Regiment: Dorsetshire Regiment

Burton, John –

Of 31, Higson Street, Salford, Lancashire. Previously served 7 years and 9 months in Royal Scots Fusiliers. Dock Labourer, aged 43 years and 3 months at enlistment. Died 05/07/1919.

Evans, Stanley –

Husband of Florence Evans, of 582, Halliwell Road, Bolton, Lancashire. Formerly Private 23748, 1st/4th Bn., King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. Died of pneumonia at Genoa, Italy. Reported as Lance Corporal F. Stanley Evans in BJ&G.

Howarth, George –

Son of Abraham and Alice Ann Howarth, of 33, Brancker Street, Chequerbent, Westhoughton, Lancashire. Enlisted May 1915. Formerly 18068, Devonshire Regiment.

Joyce, Vivian –

Son of Louise Joyce, of 36, Hilden Street, Haulgh, Bolton, Lancashire, and the late Thomas Joyce, formerly licensee of the Kenyon Arms, Little Hulton, Lancashire. Formerly employed as assistant clerk by Little Hulton Council. Enlisted Public Schools Bn., Royal Fusiliers. Commissioned. Attached Machine Gun Corps.

Ramsden, Arnold –

Youngest son of Nathan and Alice E. Ramsden, of Eastfield, Ainsworth Lane, Tonge, Bolton, Lancashire. An old boy of the Bolton Church Institute. Formerly Worcestershire Regiment. Believed to be the first Bolton soldier to fall victim of German asphyxiating gas.

Stanley, George Arthur –

Husband of Ada Stanley (nee Gee). Formerly of Gateacre, Liverpool, Lancashire. Formerly Corporal 12523, 7th Bn. and 11th Bn., South Lancashire Regiment. Transferred to Dorsetshire Regiment 24/08/1918. Patient at Green Bank Military Hospital in October 1918.