In Memory of

Private Peter James Halsall

4377
1st/4th Battalion South Lancashire Regiment
Killed in Action 15th September 1916

According to CWGC, Private Peter Halsall was the son of Jane Halsall, 25, Church Lane, Lowton, and the late Edward Halsall. It has not been possible to find a newspaper obituary, so no further personal details are available.

Peter's name is on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme which bears the names of more than 72,000 officers and men who died in the Somme sector and who have no known grave.

The Battalion War Diary gives this account for the day Peter died:

"A,2.b.3.6.

15th Fine. 'A' Coy. working on LONGUEVAL-FLERS Road. 'B' Coy. 1 platoon with 133 Core on water point FRICOURT. Remainder of 'B' on LONGUEVAL Road. 'C' Company working with 134 Core on water Supplies MONTAUBAN and LONGUEVAL. 'D' Coy. working on LONGUEVAL Road filling up shell craters and dug out two "tanks" which were stuck in bad ground. XV Corps attacked and took FLERS. Casualties 5 O. R. killed. 20 O. R. wounded."

Private William Yates was killed on the same day.