Regiment: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Dickinson, John Parker –

Son of John German Dickinson, and Katherine Dickinson, of Horwich, Lancashire; husband of Clara Alice Dickinson. An old boy of Rivington and Blackrod Grammar School.

Son of Robert and Emma Dobie; husband of Emily Dodie (nee Higginbottom), of 2, Parsonage Court, Stoneclough, Ringley, Lancashire, and formerly of 54, Bolton Road, Kearsley, Lancashire. Formerly Private 1635, 2nd/1st Bn., Hampshire Yeomanry (Carabiniers), enlisted at Winchester 16/04/1915. Discharged to enlist in the RNVR. Accidentally injured 05/09/1917.

Dunkerley, George Louis –

Youngest son of Wallace and Elizabeth Dunkerley, of 58, Elsie Street, Farnworth, Lancashire. Mobilised to Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 22/04/1918. Wounded by gunshot 08/10/1918 to eye and nose.

Eckersley, Peter Thorp –

Son of William Eckersley, C.B.E., J.P., and Eva Mary Eckersley (nee Thorp), of Tyldesley, Lancashire; husband of Audrey E. J. Eckersley, of Ashley, Cheshire. J.P., Member of Parliament for Exchange Division of Manchester, 1935-40; Captain Lancashire County Cricket Club, 1929-35.

Fairclough, James Henry –

Son of James Henry and Ada Fairclough; husband of Lilian Fairclough, of Stoneclough, Lancashire.

Fielding, Harold –

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Fielding, of 4, Hugh Oldham Drive, The Cliff, Higher Broughton, Salford, Lancashire.

Fray, Matthew –

Son of Lincoln and Clara Fray, of 45, Greendale Road, Port Sublight, Birkenhead, Cheshire. Native of Kearsley, Lancashire. An old boy of the Hollands School. A Farnworth man who went down with HMS Viknor, an armed merchant cruiser, off the north coast of Ireland. Body not recovered for burial.

Gifford, P H –

Second son of Mr. F. W. Gifford. An old boy of Bolton Municipal Secondary School.

Green, James Randal –

Son of James and Betty Green, of 27, Firs Lane, Leigh, Lancashire.

Greenwood, Edwin –

Son of George Albert and Emily Ann Greenwood, of 27, Church Road, Walkden, Lancashire. Formerly employed by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company as a goods department clerk at Oldham Road, Manchester. Enlisted February 1917. Posted missing 06/05/1918 and subsequently presumed killed when “evidently drowned with a dozen or more other men between Ayr and Belfast.” Reported as Gunner in the F&WJ. Body not recovered for burial.

Habgood, Fred –

Son of Superintendent Habgood, of the Bolton Borough Police, of 25, Shewsbury Road, Bolton, Lancashire. An old boy of Bolton Municipal Secondary School. Formerly a member of the Bolton Yeomanry (Duke of Lancaster’s Own Yeomanry), commissioned into the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.