Memorial: Rivington and Blackrod Grammar School WWI Roll of Honour

Billington, Whitworth Leonard –

Son of Whitworth and Sarah Ann Billington, of “Tilia”, Dodds Bank, Shavington, Crewe, Cheshire, and formerly of 11, Victoria Road, Horwich, Lancashire. An old boy of Rivington and Blackrod Grammar School. B.Sc.(Man.) Killed by the explosion of a shell.

Briggs, Harold –

Son of James and Mary Briggs, of Aughton House, Eckersley Road, Bolton, Lancashire. An old boy of Bolton Grammar School (1909-1912) and of Rivington and Blackrod Grammar School. Formerly Private 2685, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.

Brown, Frederic Holifield –

Son of Frederick James and Charlotte Ellen Brown, of Inglewood, The Avenue, Bushey, Hertfordshire. An old boy of Rivington and Blackrod Grammar School. Wounded by gunshot in the face 09/02/1915 near Hemmel. Died 26/11/1918 aged 33 years.

Carter, Joseph Octavious –

Son of Henry and Lydia Carter, of Leicester, Leicestershire. Of Fir Cottage, Moor Platt, Horwich, Lancashire. An old boy of Rivington and Blackrod Grammar School. Seriously wounded by shrapnel in the head. One of four brothers on military service.

Chippendale, Arthur –

Son of Enoch and Elizabeth Chippendale, of 15, Drill Hall Lane, Church, Lancashire, and formerly of 165, Crown Lane, Horwich, Lancashire. An old boy of Rivington and Blackrod Grammar School.

Cotton, Ernest –

Son of Joseph and Martha Cotton, of 2, Sandeford, Brownlow Road, Horwich, Lancashire. An old boy of Rivington and Blackrod Grammar School. Formerly Royal Flying Corps. Reported missing in BJ&G following an aerial engagement on 29/07/1918 NOTE: CWGC incorrectly records death date as 25/07/1918.

Gastall, Leonard Whitehead –

Son of George and Mary Elizabeth Gastall, of Crown Lane, Horwich, Lancashire; husband of Annie Gastall (nee Simmons), of 27, Brownlow Road, Horwich, Lancashire. An old boy of Rivington and Blackrod Grammar School. Formerly an apprentice at Horwich Loco Works. Wounded on 06/10/1916.

Griffiths, John (Jack) Stanley –

Third son of Major Thomas Robert Griffiths and Lily Morrill Griffiths, of “Airlee”, Telscombe Road, Peacehaven, Newhaven, Sussex, and formerly of 30, Bromwich Street, Haulgh, Bolton, Lancashire. An old boy of the Bolton Church Institute (1908-1909) and the Rivington and Blackrod Grammar School. Died from wounds on HMS Triumph in the Dardanelles.

Harvey, John Ellis –

Son of George and Emily Harvey, of Adlington, Lancashire. An old boy of Rivington and Blackrod Grammar School. Enlisted August 1914.

Hough, Ralph –

Son of Ralph Hough, of 13, Park Road, Wigan, Lancashire. An old boy of Rivington and Blackrod Grammar School.

Johnson, Geoffrey Robert –

Son of Mr. Robert Thorley Johnson, former headmaster of the Rivington and Blackrod Grammar School, and Mrs. Lilian Johnson, of Gloucestershire, later of “Yalta”, King’s Road, Colwyn Bay. His brother H. Norman Johnson was wounded, shot through the knee, in the Dardanelles.

Johnson, Henry Norman –

Son of Mr. Robert Thorley Johnson, former headmaster of the Rivington and Blackrod Grammar School, and Mrs. Lilian Johnson, of Gloucestershire, later of “Yalta”, King’s Road, Colwyn Bay.

Miller, Richard –

Son of Walter and Sarah Ann Miller, of 133, Church Street, Horwich, Lancashire. An old boy of Rivington and Blackrod Grammar School. Member of Farnworth Urban District Education Committee. Enlisted July 1916. Formerly 187501, Royal Engineers.

Myers, Norman –

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Myers, of 7, Dale Street, Horwich, Lancashire. An old boy of Rivington and Blackrod Grammar School. Formerly employed at the Horwich Loco Works.

Nelson, Richard –

Son of Mr. Nelson, of 201, Lee Lane, Horwich, Lancashire. An old boy of Rivington and Blackrod Grammar School. Formerly 4697, Monmouthshire Regiment.

Pulford, Harvey St. George James –

Son of Colonel Russell Richard Pulford, C.I.E. (Royal Engineers); husband of Hilda Frances Pulford, of Louisa Cottage, Exmouth, Devon. Formerly of 27, Marine Parade, Worthing, Sussex. An old boy of Rivington and Blackrod Grammar School. First British Military Governor of Nasiriya. Sometimes mistakenly recorded / reported as Barry Pulford.

Ross, John Alexander –

Son of Alexander and Annie Ross, of 36, Fellowes Road, Hampstead, London, and Kingussie, Inverness-shire. An old boy of Rivington and Blackrod Grammar School.