moore	Cecil Courtenay	Sergeant	57707	B Battery, 71st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery	18 Woodlands Road, Seaforth,	15/07/1917	23	Mendingham Military Cemetery	Cecil died in France from gas poisoning. He was a pupil at Christ Church Boys' School, Waterloo, and enlisted as a trumpeter in the Royal Field Artillery at Seaforth Barracks in 1899. Read more about Cecil	Military Medal
Moorhouse	Francis Xavier	Private	308110	8th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	Denmark Street , Waterloo,	04/03/1917	21	Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, West Vlaanderen, Belgium	Francis was the son of Charles and Margaret Moorhouse (nee Langton) who, in civil life before the war, was employed by Messrs. Thorogood, Lion Brewery, Waterloo. He joined the 1/8th Irish the King's (Liverpool Regiment), and was sent to France in December 1916.
Moreland	William	Lance Corporal	6200	5th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	9 Adelaide Street, Seaforth,	10/09/1916	19	Buire-Sur -Lancre Communal Cemetery, France	Son of William Stafford Moreland and Elizabeth (nee Bennett), William's service records have survived. They show that he enlisted at Bootle on the 28th October 1915, when he was 18 years and 6 months old. Moreland was nineteen years old, and had been out at the front for several months. He was killed by shell fire in France. He was formerly employed at the Alexandra dock (L. and N.W. Railway).
Morgan	Joseph Ruben	First Mate		Mercantile Marine, SS "Curaca"	23 Claremont Road, Seaforth,	06/12/1917	23	Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax	Joseph served aboard Moraphire (1914-15), Hesperian (1915), Scythian (1915-16), Nestorian (1916-17) and Ventura de Larrinaga (1917). He was on the S.S. Nestorian when it struck Bullane Rock, Cape Clear Island, County Cork, Ireland on the 2nd January 1917 and broke in two. The ship had been carrying a cargo of cotton, steel ingots and empty shell heads from Galveston, U.S.A. bound for Liverpool. On the 4th August 1917 Joseph obtained his First Mate's Certificate. Joseph was First Mate aboard the S.S. Curaca which was destroyed during the Halifax Explosion at Nova Scotia, Canada on the 6th December 1917. Almost 2,000 men, women and children were killed in the disaster and a further 9,000 were injured. Forty-five of the Curaca's crew, including Joseph were amongst the dead.
Morgan	George	Private	48906	12th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	22 St John's Road, Waterloo,	09/05/1917	34	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France	George was the son of Charles and Anna Morgan. His brother Stanley Morgan also fell.
Morgan	Peter Francis	First Mate		Mercantile Marine, SS "Barrister"	62 Egremont Street, Wallasey,	19/09/1918	26	Rake Lane Cemetery, Wallasey, England	Peter was the husband of Florence Hilda Morgan. He died when the SS Barrister was sunk by a German submarine off the Isle of Man on 19th September 1918. His brother Thomas Francis Morgan died at Sea.
Morgan	Stanley	Private	56962	13th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	22 St John's Road, Waterloo,	21/08/1918	20	Vis en Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France	Stanley was the son of Anna Morgan and the late Charles Morgan. His brother George Morgan also fell.
Morgan	Thomas Francis	Ordinary Seaman		Mercantile Marine, SS Beacon Grange	26 Harrowby Road, Seaforth,	31/07/1917	15	Tower Hill Memorial, London	Thomas was the son of Jane Morgan and the late Patrick Morgan. He was one of thirty-three men lost when the S.S. Beacon Light was torpedoed off the coast of Scotland on the 19th February 1918. His brother Peter Morgan also died at sea
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Morris	Edward	Private	22036	16th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment	58 Green Lane, Seaforth,	12/09/1916	34	Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, France	Edward was killed in action. Before the war he worked for the Union Cold Stores. He had only been in France ten weeks, but during that time had been wounded twice.
Moss	William Henry	Fireman	MMR/786	Mercantile Marine Reserve, HM Yacht "Aries"	80 Seaforth Road, Seaforth,	31/10/1915	20	Plymouth Naval Memorial, England .	William was the son of William and Emily Moss of 80 Seaforth Road, Seaforth, William was born at Bristol.
Muir	Walter Herbert	Private	S/43151	2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders	4 Beech Grove, Seaforth,	12/03/1917	21	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France	Walter enlisted in Liverpool on the 3rd March 1915. He was 19 years of age, 5'8 tall, had a 37" chest and weighed 144 lbs. He was employed as a Steward. He enlisted in the Kings Liverpool 10th Battalion and was transferred to the Gordon Highlanders on 29/8/1916.
Mulholland	Louis	Able Seaman		Mercantile Marine, SS "Beacon Light"	17 Hereford Road, Seaforth,	19/02/1918	28	Tower Hill Memorial, London	Louis was one of thirty three men lost when the SS Beacon was torpedoed off the coast of Scotland on 19th February 1918.
Mullarkey	Joseph	Private	Deal /11133(S)	Royal Marine Labour Corps	6 Maple Grove, Seaforth	26/10/1918	44	Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, pas De Calais, France	Joseph was the husband of Mary Ann Mullarkey.
Murdoch	Ronald Hamilton William	Second Lieutenant		21st Battalion, attached 4th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	36 York Avenue, Crosby,	28/10/1916		Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France	Ronald was the son of David Hamilton Ball Murdoch and Helen Christina Murdoch. Lieut. Murdoch was educated at the Merchant Taylors' School, Great Crosby, and entered the service of the Royal Insurance Company about four years ago. He joined the 1st Battalion of the "Pals" immediately upon its formation, but was subsequently transferred to the Inns of Court O.T.C. He was gazetted in June, and went to France in September.
Neal	John Pearson	Sergeant	15251	13th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	8 Canning Street, Waterloo,	31/18/1918	36	Ecoust St Mein British Cemetery, Pas de Calais	John was husband to Mabel A Neal. He enlisted in the 1st City Battalion (Cotton Contingent) of The King's Liverpool Regiment.
Nelson	Edward Roberts	Gunner	83514	A Battery, 68th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery	12 Willoughby Road, Waterloo,	23/10/1918	29	Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel	Edward was the son of Andrew Nelson and Sarah Jane (nee Roberts)
Newell	Harold Jerram	Private	17913	19th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	16 Molyneux Road, Waterloo,	30/07/1916	21	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France	Harold was the son of Alexander A and Ethel K Newell of 29 Neville Road and 16 Molyneux Road, Waterloo.
Norris	Allan Colquhoun	Stoker First Class	SS/111654	Royal Navy, HMS "Hampshire"	1 Vine Grove, Seaforth	05/06/1916		Plymouth Naval Memorial, England .	Allan was the son of Richard and Margaret Norris, he died when HMS Hampshire sank off the Orkney Islands after striking a mine laid by a German submarine. She was sailing to Russia, as an escort to the ship carrying the Secretary of State for War, Field Marshal Lord Kitchener.
O'Callaghan	Patrick James	Private	308999	8th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	29 Church Road, Seaforth,	20/11/1917	20	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France	Patrick James O'Callaghan was the son of Patrick and Margaret O'Callaghan. he was the younger brother of John Joseph, and appears to have been killed on the first day of the Battle of Cambrai, 20/11/1917.
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O'Hare	William	Private	41678	13th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment	20 Maple Grove, Seaforth	23/11/1917	26	Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, France	William was the son of Maria O'Hare and the late William O'Hare Sr.
