Memorial: Thornleigh Salesian College Bolton Roll of Honour

Anderton, James Matthew –

Son of James and Alice Anderton; husband of Evelyn Anderton, of Hornsea, Yorkshire. An old boy of Thornleigh Salesian College. Enlisted 1937.

Cardiff, Joseph John –

Son of Joseph Robert and Bridget Cecilia Cardiff of Bury, Lancashire. An old boy of Thornleigh Salesian College.

Daly, Henry –

Son of Herbert and Bertha Daly, of Bolton, Lancashire. An old boy of Thornleigh Salesian College. Called up for military service 1941.

Glacken, Patrick O –

Son of Mrs. J. Glacken; husband of Gladys Muriel Glacken, of Westhoughton, Lancashire. An old boy of Thornleigh Salesian College.

Hanavan, Philip –

Son of Michael and Mary Gertrude Hanavan, of Bolton, Lancashire. An old boy of Thornleigh Salesian College.

Horrocks, George –

Of Farnworth, Lancashire. An old boy of Thornleigh Salesian College. Formerly Royal Artillery.

Howarth, John –

Son of Henry and Elizabeth E. Howarth; husband of Irene Marice Howarth, of Kensington, London. An old boy of Thornleigh Salesian College. Attached 7th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry.

Knowles, James Lawrence –

Son of Arthur Sullivan Knowles and Catherine A. Knowles of Wigan, Lancashire. An old boy of Thornleigh Salesian College.

Lansdale, Robert Patrick –

Son of Arthur Lansdale and of Helen Lansdale (nee Dore), of Farnworth, Lancashire. An old boy of Thornleigh Salesian College.

Leyden, Thomas Anthony –

Son of John and Mary Leyden, of Bolton, Lancashire; husband of Edith Leyden, of Bolton, Lancashire. An old boy of Thornleigh Salesian College.

Litting, Kevin Ignatius Welsman –

Son of Leslie Welsman Litting and Anna Catherine Litting, of 301, Burton Road, Derby, Derbyshire. Formerly of Roundthorn Lane, Westhoughton and Derby Street, Bolton. An old boy of Thornleigh Salesian College. Formerly 657 General Construction Company, Royal Engineers. Died at Brighton Royal Infirmary from wounds. Reported to be the first soldier from Derby to be killed in WWII. Interred 05/06/1940.

Lowden, Robert John –

Son of Robert and Ellen Lowden; husband of Nellie Lowden, of Northampton, Northamptonshire. An old boy of Thornleigh Salesian College. Formerly Duke of Lancaster’s Own Yeomanry.

Lundy, Martin Aloysius –

Son of Martin and Anne Lundy, of 464, Tonge Moor Road, Bolton, Lancashire. An old boy of Thornleigh Salesian College. Enlisted October 1940.

McEntee, Hugh –

Son of Laurence and Ellen McEntee, of Leigh, Lancashire. An old boy of Thornleigh Salesian College.