Regiment: South Lancashire (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) Regiment

Bailey, Fred –

Of 46, Everett Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Enlisted April 1915.

Bailey, Thomas –

Of 42, Ainscow Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Wounded in the right collar bone in October 1914. Captured prisoner of war confirmed May 1915.

Banks, Edward –

Son of Isaac and Mary Banks, of 345, Eltonhead Road, St. Helens, Lancashire. Of 18, Barncroft Road, Farnworth, Lancashire.

Banks, Thomas James –

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Banks, of 20, Herbert (Hesketh) Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Killed while at his post with a Lewis Gun.

Bannister, Peter –

Husband of Herriest Lockett (Alice) Bannister (nee Corbett), of 22, Argyle Street, Atherton, Lancashire, and later of 12, Cannon Street, and 22, Alma Street, Atherton, Lancashire. Formerly 14749, Cheshire Regiment.

Bannister, Robert –

Of 49, Broughton Street, Great Lever, Bolton, Lancashire. Captured prisoner of war and held at Sennelager bei Paderborn, and later transferred for internment at Chateau d’Oex, Switzerland.

Barnes, James –

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Barnes, of 23, Bridgeman Street, Farnworth, Lancashire. Enlisted November 1915. Wounded in the left eye by the bursting of a shell 10/06/1917.

Barrow, Ernest Isaac –

Son of Councillor Isaac Barrow, J.P., and of Mary Barrow, of “Brantwood”, 206 Manchester Road, Westhoughton, Lancashire. An old boy of Bolton Municipal Secondary School (reported as Ernest V. Barrow, 2nd East Lancashire in “Supera” school magazine.) Enlisted September 1914. Formerly Private, 20th Bn., Royal Fusiliers. Commissioned March 1915. Attached 2nd Bn., East Lancashire Regiment.

Barton, Samuel –

Husband of Emily Barton, of 17, Hampton Place, Erskine Street, Manchester, Lancashire.

Battersby, Thomas –

Of 381, Church Road, Smithills, Bolton, Lancashire. Enlisted April 1915. Formerly 2nd Bn., South Lancashire Regiment.

Battersby, Harry –

Son of Harry Battersby, of 10, Sandy Lane, Lowton-St.-Mary’s, Lancashire; husband of J. M. Berry (formerly Battersby), of 46, Blurton Road, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.