Memorial: Bolton (Victoria Square) War Memorial and Bolton County Borough Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Book (Hall of Remembrance)

Worsley, Fred –

Only son of Joseph and Nanny Worsley, of 515, Halliwell Road, Bolton, Lancashire. An old boy of the Bolton Grammar School and the Bolton Church Institute. Enlisted February 1916. Died of wounds to the head in hospital in Boulogne.

Worsley, Horace –

Son of Edwin and Margaret Ann Worsley, of 40, Hampden Street, Bolton, Lancashire. An old boy of Bolton Municipal Secondary School. Previous service in the 9th Lancashire Artillery Volunteers.

Worsley, John –

Son of John and Mary Anne Worsley (nee Morley), of 114, Blackburn Road, Bolton, Lancashire.

Worsley, John William –

Son of Robert and Emma Worsley (nee Ridings), of 256, Lever Street, Bolton, Lancashire; brother of Elizabeth E. Moss (nee Worsley), of 23, Smith Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Returned from Canada to enlist. Reported missing and subsequently presumed killed.

Worsley, Robert –

Son of Mrs. Worsley, of 21, Avenue Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Worked for the London and North Western Railway Company as a Checker at Bolton, Lancashire. Enlisted in November 1915 under the “Group System”. Reported to have been buried by the Germans on a farm south of Templeux le Guerard.

Worthington, Alfred –

Son of Zebulon and Sarah Ann Worthington, of 9, Alice Street, Deane Road, Bolton, Lancashire. Formerly Private 4037, 3rd/5th Bn., Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Killed near Armentieres, France.

Worthington, Thomas –

Husband of E. Hinchcliffe (formerly Worthington), of 13, Primet Street, Burnley Road, Colne, Lancashire.

Worthington, William Ambrose –

Son of William M. and Annie Worthington, of 36, Arrowsmith Terrace, Bolton, Lancashire. Formerly of 4, Ainscow Street, Bolton, Lancashire.

Wright, Arthur –

Son of the late Arthur John and Edith Rose Wright, of 18, Herschel Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Killed at Guillemont, Somme, France.

Wright, Walter –

Son of George and Marian Wright, of 25, Buxton Street, Waterloo Street, Bolton, Lancashire; husband of Charlotte Wright. Enlisted April 1915, South Lancashire Regiment. Caught aged 19 as an absentee from Grantham since 11/01/1918 appearing before Bolton Magistrates 15/01/1918 to be sent back to his unit under escort. (Bolton Archives: JBO/1/29).

Wright, Wilfred –

Son of Joseph and Mary Ann Wright, of 58, Rigby Street, Great Lever, Bolton, Lancashire.

Wright, William –

Of 58, Horsa Street, Tonge Moor, Bolton, Lancashire. Enlisted March 1915.

Wright, William Henry –

Son of John and Alice Wright, of 113, Sapling Road, Bolton, Lancashire. Mobilised as a territorial with the Bolton Artillery 04/08/1914. Repatriated from Egypt August 1915 on the hospital ship Asturias suffering from severe dysentery. Died aged 28 years 06/03/1919.

Wright, Edmund –

Son of John and Alice Wright, of 113, Sapling Road, Bolton, Lancashire. The youngest of four brothers who served. Formerly 9730, Training Reserve Bn.

Wright, Albert –

Youngest son of Eleanor Wright, of 31, Argyle Street, Bolton, Lancashire, and the late Edward Wright. Formerly Private 242107, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.