NOTE:- Wrongly recorded as died in Mesopotamia on SDGW, and commemorated on the Basra Memorial by CWGC. Died at Gallipoli.
Urmston, John –
Personal details
- Surname: Urmston
- Forename: John
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Bury, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Leigh, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: Not known
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: August 9th, 1915
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Company Sergeant Major
- Unit: 6th (Service) Battalion.
- Service number: 2576
- Regiment: Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Preston, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- St. Mary the Virgin C.E. Church - Eccles
- CWGC Memorial: Basra Memorial, Basra, Iraq
- CWGC reference: Panel 27.