O'Reilly	Michael	Private	32790	136th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps	49 Dale Street, Seaforth	09/04/1918	28	Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium, Belgium	Michael was a shore steward for a steamship company in 1911. Requests for information concerning his fate appeared in the Liverpool Echo on the 10th and 11th December 1918. Missing since April 9, 1918, from Armentieres front. He joined up in 1914.
Oliver	Richard	Lieutenant		Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Mersey Examination Service	11 Stanley Road, Waterloo,	19/09/1917		St. Luke's Churchyard, Great Crosby, England.	The only child of Richard Oliver and Ann (nee Colton), Richard's father died in 1888 and his probate was £18051 (around £2m today). Richard Jr. died of Pneumonia at Stanley Road on the 19th September 1917 whilst serving with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. He died on what within days would have been his wedding day to Miss Ethel Proctor.
Ordish	Robert Samuel	Private	29882	8th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment	72 Sweden Street, Waterloo,	01/08/1917	21	Tyne Cot Cemetery, West Vlaanderen, Belgium	Born at Waterloo in 1896, Robert was the son of William Arthur Ordish and Margaret Florence (nee Karran). Robert had at least six siblings; aged fifteen, had also entered the family trade of painters and decorators but he was serving his apprenticeship as a plumber when the war broke out. He enlisted in the army at Seaforth. He first served with the King's Liverpool Regiment (service no 3/11441) and his medal card records that he was posted to the front on the 17th December 1915. He was later transferred to the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment (service no 29882). He was killed in action in Belgium on the 1st August 1917.
Orme	Alfred Lytn	Second Lieutenant		18th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	7 South Road, Waterloo,	31/07/1917	22	Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium	Alfred was killed in action on July 31 in Flanders. He was in the local Territorial Battalion of the Kings before the war, and went out to France with the first detachment. He went through all the fighting, and was promoted from bugler to Lance-Corporal and then to Corporal. After the battle of the Somme he was offered a commission, and after being home for some time was gazetted to one of the city battalions of the Kings, and went back to France. Before the war broke out he was a prominent figure at the Cunard concerts for seaman, and served with the White Star Line as a bugler on the Megantic.
Ormerod	Frank	Sergeant	265513	7th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	South View, Waterloo,	20/09/1917	20	Tyne Cot Memorial, West Vlaanderen, Belgium	Frank was the son of Thomas and Annie Ormerod. His father was a police inspector with the Lancashire Constabulary and as a consequence the family moved home frequently. Frank enlisted in 1914, whilst still only seventeen. Read more about Frank
Owen	Iorwerth Roland	Second Lieutenant		13th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps	37 Sandy Road, Seaforth,	07/05/1917	20	Saint Catherine British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France	Lorwerth was the son of Dr Rowland Owen and Margaret Owen (nee Owen). His father, a physician and surgeon, married twice and Lowerth had a half brother Trevor and a sister Mona. There is a lengthy piece on him on the Merseyside Roll of Honour.
Owens	Ward Brinley	Private	25576	19th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	The Post Office , Seaforth	20/07/1916	23	Dive Copse British Cemetery , Sailly-le-Sec, France	Ward was the son of William R and Olive Mary Owens of 26 Gordon Road, Seaforth, A.R.C.O. He died at Guillemont, France, on the 20th July 1916.
Packwood	Walter Allwood	Private	88259	13th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	12 Lyra Road, Waterloo,	11/10/1918	20	Grevillers British Cemetery, pas De Calais, France	Walter was the son of Edwin Ambler Packwood and his wife Sarah Ann (nee Cope). His brother Henry Packwood and his cousin Frederick Edwin Parr also fell. Walter died of wounds received in action on October 11th.
Packwood	Henry	Private	M2/225831	Mechanical Transport, Royal Army Service Corps, Attached 158th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery	12 Lyra Road, Waterloo,	16/05/1918	22	Buried at Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas De Calais, France, Pas de Calais, France.	Henry was the son of Edwin Ambler Packwood and his wife Sarah Ann (nee Cope). Driver Henry Packwood, died in hospital in France from bronchial pneumonia. He enlisted in September, 1916, and went to France one month later. Before the war he was employed as a motor driver by Messrs. J. Lyons and Co., Liverpool.
Parkes	Thomas Frederick	Air Mechanic First Class	2182	13th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps	26 Rockland Road, Waterloo,	14/03/1916	22	Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg L'Avoue, France	The son of Thomas and Annie E Parkes, Thomas attended the Bootle Technical School for five years, and on leaving school served his apprenticeship as a marine engineer at Clydebank, Glasgow. When he completed his apprenticeship in November, 1914, he enlisted in the Army as an Observer in the Royal Flying Corps, and proceeded to the front in October of the following year. A letter from his commanding officer suggeststhat they were on a reconnaissance over German lines when they were hit by a German anti-aircraft shell. "The engine was badly damaged, so we had to fall back. Our machine was then attacked by a German aeroplane. Your son, who was my Observer, put up a splendid fight, and we held the German machine off till our machine gun went out of order. It was then he was shot in the back. We were at a height of 7500 feet. I managed to bring the machine back over our lines, but on landing found your son dead. He was buried near the spot where the machine landed."
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Parry	David Thomas	Second Lieutenant		5th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment	1 Gordon Road, Seaforth,	24/03/1917	31	St Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France	David, joined the East Lancashire Regiment, attached to the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, and was woundedin action. He was taken to the Casualty Clearing Station, then on to the base hospital at Rouen. An operation was necessary, but unfortunately his life was not saved. Place of death noted as Number 2 Red Cross Hospital, Rouen.
Paterson	John Sutton	Private	2725	10th Battalion,King's Liverpool Regiment	8 Dewlands Road, Seaforth,	16/06/1915	24	Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium	John was the son of Stephen Alexander and Annie Paterson. The news was received by his parents in a letter from another son, Private Jas. Paterson, who is also in the Liverpool Scottish, and is lying in hospital wounded. In his letter home he states his brother died like a true soldier. He himself found his body after the charge, and helped to reverently bury it behind the lines.
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Pearce	Thomas Edward	Master		Mercantile Marine, SS "Barbary"	29 Curzon Road, Waterloo,	12/11/1917		Tower Hill Memorial, London	Thomas was the husband of Susannah Pearce (nee Burke) of 29 Curzon Road, Waterloo. He was lost when his ship was torpedoed 56 miles north of Port Said . His son Walter Pearce was also killed in action.
Pearce	Walter	Private	3787	7th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	29 Curzon Road, Waterloo,	24/09/1916	19	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France	Walter was the son of Captain Thomas Edward and Susannah Pearce (nee Burke) Previous to joining the Army he was apprenticed to the electrical engineering at Messrs. Campbell and Isherwood's, Bootle. He joined the Army in February, 1915, and was drafted to France in January of this year. He went over the parapet with the rest of the battery bringing ammunition to the guns in action. On his way he was hit by a piece of shell and died immediately. He was buried by his comrades where he fell.
Pemberton	Henry	Private	16391	13th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	42 Mount Pleasant, Waterloo,	21/08/1918	20	Bucquoy Road, Cemetery, Ficheux, France	Henry was the son of Joseph and Amelia Rose Pemberton. A report on his Military Medal: LOCAL WAR HONOURS WATERLOO SOLDIER WINS MILITARY MEDAL The Military Medal has been awarded to Private Henry Pemberton, Pal's Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regt.), whose home is at 42, Mount Pleasant, Waterloo. Private Pemberton enlisted at the outbreak of the war, and has been in France over two and a half years. Before the war he was in the employ of Messrs. Williams and Watson, Victoria-street, Liverpool.
