Memorial: St. Katharine's C.E. Church WWI Memorial - Blackrod

Muldoon, James –

Son of James Muldoon, of 34, Blundell Lane, Blackrod, Lancashire. Formerly Private 8055, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.

Owen, James –

Son of James and Margaret Ann Owen, of Station Road, Blackrod, Lancashire. Of 108, Tanners’ Brow, Blackrod, Lancashire. Enlisted June 1915.

Owen, John –

Husband of Elizabeth Owen, of 108, Station Road, Blackrod, Lancashire.

Owen, Owen –

Son of Daniel and Mary Owen, of 8, Dark Lane, Blackrod, Lancashire. Formerly 316428, Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry.

Partington, John Crankshaw –

Of 180, New Street, Blackrod, Lancashire. Formerly employed by Wigan Corporation Tramways Department. Enlisted November 1915. Formerly 21305, Royal Fusiliers.

Rigby, John –

Son of William and Sarah Rigby, of Sharrock’s Farm, Blackrod, Lancashire. Recorded as 3rd Bn., Monmouthshire Regiment on SDGW.

Roocroft, John –

Son of William and Ellen Roocroft, of 7, Little Scotland, Blackrod, Lancashire. Enlisted January 1915.

Silver, Isaac Henry –

Son of Isaac Henry and Margaret Silver, of 13, Hope Street, Blackrod, Lancashire. Formerly 17547, 61st Training Reserve Bn.

Speak, Robert –

Son of Henry and Margaret Jane Speak, of 1, Victoria Street, Blackrod, Lancashire. Enlisted May 1915. Reported missing July 1916 then reported wounded in the leg and shoulder by shrapnel, and subsequently presumed killed.

Tootell, Joseph –

Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Tootell, of 148, Park Road, Adlington, Lancashire; husband of Esther Ellen Tootell, of 221, Sunny View, Chorley Road, Blackrod, Lancashire.

Turnbull, Thomas –

Son of William and Elizabeth Turnbull, of 74, Church Street, Blackrod, Lancashire. Of the Conservative Club, Blackrod, Lancashire. Enlisted May 1915. Also commemorated on family headstone in St. David’s Churchyard, Aspull.

Walsh, Joseph –

Son of Charles Walsh, of 4, Hill Lane, Blackrod, Lancashire. Enlisted April 1916.

Wilkinson, Alfred –

Son of Thomas and Margaret Wilkinson, of 292, Manchester Road, Blackrod, Lancashire.

Wilkinson, Ralph –

Husband of R. E. Wilkinson, of 189, Station Road, Horwich Junction, Lancashire.

Wood, Joseph –

Son of Thomas and Margaret Wood, of Blackrod, Lancashire. Formerly 87548, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.

Wright, Egerton Lowndes –

Son of Henry Lowndes and Alice Maud Wright. Of 44, Mosley Street, Manchester, Lancashire. Brigade Major, 6th Infantry Brigade.