Booth, Joseph –

Husband of Ellen Carr (formerly Booth, nee Bates) of 1, Dootson Square, Farnworth, Lancashire, and formerly of 1, Hodgkiss Street, Farnworth, Lancashire. Brother of Thomas Latham, of Chapel Street, Farnworth, Lancashire. Formerly 3rd Battalion, Border Regiment. Service number recorded as 22130 on SDGW.

Booth, Joseph –

Husband of Alice Booth (nee Clarke), of 26, Piggott Street, Farnworth, Lancashire. Attended St. James’s Church. Previously employed as a dyer at Burgess, Ledward & Co., Walkden, Lancashire. Enlisted 1914. Sailed for Dardanelles June 1915, landed Gallipoli 04/05/1915. Brother of Robert (Loyal North Lancashire Regiment), James (Royal Garrison Artillery), Nathaniel (Lancashire Fusiliers) and Walter (Royal Army Medical Corps).

Booth, Nathaniel –

Brother of Isaac Booth, of Worsley Road, Farnworth, Lancashire, with whom he previously resided. Formerly 19th Bn., Lancashire Fusiliers.

Boothby, Thomas James Hibbert –

NOTE:- Served as James Boothby. Son of Harry and Mary Elizabeth Ann Boothby, of 22, King Street, Farnworth, Lancashire. Of 53, Queen Street, Farnworth, Lancashire. Enlisted March 1915.

Bowers, Woodville –

Brother of Mrs. White, of 18, Gladstone Road, Farnworth, Lancashire. Lodged with Mrs. Tyldesley, of 42, Church Street, Kearsley, Lancashire.

Boydell, Samuel –

Husband of Mrs. Boydell, of 18, Charles Street, Farnworth, Lancashire. Of 22, Cross Street, Farnworth, Lancashire. Worked for A. Knowles at Lumn’s Pit, Pendleton, Lancashire.

Brabin, George –

Son of James and Elizabeth Hannah Brabin, of 71, Central Avenue, Farnworth, Lancashire. Formerly of 42, Harrowby Street, Farnworth, Lancashire. Enlisted March 1915. Brought home with cancer in the knee. Died at Frodsham Military Hospital. Interred in Farnworth Cemetery.

Bradbury, Benjamin –

Son of the late John and Ann Bradbury; husband of Betsy Bradbury, of 82, Albert Road, Farnworth, Lancashire, and formerly of 11, King Street, Farnworth, Lancashire. Enlisted January 1915.

Braddock, Isaac –

Husband of Hannah Braddock, of 37, Francis Street, Farnworth, Lancashire. Formerly of 19, Phethean Street, Farnworth, Lancashire. Enlisted February 1915.

Brade, William Henry –

Grandson of Thomas Battye, of 4, Tonge Street, New Bury, Farnworth, Lancashire. Memorial in St. John’s Churchyard.

Bradley, Richard –

Son of Daniel and Ellen Bradley, of Farnworth, Lancashire; husband of Frances Bradley, of 54, Bridgewater Street, Farnworth, Lancashire. Enlisted May 1916. Died at a casualty clearing station of wounds received 13/04/1918.

Bradley, Walter –

Son of Maria Elizabeth Cavanagh, of 10, Middlefell Street, Farnworth, Lancashire. Enlisted November 1915.

Bramwell, Frederick –

Husband of Gwendoline Bramwell, of 7, Church Street, Farnworth, Lancashire. An old boy of the Hollands School. B.Sc.

Brian, William –

Nephew of Mrs. Kelly, of 87, Clammerclough Road, Kearsley, Lancashire. Enlisted in the Lancashire Fusiliers aged 19 and discharged 18/09/1909 after 12 years service including 7 abroad. Served in the South African Campaign. Re-enlisted Border Regiment in 1914. Reported as killed during landing at Dardanelles in August 1915.

Brierley, Percy –

Of 12, Swift Street, Farnworth, Lancashire. Attached No. 3 Medical Board Department, Royal Army Medical Corps.

Bromwich, James Edward –

Son of Mrs. Bromwich, of 1, Algernon Street, Farnworth, Lancashire; Husband of Mrs. Bromwich, of 246, Hylton Road, Sunderland, Durham. Formerly employed for two years as a police constable with the Sunderland Borough Police. Enlisted April 1915.

Brookes, Harry –

Son of Thomas Henry and Elizabeth Brookes, of Manchester, and formerly of “Greenmount”, Harper Green Road, Farnworth, Lancashire. Enlisted in the Manchester Regiment in November 1914, and was commissioned 06/10/1917 and posted to the Lancashire Fusiliers. Wounded 26/03/1918 from which he subsequently dies..