Regiment: Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

Birks, Samuel –

Formerly 5236, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Promoted from Lance Corporal to Sergeant 16/08/1915. Later commissioned.

Birtles, E James –

Son of James E. and Clara Birtles, of 62, Mossfield Road, New Bury, Farnworth, Lancashire. Enlisted September 1915.

Birtles, G –

Of 20, Hillfield, Farnworth, Lancashire. Formerly employed in the Co-operative Society’s milk department. Trench mortar battery. Wounded by gunshot in the left arm.

Birtles, Wifred –

Son of James E. and Clara Birtles, of 62, Mossfield Road, New Bury, Farnworth, Lancashire.

Birtwistle, Thomas (Tom) –

Husband of Hannah Kirkman (formerly Birtwistle), of 141, Lawn Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Enlisted October 1914.

Birtwistle, Daniel –

Son of James and Hannah Birtwistle, of 25, Lena Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Enlisted May 1915. Formerly King’s African Rifles.

Black, George –

Eldest son of George and Alice Ann Black, of 54, Hughes Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Killed by a piece of a shell glancing off a tree and piercing his helmet and skull.

Black, Tom –

Of 15, Bank Street, Warrington, Lancashire. Enlisted September 1915.

Black, William –

Husband of Mrs. Black, of 60, Rawsthorne Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Formerly an agent of the Prudential Assurance Co. Ltd. Captured prisoner of war 30/11/1917.

Blackburn, Edward –

Son of Fred and Jane Blackburn, of “Greenmount”, Heaton, Bolton, Lancashire. An old boy of Bolton Grammar School (1905-1911). Wounded in the body September 1915.

Blackburn, Samuel –

Of 47, Grant Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Formerly Private 1884, 5th Bn., Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Wounded 29/07/1915 by gunshot in the right leg, returning to duty almost immediately. Wounded again August 1915 by shrapnel to head, arms and body.

Blackburn, Ernest –

Son of Fred and Jane Blackburn, of “Greenmount”, Heaton, Bolton, Lancashire. An old boy of Bolton Grammar School (1903-1907).

Blackledge, Myles –

Son of Miles William and Maria Blackledge (nee Townsend), of 8, Benson Street, Smithills, Bolton, Lancashire. Originally reported as missing, subsequently presumed killed. Second of five brothers to fall.