17.1 Servicemen who returned from WWI

Name on Board/ Full name/Unit/Rank

Year of birth and death if known

Parents and home address

R. Brewer:
Richard Brewer
Canadian Field Artillery: Rank not known

c.1886 -

 Son of Richard and Alice Brewer of Lower Fairsnape Farm, Bleasdale.

T. Bullock:
Thomas Bullock
Unit/Rank not known

1899 -

Son of George and Isabella Bullock of School Cottages, Bleasdale.

G. Cochran:
George Cochrane
7/KORLR: Private

1894 -

 Son of Samuel and Susan Cochrane of Oakenclough.

J. Cochran:
John Wm Cochrane:
Manchester & 11th East Lancs Regts: Private

1899 -

ditto

S. Cochran:
Samuel Cochrane:
5//KORLR and Machine Gun Corps:
Private

1897 -

ditto

J. Corless:
John Corless?
Unit/Rank not known

c. 1886? -

Probably son of John and Betsy Corless of Oakenclough.

T. Corless:
Thomas Corless
111th/113th Royal Field Artillery:
Driver

1884 -

Mother: Elizabeth Corless of Oakenclough.

J. Fawell:
John William Fawell:
Army Service Corps:
Private

1890 -

Son of George William and Elizabeth Fawell of Bleasdale.

J. Fielding:
Joseph? Fielding
Unit/Rank not known

Not known

Not known.

R. Harrison:
Richard Harrison
Unit/Rank not known

c. 1895 - ?

Probably the son of Cuthbert and Margaret Ann Harrison of Bailey Hey Farm, Goosnargh and brother of John Harrison, missing in action: 1918.

W. Harrison:
William Harrison
Unit/Rank not known

c. 1897 – 1980?

ditto

R. Hunt:
Robert Hunt
Liverpool/Scottish
Regt: Private

c. 1881 – 1962

From Preston; Bleasdale School House: Headteacher, Bleasdale School, 1910 - 1920

J. Huntington:
James? Huntington
Unit/Rank not known

1882? -

Possibly son of Thomas and Mary Huntington of Oakenclough.

H. Jackson:
Harold Jackson (junior)
Unit/Rank not known

1899 -

Son of Harold Jackson, paper manufacturer, Oakenclough, and Beatrice, his wife. Brother-in-law of Corporal Harry Malley, killed in action, 1918.

W. Jennings:
William? Jennings
Unit/Rank not known

c. 1885? -

Not known.

Edward Kelsall:
New Zealand Machine Gun Corps:
Sergeant

c.1889 -

Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Ann Kelsall of  Fairsnape Farm, Bleasdale.

Thomas Kelsall:
Royal Field Artillery:
Corporal

1893 -

ditto

E. Longton:
Edward? Longton
Unit/Rank not known

c. 1896? -

Probably son of George Longton of Brooks Farm, Bleasdale.

H. Longton:
Henry? Longton
Unit/Rank not known

 c. 1898? -

Ditto: twin brother of Robert.

R. Longton:
Robert Longton
Unit/Rank not known

c. 1898? -

Ditto: twin brother of Henry.

E. Lord:
Eric Lord
Loyal North Lancs Rgt:
Private

1898 - 1953

Son of Walter James and Catherine Lord of Admarsh Farm, Bleasdale.

L. Lord:
Leo Lord
Army Service Corps:
Private

1893 - 1965

ditto

P.B. Lord:
Peter Barton Lord
Army Service Corps:
Driver

1886 -  1961

ditto

W.J. Lord:
Walter James Lord Army Service Corps:
Private

1887 - 1933

ditto

G.T. Parker:
Thomas George Parker?
1/Loyal North Lancs Rgt: Lance Corporal

1895? -

If Thomas George Parker, he was the son of Robert and Elizabeth Ann Parker of Sagars Farm,  Goosnargh.

R. Parker:
Robert Parker:
Unit/Rank not known

1900 – 1986

Son of Robert and Elizabeth Ann Parker of Sagars Farm,  Goosnargh.

T. Parr:
Thomas Atkinson Parr?
Unit/Rank not known

1894? -

Possibly son of Joseph and Agnes Parr of New House Farm. Bleasdale

T. Pye:
Name/Unit/Rank not known

Not known

Not known.

W. Sedgwick: Name/Unit/Rank not known

Not known

Not known

T. Smith:
Probably George Thomas Smith
3/Loyal North Lancs Regt: Private

1890 – 1965

If George Thomas Smith, he was the son of James Smith, of Hazelhurst Cottage and Grace Smith.

B. Ward:
William Bartle Ward:
5/KORLR and Royal Engineers: Private

c. 1896

Son of Thomas and Sarah Ward of Broadhead Farm, Goosnargh and later, Oakenclough.

T. Ward:
Thomas Ward
Unit/Rank not known

c. 1897

ditto

H. Wilcock:
Herbert Wilcock MM,
R.A.M.C.  and K.O.S.B. Regt: Sergeant

c. 1897

Son of Stephen and Margaret Wilcock of Fell End Cottage, Bleasdale.

S. Wilcock:
Stephen Billington Wilcock
Unit/Rank not known

1877 - 1949

Of Fell End Cottage, Bleasdale: Father of Herbert and Thomas Wilcock.

T. Wilcock:
Thomas Wilcock
Unit/Rank not known

1897 -

Son of Stephen and Margaret Wilcock of Fell End Cottage, Bleasdale.

W. H. Wilkinson:
William Henry Wilkinson
Royal Field Artillery: Private; later Lieutenant.

1886 -

From Preston; clerk at Oakenclough Paper Mill.

E. Yates:
Edward Kelsall Yates
Unit/Rank not known

c. 1891 -

Son of Roger and Annie Yates of Holme House Farm, Bleasdale and brother of Roger Yates, killed in action, 1917.

G. Yates:
George Yates
Unit/Rank not known

c. 1894 - 1926

ditto

J. Yates:
Probably James Yates
Unit/Rank not known

c. 1891? –
1928?

Probably son of Roger and Annie Yates of Higher Fairsnape Farm, Bleasdale.