Memorial: New Jerusalem Church WWI Memorial - Kearsley

Barnaby, Charles Edward –

Son of Louisa Barnaby, of 3, Worsley Road, Farnworth, Lancashire, and the late William Barnaby, and formerly of 112, Bridgewater Road, Walkden, Lancashire; husband of Blanche Barnaby (nee Lever).

Blower, Charles –

Son of Mr. And Mrs. George Blower, of 53, Old Hall Street, Kearsley, Lancashire.

Bowers, Woodville –

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

Briercliffe, Louis Bernard –

Son of Thomas Henry Briercliffe and Sarah Louise (nee Benson), his wife, of Wheatfield, Radcliffe Road, Haulgh, Bolton, Lancashire. Of 2, Bowkers Row, Bolton, Lancashire. An old boy of Bolton Grammar School (1897-1905). Commissioned September 1915.

Claxton, Benjamin –

Son of Reverend William Henry and Rose Eliza Claxton, of 46, Hampton Road, Forest Gate, London. Father was former pastor of the New Jerusalem Church, Bolton Road, Kearsley, Lancashire. An old boy of the Bolton Municipal Secondary School. Formerly 13/51681, Training Reserve. Died at Bangour Military Hospital, Edinburgh, of pneumonia following being shot in the lung on 21/08/1918.

Claxton, James –

Son of Reverend William Henry and Rose Eliza Claxton, of 46, Hampton Road, Forest Gate, London. Father was former pastor of the New Jerusalem Church, Bolton Road, Kearsley, Lancashire. An old boy of the Bolton Municipal Secondary School. Husband of Clara Claxton, of Rosslyn House, Colby, Isle of Man. Died in hospital in Bonn, Germany after six days’ illness.

Claxton, Samuel Henry –

Son of Reverend William Henry and Rose Eliza Claxton, of 46, Hampton Road, Forest Gate, London. Father was former pastor of the New Jerusalem Church, Bolton Road, Kearsley, Lancashire. An old boy of the Bolton Municipal Secondary School. One of four out of five sons lost.

Claxton, William –

Son of Reverend William Henry and Rose Eliza Claxton, of 46, Hampton Road, Forest Gate, London. Father was former pastor of the New Jerusalem Church, Bolton Road, Kearsley, Lancashire. An old boy of the Bolton Municipal Secondary School. One of four out of five sons lost. Posted missing following an attack on Turkish outposts and subsequently presumed killed.

Cooper, William Randolph (Roy) –

Only son of Ernest Nightingale and Martha Annie Cooper (nee Briercliffe), of The Counting House, Nether Shatton, Bamford, Derbyshire, and formerly of 20, Byron Road, Sheffield, Yorkshire. Associated with Sun Mills at Moses Gate, Farnworth. Joined the Manchester University Officer Training Corps in January 1916 and commissioned 25/10/1916. Severely wounded at Hebuterne early 1917. Killed at Givenchy, near La Bassee.

Curtis, Keith Saxby –

Son of Rev. Arthur James Curtis, pastor of the Kearsley New Jerusalem Church, and Mary J. Curtis. Of 683, Manchester Road, Great Lever, Bolton, Lancashire. Formerly Corporal 624, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Commissioned 31/07/1917.

Dawson, Wilfred –

Of 6, Whitby Street, Little Hulton, Lancashire. Relatives lived at 7, Jackson’s Buildings, Kearsley, Lancashire. Enlisted May 1915. Died in the 44th Casualty Clearing Station from wounds.

Forshaw, Harry –

Son of Mary Jane Forshaw, of 123, Bolton Road, Kearsley, Lancashire, and the late Henry Forshaw. Enlisted August 1916. Wounded in the leg January 1917. Memorial in Ringley Churchyard.

Gee, Robert Briercliffe –

Youngest son of Evelina Gee, of Highfield House, Bolton Road, Kearsley, Lancashire, and the late Arthur Cooke Gee. An old boy of Farnworth Grammar School. Memorial in New Jerusalem Churchyard.

Higson, Harry –

Son of Mr W. and Elizabeth Higson, of 16, Church Street, Kearsley, Lancashire. Served in Gallipoli, Salonika and France.

Howe, Walter –

Son of Emma Howe, of 76, Heyside, Shaw, Oldham, Lancashire, and the late John Howe. Of Farnworth, Lancashire. Attached 2nd A.T. Company.

Hurst, Norman –

Son of Edwin and Mary Hurst, of 32, Spring Street, Farnworth, Lancashire. Posted missing since 01/10/1918 and subsequently presumed killed.

Parkinson, Thomas –

Husband of Mrs. Parkinson, of 128, Bolton Road, Kearsley, Lancashire. Formerly worked at Mosley Common No.2 Pit. Enlisted Bolton May 1915.

Partington, Arthur –

Youngest son of Mrs. Partington, of 21, Lord Street, Kearsley, Lancashire. Formerly employed in the Plodder Lane stores of the Farnworth Co-operative Society. Enlisted October 1915. Formerly 110838, Duke of Lancaster’s Own Yeomanry. Serving as a dispatch rider at time of his death.