Penketh	William	Private	22214	20th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	62 Park Street, Bootle,	30/07/1916	18	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France	William was the son of John Penketh and Sarah Elizabeth (nee Hitchcock) William Penketh enlisted with the 'Liverpool Pals' at Liverpool. His service records have not survived but his medal card records that he was posted to the front with the 'Pals' on the 7th November 1915.
Penlington	Norman	Gunner	L/18464	D Battery, 277th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery	Station House, Yockleton, Shrewsbury,.	20/07/1917	26	Dickebusch New Military Cemetery Extension, West Vlaanderen, Belgium	Norman was the son of Alexander and Elizabeth Penlington.
Perry	John Richard	First Class Bedroom Steward		Mercantile Marine, RMS "Lusitania"	21 Holly Grove, Seaforth,	07/05/1915	31		John was the son of Henry and Alice Perry and husband to Elizabeth Perry (nee Voce) of 21 Holly Grove, Seaforth. He was born at Waterloo. He was lost when the RMS Lusitania was sunk by torpedo off Kinsale, Ireland on the 7th May 1915. Probate of his estate was obtained at Liverpool by his widow.
Phillips	Frank Douglas		4507	6th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	39 Mount Pleasant, Waterloo,	30/06/1917	21	St Luke Churchyard, Great Crosby, England	Frank enlisted in the Army on the 27th November 1915. He was 5ft 2 inches tall and weighed 104lbs in 1915. Frank was posted to the Western Front with his battalion on the 22nd May 1916. He was returned to the UK on the 16th August 1916 suffering from Otitis Media (Middle Ear Infection). He was then diagnosed with cancer for which he was treated at Oswestry Military Hospital in February and March 1917 before being discharged from the Army on the 15th April. Although Frank is commemorated on Waterloo with Seaforth Civic Memorial he is not officially 'war dead' as he died after being discharged from the Army.
Plant	Benjamin Warwick	Lancashire Fusiliers	35994	10th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers	19 South Road, Waterloo,	17/07/1917		Sunken Road Cemetery, Fampoux, France	In 1911 Benjamin was lodging with the Beamish family at 7 Drayton Street, Everton. He had become a sea faring waiter . Later that same year he married Frances Victoria Stephens at St. Andrew's E. Church, Bootle. They had one daughter, Violet, born in 1913. Previous to enlistment in 1916 he was employed by the Cunard Steamship Co. as first-class waiter and bugler.
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Powell	William Aloysius	Gunner	943	D Battery, 275th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery	2a Oakdale Road, Waterloo,	27/09/1916	25	Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz, Somme, France	Reports on William's death appeared in the Bootle Times on the 1st and 8th December 1916: "In September, 1914, young Wright joined the West Lancashire Brigade of the R.F.A. After about a year's training at Canterbury, he went out to France and did some excellent work there. Another year, and he met his fate - being killed in action on September 27th last." An officer wrote to his widow: "He was a noble and gallant fellow and a grand gunner. He died a hero's death".
Pratt	John	Private	23090	6th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry	Sweden Street, Waterloo,	18/08/1915		Hooge Crater Cemetery , West Vlaanderen, Belgium	A report on John's death appeared in the Bootle Times on the 24th September 1915. " Official intimation has been received of the death of Private John Pratt, of the Yorkshire Light Infantry, whose wife and family reside in Sweden-street, Waterloo. He was wounded in action in France, and died very shortly after receiving his hurt. At the time he was carrying a photograph of his two children in the pocket of his tunic, and this, stained with the father's blood, has been sent home to the widow".
Pratt	Ernest Laird	Gunner	194200	C Battery, 190th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery	21 Hyde Road, Waterloo,	20/05/1918	20	Canada Farm Cemetery, West Vlaanderen, Belgium	A report on Ernest's death appeared in the Crosby Herald on the 1st June 1918: " News has been received by Mr. and Mrs. John Pratt, 21, Hyde-road, Waterloo, of the death in action of their youngest son, Gunner Ernest Laird Pratt, aged 20 years, of the R.F.A... A letter received by Mrs. Pratt from the officer states:- "I am very sorry to have to inform you that your son, Gunner Ernest Pratt. was this morning mortally wounded, and died whilst on his way to the dressing station".
Preston	James	Gunner	25174	62nd Reserve Battery, Royal Field Artillery	42 Roman Street, Seaforth	14/08/1918	26	Bootle Cemetery, Merseyside, England	James enlisted in the army at Seaforth. His service records have not survived but his medal card records that he was posted to the Western Front on the 8th July 1915. He died at Ripon, Yorkshire on the 14th August 1918 and his remains were returned to his family for burial at Bootle Borough Cemetery.
Price	James Henry	Private	6946	10th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	7 Curzon Road, Waterloo,	23/09/1916	25	Guard's Cemetery, LesBoeufs, Somme, France	James was killed during the Battle of the Somme. His battalion was known as the Scottish Battalion of the Kings Liverpool Regiment.
Price	Frederick Herbert	Private	60532	17th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers	2 Church Road, Waterloo, Liverpool	31/07/1917	31	Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium	Frederick Herbert Price was the husband of May Price of 574 Newton Road, Lowton Junction, Newton-le-willows. He is remembered on Menin Gate Memorial, which bears the names of more than 54,000 soldiers who died before 16 August 1917 and have no known grave.
Pruden	Henry	Trimmer		Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Palmella"	89 Schubert Street, Seaforth	22/08/1918	22	Tower Hill Memorial, London	Henry was killed on the 22nd August 1918 when the S.S. Palmella was torpedoed off the coast of Anglesey.
Pugh	Clarence	Private	109154	1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)	58 Gladstone Road, Seaforth,	22/18/1918	19	Niederzwehren Cemetery, Hessen, Germany	Clarence is buried in a cemetery which was begun by the Germans in 1915 for the burial of prisoners of war who died at the local camp. During the war almost 3,000 Allied soldiers and civilians, including French, Russian and Commonwealth, were buried there.
Purvis	Reginald Clive	Rifleman	1811	6th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	7 Courtenay Road, Waterloo,	05/05/1915	19	Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium	Reginald was a member of Waterloo Rugby Club and an old boy of Mostyn House School. The 6th Kings Liverpool were a Territorial battalion which landed in France on 25th February, 1915. He was killed during the fighting for Hill 60.
Quinlin	James Francis	Assistant Steward		Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Palmella"	46 Elm Road, Seaforth,	22/08/1918	17	Tower Hill Memorial, London	James was killed on the 22nd August 1918 when the S.S. Palmella was torpedoed off the coast of Anglesey. .
Quinn	Joseph P	Lance Corporal	26540	20th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	2 Alexandra Road, Waterloo,	30/07/1916		Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France	A report on Joseph's fate appeared in the Bootle Times on the 1st September 1916. killed on the 22nd August 1918: " Lance-Corporal. Joseph Quinn, of the K.L.R., has been unofficially reported as killed, but as no conclusive news has been received from anybody who was near him at the end, any information would be gratefully received by his relatives .
Rainford	Richard	Private	6058	7th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	18 St John's Road, Waterloo.,	24/09/1916	19	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France	A report on Richard's death appeared in the Liverpool Echo on the 20th December 1916: " Private Richard Rainford (19), the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Rainford, 18, St. John's-road, Waterloo, has been killed in action. He joined the King's (Liverpool) Regiment on the 1st of March, 1916, and was drafted out to France in July. He was slightly wounded on the 17th August.
