Regiment: Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

Atkinson, Arthur –

Of 77, Gate Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Brother of Detective Sergeant Atkinson, of the Bolton County Borough Police. Enlisted January 1916. Formerly 22995, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.

Atkinson, Harry –

Husband of Mrs. Atkinson, of 142, Sidney Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Enlisted June 1915. Formerly Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. France 1916.

Ball, William –

Son of Martha Harrison (formerly Ball), of 17, Long Lane, Harriseahead, Tunstaff, Staffordshire, and of John Ball.

Ball, Emmanuel –

Of 33, Holly Street, Astley Bridge, Bolton, Lancashire. Enlisted May 1915. Formerly Private 4946, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.

Barkess, Harry –

Of 3, Eastbank Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Enlisted July 1915. Formerly Private 5740, 5th Bn., Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.

Barkess, Stanley –

Of 3, Eastbank Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Enlisted August 1915. Formerly Private 242851, 5th Bn., Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.

Barlow, James –

Son of Robert Thomas and Esther Barlow, of 73a, High Street, Little Lever, Lancashire. Enlisted November 1914. Formerly Private 9515, 9th Bn., Lancashire Fusiliers. Wounded October 1918.

Barnes, Walter –

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Barnes, of 23, Bridgeman Street, Farnworth, Lancashire. Enlisted April 1915 aged 16. Formerly South Lancashire Regiment.

Barnes, James –

Of 22, Ebenezer Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Caught aged 30 as an absentee from Beltham Park, Grantham since 06/05/1918 appearing before Bolton Magistrates 13/05/1918 to be sent back to his unit under escort. (Bolton Archives: JBO/1/29).

Barnett, Joseph Henry –

Husband of Edith Barnett, of 2, Duerden Street, Chapel Street, Salford, Lancashire. Formerly Private 22415, Border Regiment.

Barwise, Harold –

Son of Ellen Barwise, of 109, King Street, Farnworth, Lancashire, and the late Thomas Barwise. Enlisted May 1917. Formerly 35808, East Surrey Regiment. Reported missing 17/04/1918, reported prisoner of war in letter of August 1918. When not returned following the Armistice, the Red Cross discovered he had died from ‘bodily weakness and heart disease’ and been interred in a hospital cemetery at Erquelinnes.

Belsey, George Henry –

Son of Henry and Rachel Belsey (nee Brown), of 26, Emmanuel Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Enlisted May 1915. Formerly 4542, 2nd/5th Bn., Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Wounded. Caught aged 20 as a deserter from Ashford, Kent since 12/09/1915 and appeared before Bolton Magistrates 18/09/1915 to be sent back to his unit under escort. (Bolton Archives: JBO/1/26).

Bennett, George –

Son of John Joseph and Mary Archer Bennett, of 65, Calvert Road, Great Lever, Bolton, Lancashire, and later of 17, Chorley New Road, Bolton, Lancashire. Enlisted November 1915. Formerly Private 10364, IV Cyclist Bn., Army Cyclist Corps. Commissioned 25/04/1917.

Benyon, George Edmund –

Husband of Mary Ellen Benyon, of 27, Bridgewater Street, Little Hulton, Lancashire. Joined August 1916 as Private 8574, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Served as a despatch rider. Died from shell fragment wounds to the abdomen and shock.

Berry, Joseph (Joe) –

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Berry, of 79, Brackley Street, Farnworth, Lancashire. Served in Egypt in November 1917.

Best, James Carlton –

Son of James Albert and Matilda Best (nee Woodhouse), of 10, Deal Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Enlisted April 1915. Formerly Private 18462, South Lancashire Regiment.

Bleasdale, Herbert –

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Bleasdale, of 504, Chorley Old Road, Smithills, Bolton, Lancashire; nephew of Alderman Knowles Edge, J.P., of Bolton, Lancashire. Formerly Private and Lance Corporal 2616, 2nd/5th Bn., Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.

Blythe, John –

Son of William and Anny Blythe, of 22, Chief Fire Station, London Road, Manchester, Lancashire. Formerly 2797, Manchester Regiment.