Regiment: Royal Field Artillery

Derby, Christopher –

Son of John and Sarah Derby, of 13, Mytham Road, Little Lever, Lancashire. Enlisted October 1915. Formerly Driver 2655, Royal Field Artillery.

Derby, John –

Son of John and Sarah Derby, of 13, Mytham Road, Little Lever, Lancashire. Enlisted October 1915. Formerly Driver 2657, Royal Field Artillery.

Derrick, Albert –

Son of Mary Elizabeth Derrick, of 924, Ninth Street, Trafford Park, Lancashire, and the late Richard E. Derrick.

Dewhurst, Henry –

Of 5, Channing Street, Heywood, Lancashire. Caught aged 19 as an absentee from Fulwood Barracks, Preston since 15/06/1918 appearing before Bolton Magistrates 17/06/1918 to be sent back to his unit under escort. (Bolton Archives: JBO/1/29).

Dewsnap, T –

Of 6, Oldham Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Enlisted September 1915.

Dickens, H –

Of 68, Thynne Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Enlisted September 1915.

Dickson, B –

Of 10, Dickson Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Enlisted October 1915.

Diggle, E –

Of 11, Pot Green, Holcombe Brook, Lancashire. Enlisted October 1915.

Diggle, J H –

Of 12, Briton Street, Bury, Lancashire. Enlisted October 1915.

Dillon, Francis Joseph –

Son of Thomas Germaine and Alice Dillon, of 59, Willows Lane, Daubhill, Bolton, Lancashire. Enlisted April 1915. In a Liverpool hospital with a shoulder wound in January 1918.

Disley, Harry –

Son of Richard and Mrs. Disley, of Eagley, Turton, Lancashire. Acted as trumpeter at Queen Victoria’s funeral. Formerly Battery Sergeant Major (Warrant Officer Class II) 6798. Commissioned 30/04/1916.

Dixon, Robert Syddall –

Son of Thomas Alfred and Mary Ellen Dixon, of 1, Springside Cottages, Belmont, Bolton, Lancashire. Enlisted September 1914. Formerly Gunner 1395, 3rd East Lancashire Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Served in Gallipoli and Egypt before going to France.

Dixon, William –

Son of George Edward and Jane Dixon, of 122, Chorley Old Road, Bolton, Lancashire. Formerly employed as a clerk in the offices of the Bolton Co-Operative Society. Enlisted February 1915.