Redhead	Fred	Private	9919	2nd Battalion, The King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment	24 Denmark Street, Waterloo,	14/07/1915	24	Cologne Southern Cemetery, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Formby	Fred served with one of the Kings' regular battalions. His burial in Cologne indicated that he was a prisoner of war, as the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website says: "conditions in German camps varied widely and as many as 12,000 Commonwealth servicemen died in captivity. Some of these men were badly wounded when taken prisoner and died shortly after arriving in Germany".
Reed	William Hill	Private	300032	18th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	2 Lytton Grove, Seaforth,	21/09/1917	24	Torreken Farm, Cemetery No. 1, West Vlaanderen, Belgium	William enlisted at Liverpool on 1st November 1915 in the Lancashire Hussars Yeomanry, service number 1874, and was killed in Action on 21st September 1917." He had been eighteen months in France, and at the time of his death was expected home on leave." - Bootle Times, 9th November 1917
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Rix	Robert John	Sergeant	12299	1st Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	25 Denmark Street, Waterloo,	22/01/1916	37	Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy, France	Robert served as "William Foster" and was killed in action in France, serving with one of the Kings Liverpool regular battalions. (1st) His widow remarried on the 15th August 1916 to James Oldham at Our Lady & St. Nicholas E. Church, Liverpool.
Roberts	Norman Frank	Private	16336	18th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	19, St. John's Place, Waterloo,	01/07/1916	21	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France	Norman's service records have survived. They show that he enlisted at Liverpool with the 'Liverpool Pals' on the 2nd September 1914, aged 19 years 32 days. He was posted to the front with the 'Pals' on the 7th November 1915. Norman was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, reportedly by a machine gun bullet, according to The Evening Express. He was one of nearly 20,000 British soldiers who died that day.
Roberts	Clement Alfred Lionel	Gunner	944033	D Battery, 210th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery	60 Cambridge Road, Seaforth,	10/11/1917	22	Coxyde Military Cemetery, West Vlaander, Belgium	Clement was wounded in action on the 11th November, and died in hospital the following day. His mother received two letters from her son's captain. The first described his wounds: "I am very sorry to have to write and tell you that your son was badly wounded yesterday. He was hit in both arms (one very badly) and both legs. He was not hit in any vital part. His pluck was marvellous to see. He must have been in considerable pain, and he was laughing and joking the whole time we bandaged him up and got him safely away to hospital". The second letter informed her of his death.
Roberts	Arthur	Captain		15th (County of London) Battalion (Prince of Wales's Own Civil Service Rifles)	Claremont House, Seaforth,	15/09/1916	26	Cerisy-Gailly French National Cemetery, Somme, France	Arthur was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme. He is one of 393 Commonwealth soldiers buried in CERISY-GAILLY FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY.
Roberts	Sydney	Private	1718	7th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	5 Lime Grove, Seaforth,	16/05/1915	22	Le Touret Memorial, France	A report on Sydney's death appeared in the Liverpool Echo on the 11th June 1915: " Information has been received of the death in France, of Private Syd. Roberts, 7th Battalion King's (Liverpool) Regiment, only son of H.F. and Ada Roberts,5, Lime-grove, Seaforth, in his 22nd year. In a letter, his sergeant writes:- "I had been down the lines, and when I returned they met me with the news of the death of Syd. It has come to my knowledge that your son was promoted to lance-corporal the day before his death, and there was no-one deserved it better."
Roberts	Vincent Hamer	Private		17th Battalion, Manchester Regiment	1 Siddons Street, Litherland	23/04/1917		Cherisy Road east Cemetery, Heninel, Pas De Calais, France	Vincent enlisted at Liverpool and was killed in action on 23rd April 1917, during the Arras Offensive of 9th April to 16th May, 1917. He is one of 82 dead from the Great War in CHERISY ROAD EAST CEMETERY, HENINEL.
Roberts	William Stanley	Private	22236	20th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	20 Wesley Street, Waterloo,	30/07/1916		Guillemont Road Cemetery, Guillemont, France	William served in the 20th (Service) Battalion (4th City), one of Liverpool Pals Battalions. It was formed in Liverpool on 16 October 1914 by Lord Derby, in the old watch factory at Prescot. Guillemont Road Cemetery now contains 2,263 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War, of which William is one.
Robertshaw	John	Private	267385	7th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment/Royal Engineers	8 Bedford Place, Seaforth,	23/07/1917	19	Hop Store Cemetery, West Vlaanderen, Belgium	"John was liked by all who knew him, on account of his kind manner and cheerfulness. A pupil of Star of the Sea School, Seaforth, he joined three days after attaining the age of 18, and went to the front on Christmas Day." - Crosby Herald 17th August 1917
Robinson	Matthew	Scullion		Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Ausonia"	4 Arthur Street, Seaforth	30/05/1918	17	St Peter & Paul's R.C. Graveyard, Crosby, England	Matthew was serving aboard the S.S. Ausonia when she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by gunfire by U55, 620 miles W by S from Fastnet on 30 May 1918 with 44 lives lost. Matthew suffered two broken legs in the attack. " In this pitiable condition he must have suffered acutely though everything possible was done to render him comfortable. Eventually after eight days and nine nights rough experience in an open boat at sea the party landed at Ireland. Young Robinson was speedily placed in hospital at Castleton where he died soon after. His remains were brought home and the interment at S.S. Peter and Paul, Crosby was attended by many friends and sympathisers" Bootle Times, 21/06/1918. This had been Matthew's first sea voyage.
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Ronnan	George	Assistant Butcher		Mercantile Marine, R.M.S. "Lusitania"	62 Cambridge Road, Seaforth,	07/05/1915	16	Cobh Old Church Cemetery, County Cork, Ireland	George was one of many Merseyside seamen lost when the R.M.S. Lusitania was sunk by torpedo off Kinsale, Ireland on the 7th May 1915. He is one of 193 Lusitania dead buried in Cobh Old Church Cemetery.
Ross	Harold	Second Lieutenant		5th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers	31 Sandringham Road, Waterloo,	08/04/1918	37	Le Cateau Military Cemetery, Nord, France	Harold died on the 8th April 1918. Conflicting reports as to his fate reached his family, but he was reported as being taken prisoner in the Crosby Herald on the 18th May 1918. Soldiers Died in the Great War records that he died of wounds, in German hands.
Rourke	Michael	Engineman	1336ES	Royal Naval Volunteer Force, HM Drifter "Silver Queen"	4 Mount Street, Waterloo,	15/02/1918		Chatham Naval Memorial, England,	Michael was born at Bootle on the 25th June 1885, the son of Patrick and Mary Rourke. He was lost on the 15th February 1918 whilst serving aboard HM Drifter Silver Queen as one of the Dover patrol vessels.
Rowson	Edward	Private	20505	2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers	5 Lily Road, Litherland,	02/07/1916	19	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France	Edward enlisted at Seaforth on 11th November, 1915. On enlistment his service records state that Edward was 19 years and 23 days old, was 5 foot 7 inches tall and had a 35 inch chest. On July 28, 1916, The Bootle Times reported: " Private Edward Rowson, R.S.F., killed in action. He was under 20... Before joining the Army he was a stoker of H.M. cruisers. His brother is a prisoner of War in Turkey".
Ryder	Clement Llewellyn	Private	15789	17th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	39 Ferndale Road, Waterloo,	12/07/1916	22	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France	Clement enlisted in the Liverpool Pals at Liverpool on the 2nd September 1914 aged 20 years 100 days. He was posted overseas with his battalion on the 7th November 1915. He was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme on the 12th July 1916.
