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In Memory of

Private Oliver Hingley

16050
8th Bn., King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Killed in Action 2nd March 1916 age 22

Oliver was the son of the late William and Agnes Hingley. Previous to the outbreak of war, he worked as a collier for Messrs. Richard Evans and Co., Ltd. at Wood Pit, Haydock. The WG of 15th April 1916 gives his address at that time as Millfield Lane, Haydock, while the NEG of the previous day gives it as Kenyon’s Lane, Haydock. His sister, Mrs. W. Bailey, to whom the news was set lived at the BYH House, Golborne Road, Newton.

According to the obituaries, he was killed whilst taking part in a bayonet charge. The Official History describes the fighting for the Bluff during which Oliver was killed.

His name is recorded on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, along with more than 54,000 officers and men who died in the Ypres Salient before 16th August 1917 and who have no known grave.