Regiment: Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

Higginson, Joseph –

Of 94, Moor Lane, Bolton, Lancashire. Formerly 5168, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.

Hobson, John Alfred –

Son of M. and Mrs. Hobson, of 90, Elgin Street, Halliwell, Bolton, Lancashire; husband of Frances Hobson, of 13, Roseberry Street, Daubhill, Bolton, Lancashire. Formerly employed by the Bolton Cooperative Society. Enlisted May 1915. Formerly Private, Public Schools Bn., Royal Fusiliers. Commissioned 26/09/1916

Hodkinson, James –

Son of George and Jane Hodkinson, of 147, New Street, Blackrod, Lancashire; husband of Ann Hodkinson, of 141, New Street, Blackrod, Lancashire.

Holden, James –

Of 52, Mosley Common, Boothstown, Lancashire. Formerly Private 1858, 5th Bn., Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Wounded.

Holt, Ben –

Of 63, Hawarden Street, Astley Bridge, Bolton, Lancashire. Formerly worked for Messrs. Tillotson and Son. Wounded 22/10/1916 by shrapnel in the thigh.

Holt, James –

Son of William and Mary E, Holt, of 50, Abraham Street, Horwich, Lancashire.

Holt, James –

Of 80, Belmont Road, Bolton, Lancashire. Reported missing 25/03/1918 and confirmed prisoner of war at Steendal.

Hopley, Edward –

Son of Ferdinand David and Kate Hopley, of 3, Tredgold Street, Horwich, Lancashire. Formerly employed at Horwich Loco Works and later an apprentice butcher. Formerly Acting Corporal S/4/042253, Royal Army Service Corps.

Hopwood, Mark –

Eldest son of Mr. John Hopwood, farmer, of Poplar Road, Moorside, Swinton, Lancashire. Enlisted January 1917. Captured prisoner of war 21/03/1918.

Horrocks, Arthur –

Son of John and Ellen Horrocks, of 27, Mabel Street, Westhoughton, Lancashire. Formerly 67913, Royal Air Force.

Horth, Sidney –

Son of Mr. J. T. and Mrs. P. Horth, of 4, Adelaide Street, Parkeston, Essex.

Howarth, Charles Thomas –

Youngest son of Sergeant Samuel Howarth (Royal Field Artillery) and Amelia Howarth, of 23, Hampden Street, Derby, Derbyshire. Of 127, St. George’s Road, Bolton, Lancashire. An old boy of Bolton Municipal Secondary School. Formerly Sergeant 11441, 2nd Bn., Sherwood Foresters. Commissioned 08/02/1917. Died at Endsleigh Palace Hospital, London. Two brothers, also Sergeants, with the same Regiment, and their father served in Egypt with the 3rd East Lancashire Brigade.

Howarth, Daniel –

Of 488 Leigh Road, Westhoughton, Lancashire. Formerly 39322, Royal Scots. Prisoner of war.

Howarth, Edmund –

Of 44, Delph Cottages, Edgworth, Turton, Lancashire. Enlisted March 1915. Formerly Private 20763, 15th Bn., Welsh Regiment. Appeared whilst stationed at Hockney Wick Camp, Redcar as defendant before Bolton Magistrates 21/01/1918 in a Bastardy case brought by Phyllis Roscoe of 79, Lee Avenue for her illegitimate child born 10/10/1917. (Bolton Archives: JBO/1/29 & JBO/11/6/48). Medal card indicated medals forfeit for desertion 24/07/1918 and subsequently reinstated.

Hughes, Owen Tudor –

Son of Jesse and Jane Hughes, of 18, Onslow Road, New Ferry, Birkenhead, Cheshire. Formerly 2729, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.