Sanders	Frederick Egerton	Lieutenant		18th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	39 College Road, Great Crosby,	10/10/1918	21	Highland Cemetery, Le Cateau, Nord, France	The Bootle Times on the 15th November 1918 said: " Lieut. Frederick Egerton Sanders, M.C., The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 21 years of age. was killed in action by a bursting shell on October 10, at the taking of Le Cateau, while leading the company of which he was in command...He was gazetted second-lieutenant in October, and was drafted out to France in December, 1916. He was awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry in action in April, 1918.
Sankey	John Henry	Private	90699	7th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	3 Lorne Road, Waterloo,	14/12/1917		Kirkdale Cemetery Liverpool, England
Savage	Edmund Douglas	Sergeant	2270	6th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	12 Handfield Road, Waterloo,	24/09/1916	29	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France	The Bootle Times of 13/10/1916 wrote:" Widespread regret has been caused by the news that Sergeant Edmund Douglas Savage, King's Liverpool Regiment, was instantaneously killed on September 25th by a shot fired by a German sniper. At the time he fell, Sergeant Savage was "gallantly leading his men to the attack."...on the outbreak of war, he re-joined the Territorials, from which a short time before he had retired through pressure of business.
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Sharp	Philip Archibald	Steward		Mercantile Marine, R.M.S. Lusitania	5 Glendower Road, Waterloo,	07/05/1915	15	Tower Hill Memorial, London	Philip was lost when the R.M.S. Lusitania was sunk by torpedo off Kinsale, Ireland. He was one of nearly more than 400 members of the crew perished, 90% of whom were born or resident on Merseyside.
Shaw	Allan	Able Seaman	MZ/154	Hawke Battalion, Royal Naval Division. Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	75 Rawson Road, Seaforth,	05/09/1918	26	Bac-du-Sud British cemetery, Bailleulval, Pas de Calais, France	Allan enlisted on the 15th September 1914. He was drafted for the British Expeditionary Force on the 29th April 1917, joining the Hawke Battalion on the 8th July 1917. He was gassed on the 12th March 1918 and invalided to the United Kingdom on the 29th March 1918. He re-joined the Hawke Battalion in France on the 30th August 1918 and less than a week letter he died of gunshot wounds to the head at noon on the 5th September 1918 at the 46th Casualty Clearing Station, Bailleulval.
Shaw	John Ernest	Rifleman	202575	5th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	27 Lime Grove, Seaforth,	20/09/1917	30	Tyne Cot Memorial, West Vlaanderen, Belgium	Around the eastern boundary of Tyne Cot Cemetery near the town of Ieper in Belgium stands the Tyne Cot Memorial. It bears the names of some 35,000 men of the British and New Zealand forces who have no known grave, nearly all of whom died between August 1917 and November 1918. John Shaw is one of those men.
Simpson	Arthur	Private	22533	13th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	53 Argo Road, Waterloo,	31/08/1918	26	H.A.C Cemetery, Ecoust-St-Mein, France	Arthur was awarded the Military Medal. He is one of 830 identified corpses buried in H.A.C. Cemetery.
Singleton	Robert	Private	32802	1st/4th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment	26 Roman Street, Seaforth	31/07/1917		Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium	Robert enlisted in the army at Seaforth and his medal card suggests that he was posted to the front after January 1916. His service records have not survived. He served with both the 4th and 10th battalions of The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.
Smart	Archibald Tyrer	Corporal	56148	17th Stationary Hospital, Royal Army Medical Corps	16 Winstanley Road, Waterloo,	28/10/1915	20	Helles Memorial, Turkey	Archibald's service records have not survived but his medal card records that he arrived in the Dardanelles on the 25th August 1915. He was drowned when the H.M.S. Hythe sank after colliding with another troop carrier, the H.M.S. Sarnia, off Cape Helles on the 28th October 1915 with the loss of 155 lives.
Smith	William	Lance Sergeant	66599	99th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps	20 Great George's Road, Waterloo,	01/11/1917	45	Kandahar Farm Cemetery, West Vlaanderen, Belgium	William was the holder of the Military Medal and the Distinguished Conduct Medal. He is buried in Belgium, along with 439 Great War dead in the Kandahar Farm Cemetery.
Smith	Valentine Smith	Private	53952	1st Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers	71 Norway Street, Waterloo	12/02/1917	31	Puchevilliers British Cemetery, Somme, France
Smith	Magnus Rowland	Lance Sergeant	2875	10th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment/	8 Curzon Road,	11/11/1923	26		Magnus was a pre-War Territorial. He joined the 10th battalion King's Liverpool Regiment (service no 2875) on the 7th April 1914. He was still living at 8 Curzon Road and was an engineer with Harland & Wolff. He was mobilised on the outbreak of war and was later transferred to the 14th battalion South Lancashire Regiment (service no 265180). It appears he did not serve overseas. He had reached the rank of Corporal - and acting Lance Sergeant - when he was transferred to the Army Reserve on the 15th March 1918 in order to assist with vital shipbuilding with Harland & Wolff at Bootle. He was demobilised on the 1st February 1919 and died at Liverpool Royal Infirmary on the 11th November 1923.
Smith	Charles Norman	Fireman		Mercantile Marine Reserve, H.M.S. "Duke of Albany"	27 Armstrong Street, Bootle	24/08/1916	23	Plymouth Naval Memorial, England	Charles was one of two brothers who lost their lives on H.M.S. Duke of Albany. Both were married. Charles left a widow and three children.
Smith	Edward Bradfield	Greaser		Mercantile Marine Reserve, H.M.S. "Duke of Albany"	293 Litherland Road, Bootle,	24/08/1916	32	Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery, Orkney, Scotland	HMS Duke of Albany started out as a ferry running between Fleetwood and Belfast, but in the First World War she was commandeered by the Royal Navy, renamed HMS Duke of Albany, and stationed around the Orkney Islands. In 1916, she was attacked, sank, and the twenty-four sailors on board, including Edward and his brother Charles, lost their lives.
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Smithson	Walter	Company Sergeant Major	265497	7th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	1a Birchdale Road, Waterloo,	20/09/1917	27	Tyne Cot Memorial, West Vlaanderen, Belgium	Walter was a dyer at the time of the 1911 census. He enlisted in the army at Bootle by which time he was living at Waterloo. His service records have not survived but his medal card records that he was posted to the front with his battalion on the 7th March 1915. He fell during the Third Battle of Ypres, also known as the Battle of Passchendaele.
Spedding	William Joseph	Third Engineer		Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Aurania"	33 Bedford Place, Seaforth,	04/02/1918	33	Tower Hill Memorial, London	William's ship the S.S. Aurania was sunk on the 5th February 1918 "under tow after torpedo from UB-67 hit port side of engine room. . . Driven ashore by gale at Caliach Point, Isle of Mull." Eight of the crew were killed.
Spencer	William James	Private	265372	7th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	9 Wesley Street, Waterloo,	06/02/1917	21	Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas De Calais, France	William was a confectioners shop boy in 1911, but appears to have been working for Johnson Brothers Dyeworks before enlisting. He is one of 11,517 British soldiers of both world wars buried in the Etaples Cemetery.
Spittlehouse	Henry Birkett	Private	52350	13th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	16 Lathom Road, Bootle,	06/05/1917	23	Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais, France	Henry was killed in action diring th Battle of Arras
Spratt	Harold Francis	Rifleman	2715	6th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment. attached. 2nd/4th Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry	19 Picton Road, Waterloo,	19/07/1916	18	Laventie Military Cemetery, La Gorgue, Nord, France	Harold was killed during the attack on Aubers Ridge - the Battle of Fromelles, during which British and Australian troops attempted to storm a well-prepared German defensive position. The Battle of Fromelles ended on the morning of 20 July as the few remaining Commonwealth troops returned to their trenches. In the first few hours of the attack, over 1,500 men of the 61st Division had been killed or wounded.
