Regiment: Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

Boardman, John H –

Of 51, Daisy Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Formerly Private 1917 / 240364, 5th Bn., Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Wounded August 1916.

Booth, George Rushton –

Son of Goegre and Betty Booth (nee Rushton); husband of Annie Booth (nee Mellray), of 77, High Street, Turton, Lancashire. Formerly 24444, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Died from wounds in the shoulder and arm at the Australian General Hospital, Rouen.

Booth, John –

Son of Frederick and Mary Elizabeth Booth, of 106, Blackburn Road, Egerton, Turton, Lancashire. Formerly 22825, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Previously wounded on the Somme 01/07/1916. Died at York Military Hospital of wounds received at Ypres 05/08/1917.

Booth, Reginald Forbes –

Brother of Edith Margaret Booth, of 9, Lawfield Road, Stockport, Cheshire. Previous service as Private 3585, 2nd/5th Bn., King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment. Wounded by gas 12/03/1918.

Boughey, John Richard –

Son of Richard and Elizabeth Boughey, of 866, Rochdale Road, Harpurhey, Lancashire. Formerly 51482, Lancashire Fusiliers.

Bowker, Joseph Rigby –

Son of Joseph and Ellen Bowker, of 160, Twenty Row, Liverpool Road, Irlam, Lancashire. Enlisted as Private 2290, 1st/8th Bn., Lancashire Fusiliers.

Bowker, Tom –

Son of Thomas and Rachel Bowker, of 530, Stretford Road, Old Trafford, Lancashire.

Bradley, Thomas –

Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Bradley, of Manor Farm, Threshfield, Skipton, Yorkshire. Formlery Private 10286, 11th Bn., Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Died on the Nicholson Ward of the Royal Bolton Infirmary.

Brampton, Neville –

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Brampton, of Newport, Shropshire; husband of Elsie M. Brampton (nee Longworth), of 194, Tonge Moor Road, Tonge Moor, Bolton, Lancashire.. Of 43, Colman Road, Horwich, Lancashire. Worked at the Bolton branch of the National Provincial Bank. Previously Lance Corporal 2598, 1st/5th Bn., Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Commissioned 04/03/1915.

Bridges, Herbert E –

Youngest of five sons on active service of Mrs. Bridges, of 19, Horrocks Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Enlisted April 1915. Formerly Private 18459, 3rd Bn., South Lancashire Regiment. Wounded June 1917.

Brierley, Abraham –

Son of Alfred and Martha Brierley, of 44, Egerton Street, New Brighton, Cheshire. Formerly 204264, South Lancashire Regiment.

Brierley, Harry –

Son of James and Martha Brierley, of 41, Church Road, Kearsley, Lancashire. Formerly Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.

Brooks, Percy –

Son of Joseph and Rachel Ann Brooks, of 17, Ollerton Terrace, Eagley Bank, Turton, Lancashire. Enlisted October 1914. Formerly Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.