Husband of B. A. Barrett, of 111, Lord Street, Kearsley, Lancashire. Enlisted June 1916. Formerly 46128, Cheshire Regiment. Posted wounded missing since 31/08/1918 and subsequently presumed killed.
Barrow, Stanley –
Grandson of Mrs. Barrow, of 49, Bentinck Street, Moses Gate, Farnworth, Lancashire. Enlisted October 1915.
Barwise, George –
Son of Ellen Barwise, of 109, King Street, Farnworth, Lancashire, and the late Thomas Barwise. Enlisted January 1915. Wounded October 1917, returning to the front 27/04/1918.
Barwise, Harold –
Son of Ellen Barwise, of 109, King Street, Farnworth, Lancashire, and the late Thomas Barwise. Enlisted May 1917. Formerly 35808, East Surrey Regiment. Reported missing 17/04/1918, reported prisoner of war in letter of August 1918. When not returned following the Armistice, the Red Cross discovered he had died from ‘bodily weakness and heart disease’ and been interred in a hospital cemetery at Erquelinnes.
Barwise, Ralph –
Son of Ellen Barwise, of 109, King Street, Farnworth, Lancashire, and the late Thomas Barwise; husband of Rachel Barwise, of 3, Lindley Street, Kearsley, Lancashire. Enlisted October 1916.
Bates, John Thomas –
Son of Mr. J. T. Bates, of 94, Harrowby Street, Farnworth, Lancashire; brother of Simeon Bates, of 37, Bentinck Street, Moses Gate, Farnworth, Lancashire. Formerly 2142, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Reported missing and possible prisoner, but subsequently presumed killed.
Bates, Simeon –
Husband of Mrs. Bates, of 52, Lyon Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Resided at 37, Bentinck Street, Moses Gate, Farnworth, Lancashire at time of enlistment.
Battersby, Walter –
Son of Andrew and Lydia Battersby, of 6, Antelope Street, Kearsley, Lancashire; husband of Mrs. Battersby, of 1, Rutter Street, Kearsley, Lancashire. Joined up November 1917. Died of wounds in a casualty clearing station in France, having been severely wounded in the legs.
Battersby, William –
Son of Andrew and Lydia Battersby, of 6, Antelope Street, Kearsley, Lancashire. A bugler. Memorial in St. Stephen’s Churchyard, Kearsley.
Battersby, George –
Son of Andrew and Lydia Battersby, of 6, Antelope Street, Kearsley, Lancashire. Formerly 1403 / 710574, 1/3 East Lancashire Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Transferred to Royal Garrison Artillery 19/02/1918. Wounded by gunshot to right lung, September 1915 at Gallipoli.
Baxendale, Ernest –
Eldest son of William and Elizabeth Baxendale, of 8, South Street, Farnworth, Lancashire. Formerly Royal Fusiliers, enlisted June 1917.
Bennett, Philip –
Son of Philip and Elizabeth Bennett, of 33, Alma Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Aunt resided at Ellesmere Street, Farnworth, Lancashire.
Bennett, Reginald George –
Son of Rev. George Bennett of the Skelmersdale Congregational Church; nephew of Thomas and Charlotte Clare, of 28, Worsley Road, Farnworth, Lancashire. Commissioned from the ranks 1916. Killed leading his men in action near Poelcapelle.
Bennett, Samuel –
Son of Philip and Elizabeth Bennett, of 33, Alma Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Aunt resided at Ellesmere Street, Farnworth, Lancashire. Killed by enemy shrapnel during operations at Sanctuary Wood.
Bennett, William –
Son of Philip and Elizabeth Bennett, of 33, Alma Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada; husband of Bertha Bennett (nee Smith), of 157, Grove Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Aunt resided at Ellesmere Street, Farnworth, Lancashire.
Bennett, William –
Son of William Bennett, of Manchester, Lancashire; husband of Mrs. Mary Ellen Kelly (formerly Bennett), of 16, Annie Street, Great Lever, Bolton, Lancashire. Formerly of 43, Victoria Street, Moses Gate, Farnworth, Lancashire; 10, Gleave Street, Bolton, Lancashire; and 14, Back All Saints Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Formerly 3rd Bn., Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Caught on multiple occasions as an absentee from his units and appeared each time before Bolton Magistrates to be sent back to his units under escort. (Bolton Archives: JBO/1/26 & JBO/1/27). Attached Royal Engineers.
Bentham, Harold –
Son of Squire and Mary Alice Bentham, of 18, St. James Street, New Bury, Farnworth, Lancashire. Formerly worked as a conductor on the South Lancashire Tramways. Enlisted September 1914. Attached 9th Bn., Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Died in hospital in France from appendicitis and pneumonia. Memorial in Farnworth (St. John’s) Churchyard.
Bentley, Oswald Vaughan –
Son of Elizabeth Bentley, of Hodgson Howe, Portinscale, Keswick, Cumberland, and formerly of 129, Bolton Road, Kearsley, Lancashire, and of the late William Bentley. An old boy of the Hollands School. Born Farnworth, Lancashire. Wounded multiple times. Formerly 5th Bn., Rifle Brigade. Reported locally to have been awarded the DCM, but no evidence currently found of this award.
Berry, William Ewart –
Son of Mrs. Berry, of 401, Plodder Lane, Farnworth, Lancashire. Enlisted December 1916.
Berry, David Rothwell –
Husband of Ellen Berry, of The Poplars, London Road, Retford, Nottinghamshire. Formerly of 281, Manchester Road, Kearsley, Lancashire. Enlisted November 1915. Died at Epsom Hospital. Interred in Kearsley (St. Stephen’s) Churchyard.