Spring	John	Master		Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Rhineland"	64 Brooke Road, Blundellsands,	11/11/1915	52	Tower Hill Memorial, London	John died when the S.S. Rhineland was sunk by a mine on the 11th November 1915. Read more about John
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Stark	Robert Lucas	Second Bed Steward		Mercantile Marine, R.M.S. "Lusitania"	38 Cecil Road, Seaforth,	07/05/1915	55	Tower Hill Memorial, London	Robert was lost when the R.M.S. Lusitania was sunk by torpedo off Kinsale, Ireland on the 7th May 1915. He was one of about 400 crew who died.
Stewart	John Nelson	Second Lieutenant		5th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	9 Alexandra Road, Waterloo,	09/04/1917	21	Neuville-Vitasse Road Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France	Bootle Times 20th April 1917: " Amongst the local officers officially reported missing is Sec.-Lt. J. Nelson Stewart, K.L.R., elder son of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Stewart, of Alexandra-road, Waterloo.". John rests in the company of 74 other Great War dead.
Stewart	Norman Emington	Boy Mechanic	330522	Halton Camp, Royal Air Force	5 Waterloo Road, Waterloo,	15/05/1919	16	St Luke's Churchyard, Great Crosby, England	Norman was stationed RAF Halton as a boy mechanic. Halton camp trained technical staff , who serviced the aeroplanes.As the war claimed more casualties, the recruitment pool was widened , Halton started taking on boys aged 15 and 16 It was the start of what became the Aircraft Apprentice Scheme at Halton.
Stewart	Thomas	Private	422339	29th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	14 Kinross Road, Waterloo,	19/04/1916	22	Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium	Thomas' attestation papers state that he was 5ft10, 35 inch chest, fair complexion, with brown hair and blue eyes. He is remembered on Menin Gate Memorial, which bears the names of more than 54,000 soldiers who died before 16 August 1917 and have no known grave.
Stewart	Charles Wallace	Gunner	41072	2nd Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery	14 Kinross Road, Waterloo,	26/04/1915	18	Ypres Town Cemetery Extension Ypres, Belgium	A clerk in civilian life, Charles joined the colours in the autumn of 1914.
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Sturrock	David Duff	Corporal	1845	1st/9th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders	123 Liverpool Road, Great Crosby,	10/05/1915	20	Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium	David joined the 9th Territorial Battalion. of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 13 April, 1913; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France, 19 Feb. 1915. He was wounded 18 March, 1915, but returned to duty 9 May, and was killed in action at the 2nd Battle of Ypres, on the 10th; unm. Buried near Ypres.
Sumner	Geoffrey	Second Lieutenant		Royal Air Force	Capenhurst, Crosby Road North, Waterloo,	11/05/1918	22	St Helen's Churchyard, Sefton Village, Merseyside, England	"Lieutenant Geoffrey Sumner, son of Dr. B. Sumner, Chairman of the Waterloo-with-Seaforth Urban District Council, who, after joining the forces as a private in the Royal Field Artillery gained his commission and became a member of the Royal Air Force, only to be invalided home on account of ill-health, died on Saturday evening in his twenty-second year.
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Sweeney	Daniel Aloysius	Private	204410	22nd Company, Labour Corps	8 Lime Grove, Seaforth,	08/09/1917	26	Dozinghem Military Cemetery, West Vlaanderen, Belgium	The 4th, 47th and 61st Casualty Clearing Stations were posted at Dozinghem and the military cemetery was used by them until early in 1918. There are now 3,174 Commonwealth burials of the First World War in the cemetery, one of whom is Daniel, and 65 German war graves from this period. The Labour Corps was manned by officers and other ranks who had been medically rated below the “A1” condition needed for front line service.
Swift	Robert	Private	202865	19th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	9 Brunswick Parade, Waterloo,	05/08/1917	31	Brandhoek New Military Cemetery, West Vlaanderen, Belgium	"Official information has been received by Mrs. Swift,, of the death of her husband, Private Robert Swift, from wounds received in action on 30th July. He was in his 32nd years, and previous to joining the King's (Liverpool Regiment), on the 1st of March last, had been in the service of the Cunard Co. for 16 years. He had not escaped the menace of the "U" boats, having been a member of the crew of one of H.M. transports torpedoed in the Mediterranean.
Swift	Thomas James	Lance Corporal	265354	7th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	17 Jubilee Road, Litherland,	11/04/1918	19	Post Office Rifles Cemetery, Festubert, France	Thomas was killed the day after the commencement of the German offensive on the Western Front. The Post Office Rifles served with distinction in the Great War. They arrived in France on 18 March 1915. By the end of the war, 1,800 men from the Post Office Rifles would be dead, including Thomas, and 4,500 more would be wounded.
Tabron	Thomas	Private	16617	18th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	20 Green Lane, Seaforth,	08/07/1916	21	Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt, France	Thomas and his brother Arthur both enlisted in the Liverpool 'Pals' - 18th battalion King's Liverpool Regiment - at Liverpool. Thomas Tabron, was killed in action on the 8th July 1916. The third Tabron brother, Nathan, served with the Tank Corps (service no 111754) but survived the war.
Tabron	Arthur	Lance Corporal	143348	17th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps	20 Green Lane, Seaforth,	26/04/1918	22	Varennes Military Cemetery, Somme, France	Arthur and his brother Thomas both enlisted in the Liverpool 'Pals' - 18th battalion King's Liverpool Regiment - at Liverpool. Arthur's service number was 16847. Arthur's service number was 16847. His service records have not survived but his medal card records that he was posted to the Western Front with the Pals on the 7th November 1915. Arthur had been transferred to the Machine Gun Corps by the time he was killed in action in France.
Taylor	Edward Staveley	Second Lieutenant		7th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	Marldon Avenue, Crosby,	19/08/1916	20	Corbie Communal Cemetery, France Extension, France	Edward joined the Territorial Force in 1913, and went out to France with his regiment in February, 1915, and obtained his commission about six months later. Before the war he was with the firm of Edmunds, Taylor, and Co., timber merchants, Liverpool.
Taylor	Gerald	Private	TR/4/18148	59th Battalion, Training Reserve	31 Caradoc Road, Seaforth,	23/07/1917	18	St. Peter and Paul RC Graveyard, Great Crosby, England	Gerald served in the 59th Battalion of the Training Reserve. With the introduction of conscription, the regimental system simply could not cope with numbers. A new structure was put into place: the Training Reserve. Men who were posted to the TR battalions were not allocated to any particular regiment when the time came for them to be posted.
Teague	Thomas Every	Corporal	1638	6th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	16 Alexandra Road, Waterloo,	05/05/1915	26		Thomas' service records have survived. They show that he was 5ft 9 inches tall and weighed 10 stone 10 lbs. He had previously served as a Territorial for four years with the 6th (Rifles) battalion King's Liverpool Regiment. He signed the agreement to serve overseas on 19/10/1914. Thomas arrived on the Western Front on the 24th February 1915, the day before his brother Basil Every Teague received a fatal gunshot wound to the head. Basil died on the 28th and Thomas was able to attend his funeral. Thomas was promoted to Acting Corporal on the 26th February and was killed in action at Ypres less than three months later.
