Royal British Legion (Boothstown) WWI Memorial - Worsley | Page 3 of 6

Harper, Rennie –

Son of Mr. Harper, of Booth End Farm, Boothstown, Lancashire. Enlisted September 1914. Formerly GS/6266, 7th Bn., Dragoon Guards. Commissioned 1918.

Harrison, Richard –

Son of the late John B. and Lydia Harrison. Formerly 59728, Manchester Regiment.

Hayes, William –

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Hayes, of, 138, Chaddock Lane, Boothstown, Lancashire. Formerly employed at Mosley Common Colliery. Originally reported wounded on 31/08/1918, and subsequently reported killed.

Son of Joseph and Lilla Higginbottom, of 12, Mill Brow, Worsley, Lancashire. Formerly employed as a clerk at the Bridgewater Offices. Enlisted August 1914. Captured prisoner of war April 1918 at St. Quentin. Died from influenza in the Imperial Fortress Hospital, Strasbourg.

Hill, Roland –

Hindley, Thomas –

Son of John and Jane Hindley, of 47, Vicars Hall Lane, Boothstown, Lancashire.

Holcroft, Peter –

Son of John and Jane Holcroft; husband of Hilda Holcroft, of 1, Old Hall Lane, Worsley, Lancashire.

Holden, William –

Hope, Frederick –

Son of Albert and Helena Hope, of 17, Brackley Terrace, Hazelhurst, Worsley, Lancashire.

Horrocks, Thomas –

Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Horrocks, of 262, Walkden Road, Walkden, Lancashire. Enlisted February 1917. Reported missing 23/03/1918 and subsequently presumed killed.

Howarth, William Gladstone –

Son of Roger and Ann Howarth, of 46, Walkden Road, Walkden, Lancashire. Fell at the Battle of Arras.

Howell, George –

Son of John Howell, of 15, Barton Road, Worsley, Lancashire; husband of Mary A. Gibb (formerly Howell), of 116, Barton Lane, Eccles, Lancashire.

Howell, Herbert –

Son of John William and Mary Howell, of 79, Roe Green, Worsley, Lancashire. Previously wounded in the leg 30/07/1916 at the Somme. Died in one of the stationary hospitals in France.