Beeby, Thomas –
Of 27, New Brunswick Street, Horwich, Lancashire. Enlisted April 1915.
Behrens, Charles Joseph –
Bentham, James Henry –
Son of Arella Bentham, of 7, Broad O’th’ Lane, Astley Bridge, Bolton, Lancashire. Formerly 14th Bn., South Lancashire Regiment; formerly 3rd (Garrison) Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers.
Birch, John –
Of 18, Hector Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Enlisted February 1915.
Birchall, Peter –
Husband of Ellen Birchall, of 1, St. Ann’s Square, Leigh, Lancashire.
Birks, James –
Of 7, Barlow Street, Pendleton, Lancashire. Formerly 16/38116, King’s Liverpool Regiment. Service number recorded on CWGC as 391616, but confirmed as 291616 on SDGW and Medal Card.
Braithwaite, Thomas –
Of Far Holme Tavern, Stacksteads, Bacup, Lancashire. Enlisted February 1915.
Bray, Herbert –
Husband of Martha Ann Bray (nee Tudor).
Breden, Charles –
Husband of Nellie Breden, of 159, Towson Street, Everton, Liverpool, Lancashire. Formerly 11th Bn., Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Died from wounds at the Royal Bolton Infirmary; a memorial service was held by the other wounded soldiers on the Nicholson Ward on the evening of Tuesday 02/10/1917 before his casket was escorted to the station the following morning.
Bridge, William –
Of 199, Albert Road, Farnworth, Lancashire. Enlisted March 1915.
Briercliffe, Robert Dyson –
Son of Robert Edward and Hannah Maria Briercliffe (nee Dyson). Of Redstone, Hoylake, Cheshire. Gazetted Second Lieutenant on 20/12/1914, and subsequently promoted to Captain.
Britain, Arthur –
Son of Amelia Britain, of 28, Charlton Avenue, Trafford Road, Patricroft, Lancashire, and the late John Woodall Britain. Recorded with surname BRITAM on SDGW.
Brockbank, Samuel Wolstenholme –
Eldest son of Herbert Brockbank and Marth Ann (nee Wolstenholme), of 111, Manchester Road, Clifton, Lancashire.
Brooks, Robert Septemus –
Formerly 36249, King’s Liverpool Regiment.
Brown, John (Jack) –
Son of George and M. A. Brown, of 28, Darley Grove, Farnworth, Lancashire. An old boy of Bolton Municipal Secondary School. Enlisted September 1914. Formerly 20th Hussars and West Yorkshire Regiment. before attending cadet school and obtaining commission. Reported missing and presumed drowned when the transport Transylvania was torpedoed off the Italian coast.
Brown, Frank –
Son of William and Emma Brown, of 19, Mount Street, Flint, Flintshire.
Buckley, Percy –
Drowned.
Burgess, Ephraim –
Of 78, Crompton Street, Farnworth, Lancashire. Enlisted November 1915. Formerly Private 7643, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.
Burke, Peter –
Son of Ellen Burke, of 58, Kent Street, Farnworth, Lancashire.