Teague	Basil Every	Private	3009	10th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	16, Alexandra Road, Waterloo,	28/02/1915	24		The Teague brothers both enlisted in the King's Liverpool Regiment on the outbreak of war. Basil joined the 10th (Scottish) battalion on the 5th August 1914 and Thomas joined the 6th (Rifles) battalion on the 4th August 1914. He signed the agreement to serve overseas at Tunbridge Wells on the 23rd October 1914 and was posted overseas with his battalion on the 1st November. He was treated for Jaundice at no 7 Field Ambulance from the 9th to 14th February 1915. He was shot in the head on the 25th February 1915 and died of his wounds three days later at no 7 Field Ambulance.
Thompson	Edward	Corporal	267122	7th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	3 Langton Road, Litherland,	04/08/1918	32	Houchin British Cemetery, Pas de Calais	A former crane driver, Edward rests with 700 Great war dead in a cemetery used by the 55th (West Lancashire) Division.
Tibbells	Henry Marquis	Pilot First Class		Pilotage Authority, Number 1 Pilot Boat, "Alfred H. Read" (Liverpool) Lighthouse and Pilotage Authorities	59 South Road, Waterloo,	28/12/1917		Tower Hill Memorial, London	Henry Marquis Tibbles was one of thirty-eight men lost when the Liverpool Pilot Service Vessel Alfred H. Read was struck by a mine in the River Mersey on the 28th December 1917.
Todd	Harry	Second Lieutenant		24th Company, Machine Gun Corps	17 Rawson Rd., Seaforth,	29/10/1918	27	Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas De Calais, France	Liverpool's Scroll of Fame says: "The Case of Second-Lieutenant Harry Todd is a peculiarly sad one. He joined up in August, 1914, saw much hard fighting right through the long war, and then on the 29th October, 1918, a few days before the Armistice, succumbed to pneumonia at the 20th General Hospital, and was buried in Etaples Military Cemetery.
Turnbull	John Percy	Private	M/338221	16th Auxiliary Bus Company. Mechanical Transport, Army Service Corps	29 Handfield Road, Waterloo,	09/11/1918	28	St.Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France	John was a baker's van driver in 1911 and he was still a motor driver when he married Sarah Alice (nee Atherton) at Our Lady & St. Nicholas' E. Church, Liverpool in 1915. Their son, John Percy, was born in 1916.
Turner	Richard	Private	21637	19th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	25 Holly Grove Seaforth,	07/12/1916	20	West Derby Cemetery, Liverpool, England	Private Richard Turner, K.L.R., second son of Mr. and Mrs. R.F. Turner, of 25, Holly-grove, Seaforth, died of wounds at Woolwich Royal Hospital, and was buried with military honours at West Derby Cemetery on Tuesday. He was an old boy of Merchant Taylors.
Unsworth	Charles William	Sergeant	355	5th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	4 Ferndale Road, Waterloo,	16/05/1915	34	Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy, France	As a Sergeant with the pre-War territorials, Charles was mustered with the rest of his battalion on the outbreak of war. They arrived on the Western Front with the British Expeditionary Force on the 21st February 1915. Charles was killed in action at Richebourg Avoue just three months later. His Sergeant-major wrote to his father; ". ... You have the satisfaction, if it can be so called, in the midst of your grief, of knowing he did his duty as a soldier and an Englishman, .... Charlie was hit by a shell in the first-line trench during an attack, and I am sure you will be glad to know he suffered no pain, death being instantaneous. He was buried with an officer, a sergeant, and four other members of the company behind the line
Wakefield	Thomas Butler	Second Lieutenant		2nd/6th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment Prince of Wales's Own	14 Oakdale Road, Waterloo,	08/09/1917	29	Favreuil British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, Pas de Calais	A member of Waterloo Rugby Club and an active Christian, Thomas is one of 401 British and Empire dead in FAVREUIL BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas-de-Calais.
Wakefield	Leonard John	Second Lieutenant		8th Battalion, London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)	14 Oakdale Road, Waterloo,	16/06/1917		Arras Memorial, France	Like his brother, Thomas, Leonard was a Waterloo Rugby Club member and churchman. His name is one of 34,835 on the Arras Memorial.
Wakeford	Harold	Second Lieutenant		10th Battalion, attached 6th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment	5 Galloway Road, Waterloo,	04/04/1916	21	Basra Memorial, Iraq	Harold joined the army from the Civil Service at the beginning of the war. He went to Gallipoli and took part in the closing scenes of the tragic adventure. From there, after a short period in Egypt, he went to Mesopotamia, and was killed in action on the Tigris on April 4th or 5th, no doubt in the assault on and capture of the El Hannah position from the Turks, though no details are as yet known" - Crosby Herald - 21st April 1916
Wakeford	Charles	Assistant Paymaster		Royal Naval Reserve, H.M.S. "Champagne"	5 Galloway Road, Waterloo,	09/10/1917	28	Plymouth Naval Memorial, England	Charles was lost on the 9th October 1917 when the H.M.S. Champagne was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine U-96 when 8 miles SW of the Calf of Man, with the loss of 58 lives. Charles, before he lost his life had passed through several adventures, including a thrilling experience when the Empress of Ireland was sunk in May, 1914. He was an official on the ship and his father was a passenger. It was to his courage and coolness that his father, a well-known military officer, and two other persons directly owed their lives. His brother, Harold Wakeford was killed in Iraq (Mesopotamia) in April 1916.
Walker	John	Private	18868	8th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment	13 Willow Grove, Seaforth	15/07/1916	33	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France	John was killed in action during the early stages of the Battle of the Somme. He left a wife and six children.
Walsh	Thomas	Company Sergeant Major	240389	1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers	8 Seaforth Vale, Seaforth,	14/04/1918	28	Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium	Thomas fell resisting the last German offensive on the Western Front. The Crosby Herald, said 25th March 1918: " News has been received that Company-Sergeant.-Major Thomas Walsh, Lancashire Fusiliers, late of Rochdale, whose wife resides at 8, Seaforth-cable, Seaforth, has been killed in action. Sergeant.-Major Walsh, who was 28 years of age, has been connected with the Liverpool Territorials since their formation, and he has served with them in Gallipoli, Egypt, and France."
Walters	Charles	Lance Corporal	3756	7th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	54 Norway Street, Waterloo	25/09/1916	38	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France	"LEAVES WIFE AND SEVEN CHILDREN. - Lance.-corporal. Charles Walters, King's Liverpool, has been killed in action. Before joining the Army he worked for 21 years with the Liverpool Grain Storage. He leaves a widow and seven children." - Liverpool Echo 16th November 1916
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Warren	William	Leading Telegraphist	J/10495	Royal Navy, H.M.S. "Natal"	1a Ewart Road, Seaforth,	30/12/1915	21	Portsmouth Naval Memorial, England	William had been serving aboard H.M.S. Natal for a year when she was lost to an internal explosion whilst at anchor in the Cromarty Firth. He was one of 421 crew and civilian visitors, including women and children, who were killed.
Waterhouse	Archie Bryant	Rifleman	1494	6th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	8 Sandown Road, Seaforth,	28/04/1915	17	Perth Cemetery, China wall, West Vlaanderen, Belgium	Archie's service records have survived. They show he joined the 6th (Rifles) Battalion of the King's Liverpool Regiment as a territorial in December 1914 aged 17 years and 1 month. He was 5ft 8 inches tall and weighed 9st 2lbs. His vision was classified as "good with glasses". He was killed in action at Ypres after sixty-four days at the front.
