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39 Soldiers who are recorded by "Soldiers Died in the Great War"

as born in Earlestown (or "Earlstown"),

but who are not on the Town Hall Memorial.


CARRINGTON, Tom, b. Earlestown, Lancs, e. St. Helens, Lancs, 29975, PRIVATE, Killed in action, France & Flanders, 11/04/18.

COOK, Benjamin, b. Earlestown, Lancs, e. Liverpool, r. St. Helens, Lancs, 356727, PRIVATE, Killed in action, France & Flanders, 09/08/16.

COSGROVE, George, b. Earlestown, Lancs, e. Barnsley, 13/1167, PRIVATE, Killed in action, France & Flanders, 01/07/16.

CRITCHLEY, Joseph Hayes, b. Earlestown, Lancs, e. Wednesbury, Staffs, r. Tipton, Staffs, 17502, L/CPL, Killed in action, Gallipoli, 10/12/15.

CURTIN, Timothy, b. Earlestown, Lancs, e. Ashton-Under-Lyne, Lancs, r. Hollinwood, Lancs, 36276, PRIVATE, Killed in action, France & Flanders, 21/03/18.

EDWARDS, Peter, b. Earlestown, Lancashire, e. Leigh, Lancashire, S/7914, PRIVATE, Killed in action, France & Flanders, 25/09/15.

MARTIN, Andrew, b. Earlestown, Lancs, e. Ashton-Under-Lyne, Lancs, r. Guernsey, 8890, NCPL., Killed in action, France & Flanders, 30/05/15.

MORRIS, Edwin, b. Earlestown, Lancs, e. Manchester, Lancs, S/10663, PRIVATE, Killed in action, France & Flanders, 12/10/16.

MORRISON, Alexander, b. Earlestown, Lancs, e. Warrington, Lancs, 200489, PRIVATE, Died of wounds, France & Flanders,06/09/17.

MURPHY, John Stanley, b. Earlestown, e. Earlestown, Lancs, 5667, GUNNER, Died, Mesopotamia, 18/07/16.

PARKIN, Fred, b. Earlestown, Lancs, e. Prescot, 23883, PRIVATE, Killed in action, France & Flanders, 13/03/18, FORMERLY 1622, S. LANCS REGT..

PARKIN, George, b. Earlestown, Lancs, e. Warrington, 41801, PRIVATE, Killed in action, France & Flanders, 15/10/18.

PEPPERD, Thomas, b. Earlestown, Lancs, e. Wigan, Lancs, r. Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancs, 4280, PRIVATE, Died of wounds, Home, 27/02/16.

RATLIFFE, Charles, b. Earlestown, Lancs, e. Warrington, r. St. Helens, 27048, PRIVATE, Killed in action, Gallipoli, 08/08/15, FORMERLY 11867, S. LANCS REGT..

STEELE, John, b. Earlestown, Lancs, e. Liverpool, 36173, PRIVATE, Killed in action, France & Flanders, 27/05/18, FORMERLY 20730, TRAINING RESERVE BATTALION..

STOKES, Walter, b. Earlestown, Lancs, e. Warrington, Lancs, 97272, A/BDR., Died, Mesopotamia, 22/06/16.

WHITEHEAD, Arthur, b. Earlestown, Lancs, e. Hindley, Lancs, r. Wigan, Lancs, 15725, PRIVATE, Killed in action, France & Flanders, 15/04/17.

WILLIAMS, Benjamin, b. Earlestown, Lancs, e. Leigh, Lancs, 1690, PRIVATE, Killed in action, Gallipoli, 04/06/15.

WILLIAMS, Edward, b. Earlestown, Lancs, e. Earlestown, r. Golbome, Lancs, 251951, PRIVATE, Killed in action, France & Flanders, 06/09/17, FORMERLY 11888, SOUTH LANCS REGT..


ADAMS, Charles, b. Earlstown, Lancs, e. Whitehall, r. Wandsworth, 722639, PRIVATE, Killed in action, France & Flanders, 25/03/17.

BEAUMONT, Charles, b. Earlstown, Lancs, e. Chester, 10222, PRIVATE, Killed in action, France & Flanders, 03/07/16.

DAVIES, Ernest, b. Earlstown, Lancs, e. Warrington, Lancs, 72019, PRIVATE, Killed in action, France & Flanders, 03/05/18.

DAVIS, John Christopher, b. Earlstown, Lancs, e. Barnsley, 62978, PRIVATE, Killed in action, France & Flanders, 12/09/18, FORMERLY 5/220008, T.R BATTN..

FLAHERTY, Joseph, b. Earlstown, Lancs, e. Rotherham, Yorks, 53657, PRIVATE, Killed in action, France & Flanders, 18/09/18.

GRIMSHAW, Alec, b. Earlstown, Lancs, e. Chester, r. Egremont, Cheshire, 244776, PRIVATE, Died of wounds, France & Flanders, 30/05/18.

HANCOCK, William, b. Earlstown, Lancs, e. Warrington, Lancs, Al203045, RIFLEMAN, Died of wounds, France & Flanders, 10/07/17 , FORMERLY Z/2073, RIFLE BRIG..

HANCOCKS, William, b. Earlstown, Lancs, e. Mansfield, Notts, 60222, PRIVATE, Died of wounds, France & Flanders, 11/08/18.

HARRIS, Herbert George, b. Earlstown, Lancs, e. Nottingham, 7234, SERGT ., Died of wounds, France & Flanders, 29/09/14.

HEAD, Richard Augustus, b. Earlstown, Lancs, e. Liverpool, 43626, L/CPL, Killed in action, France & Flanders, 04/10/17, FORMERLY 164588, R.E..

HOPKINS, Joseph, b. Earlstown, e. Manchester, 15436, L/CPL, Killed in action, France & Flanders, 02/03/16.

JONES, Arthur, b. Earlstown, Lancs, e. Manchester, 15902, PRIVATE, Killed in action, France & Flanders, 23/07/16.

JONES, John, b. Earlstown, Lancs, e. Chester, r. Seacombe, Cheshire, 10200, PRIVATE, Killed in action. France & Flanders,13/01/15.

JONES, Wallace, b. Earlstown, Lancs, e. Warrington, Lancs, r. Kendal, Westmorland, 19475, PRIVATE, Killed in action, France & Flanders, 22/05/18, M.M..

KYNASTON, Joseph, b. Earlstown, Lancs, e. Chesterfield, Derby, 73171, GUNNER, Killed in action, France & Flanders, 25/09/15.

MARTIN, George, b. Earlstown, Lancs, e. Farnworth, Lancs, r. Bolton, 17764, PRIVATE, Killed in action, Mesopotamia, 09/04/16.

NAYLOR, Alfred, b. Earlstown, Lancs, e. Haydock, Lancs, 432326, L/CPL, Killed in action, France & Flanders, 09/04/18, (55TH DIV. SIGNAL COY., RE.).

PARKIN, Joseph, b. Earlstown, e. Prescot, 58632, PRIVATE, Killed in action, East Africa, 18/10/17, FORMERLY DM/2/196243, A.S.C. (M.T.).

SWARSBRICK, Douglas Holt, b. Earlstown, Lancs, e. Birmingham, r. Warrington, Lancs, 1002, L/CPL, Killed in action, France & Flanders, 27/07/16.

WILLIAMSON, Walter, b. Earlstown, Lancs, e. Manchester, r. Paticroft, Lancs, 22233, Killed in action, France & Flanders, 25/09/15, FORMERLY 4900, MANCHESTER REGIMENT .