Watson	Arthur Paton	Second Lieutenant		21st Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	17 Alexandra Road, Waterloo,	13/10/1916	26	Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe, France	2nd Lieutenant Watson's death occurred in one of the later battles on the Somme. Two lines of German trenches had to be attacked by his Company, of which he had been given command only a few days before, and in which he had an exceptional pride. Shortly after our troops had emerged into the open they were met by a very heavy machine-gun fire, and one of the bullets wounded the leader in the abdomen severely. Notwithstanding the gravity of his injury, Watson refused to be carried back, and himself walked back to the aid-post. Such were his spirits that he strove to cheer his fellows in adversity, and some hopes were entertained that, with his unconquerable optimism and strong constitution, he would recover in hospital. But it was soon found that he was beyond help. Everything was done for him that expert surgery and devoted nursing could do, but he grew gradually weaker, and the same evening he passed peacefully away - Liverpool's Scroll of Fame.
Webster	Thomas William	Private	267436	7th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	37 Rockland Road, Waterloo,	11/06/1917	22	Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, France	Thomas is one of 2,132 Commonwealth soldiers of the First World War buried in CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES.
Webster	George Alexander Malcolm	Second Lieutenant		South Lancashire Regiment and Royal Flying Corps	Beach Mount, Cambridge Road, Waterloo,	28/02/1918	20	Brie British Cemetery, Somme, France	" News has been received than an "old boy" of Oakes' Institute and Bootle Secondary School, Lieut. G.A. Malcolm Webster, R.F.C., was killed in action in France on February 28th... He has been wounded twice in France, and had just returned to his duties after obtaining his double wings in the Royal flying Corps. He joined the Army at the outbreak of war, and was a very promising young officer. " - Bootle Times 8th March 1918
Welbourne	Hadyn	Lance Corporal	36807	4th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	25 Sandown Road, Seaforth,	25/09/1917	23	New Irish Farm Cemetery, West Vlaanderen, Belgium
Westacott	Sidney	Gunner	1210	95th (Lancashire and Cheshire) Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery	39 Lily Road, Litherland, L21 6NX	10/11/1916	36	Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte, France	Sidney enlisted at Liverpool. His service records have not survived and his medal card suggests that he was posted to the front after January 1916. He died of wounds on the 10th November 1916.
Weston	Oswald Peter	Private	64053	52 Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)	1 Chestnut Road, Seaforth	27/12/1917		Orival Wood cemetery, Fesquieres, France	Oswald fell during the Battle of Cambrai. He is one of nearly 300 Great War casualties buried in Orival Wood cemetery. As sections the Machine Gun Corps were involved in the development of tank warfare, Oswald may well have been part of a tank's crew.
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Whitehead	William Frederick	Private	17496	19th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	3 Hougoumont Avenue, Waterloo, L22 0LL	04/02/1916	20	Corbie Communal Cemetery, France	George proceeded to the front with the Liverpool Pals on the 7th November 1915 and on the 23rd January 1916 he suffered serious gunshot wounds. He was admitted to No 21 Casualty Clearing Station at Corbie, the fibula and tibia of both legs having been fractured. His father was informed by the War Office that William had been wounded but by the time he wrote to the army authorities on the 7th February to enquire how serious his son's condition was Robert had been dead for three days. He had succumbed to his wounds on the 4th February and was buried at Corbie Communal Cemetery.
Wilcock	Edward Charles	Private	267043	7th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	36 Sweden Street, Waterloo, L22 9RD	20/09/1917	30	Tyne Cot Memorial, West Vlaanderen, Belgium	Edward had been 18 months in France, and was recently home on leave. He returned to France on the 13th of September, and had been missing since the 20th of that month. Before enlisting he was employed at the Nag's Head Hotel, Thornton.
Williams	Frederick Charles	Private	17229	18th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	1 Lathom Grove, Seaforth, L21 1EB	01/07/1916	22	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France	Frederick fell on the first day of the Battle of the Somme - the bloodiest day in British military history. He was one of 19,240 British troops killed that day.
Williams	Henry Warburton W	Flight Cadet	110760	2nd Flying School, Royal Air Force		17/08/1918	18	St Luke's Churchyard, Great Crosby, England	Henry was buried in the family grave at St. Luke's E. graveyard, Crosby.
Wilson	Henry	Gunner	138654		21 Royton Road, Waterloo, L22 4RB	03/05/1918	22	Ebblinghem Military Cemetery, Nord, France	Henry is one of 441 Commonwealth burials of the First World War buried at Ebblinghem Military Cemetery. The cemetery was begun by the 2nd and 15th Casualty Clearing Stations, who came to Ebblinghem in April 1918 at the beginning of the German offensive. They used the cemetery until July.
Wilson	James	First Engineer		Mercantile Marine, S.S. Hare (Liverpool)	36 Church Road, Seaforth, L21 4LN	14/12/1917	58	Tower Hill Memorial, London	James died when the S.S. Hare was sunk by German submarine u-62 off the coast of Dublin on the 14th December 1917. He was one of 12 people lost.
Wood	Edward Webster	Private	9590	1st Battalion, Scots Guards	32 Chapel Street, Waterloo.	11/11/1914	34	Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium	Edward first enlisted in the 3rd Battalion Scots Guards in October 1900 aged 20. He served in the South African Campaign with the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards and the No 1 Mounted Infantry Company. He received the Queen's South African Medal with clasps in 1901, 1902 and the Cape Colony Medal. He was discharged on payment of £10 on the 29th October 1902. Prior to enlisting as a regular soldier, he worked for Thorougoods Brewery, Waterloo. On the outbreak of the Great War, Edward re-enlisted in the Scots Guards at Seaforth, Liverpool, and was amongst the first to go off to serve in France and Flanders. He was killed in the first battle of Ypres on 11th November 1914. His brothers, Stanley and William, also fell.
Wood	James	Stoker First Class	SS/115800	Royal Navy H.M.S. "Hampshire"	19 Denmark Street, Waterloo,	05/06/1916	20	Portsmouth Naval Memorial, England	James died when H.M.S. Hampshire sank off the Orkney Islands after striking a mine laid by a German submarine. She was sailing to Russia, carrying the Secretary of State for War, Field Marshal Lord Kitchener.
Worth	Thomas	Private	48840	12th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	7 York Street, Waterloo,	30/11/1917	27	Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, France	Thomas was reported missing on 30/11/1917. He was killed during the Battle of Cambrai, which began on the 20th November, and is chiefly remembered as the first battle in which tanks were used en masse. His name can be found among those of about 7000 British and South African soldiers who have no known grave.
Wright	Harold Joseph	Steward's Boy		Mercantile Marine, R.M.S. Lusitania	2 Ashlar Road, Waterloo,	07/05/1915	14	Tower Hill Memorial, London	Harold was lost when the R.M.S. Lusitania was sunk by torpedo off Kinsale, Ireland on the 7th May 1915.94 children died on the Lusitania. Harold, despite his youth, is not included in that total. At the time, he would have been considered a man, and thus listed as one of the crew who were lost.
Yule	William	Sergeant	25251	13th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	131 Bedford Street South, Liverpool,	02/05/1917	30	Arras Memorial, France	William died during the Arras offensive of 9th April to 16th May, 1917. By the end of the offensive, he was one of 300, 000 casualties, British and German.
Zacharias	Francis Herbert	Second Lieutenant		3rd Battalion, attached 1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers	14 Victoria Road, Waterloo,	25/09/1916	30	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France	This extract from Liverpool's Scroll of Fame says of Francis: "The circumstances of his death were typical of the man, and of the cool and resourceful courage, high-minded sense of daring, and personal unselfishness that were ever his guiding qualities. Read more about Francis