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War Memorial - Kirkby-in-Furness, Cumbria, England


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Mark Grigg
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2719

15 June 1915

1st/4th Bn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Le Touret Memorial, France
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John Carter
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42563
abt. 1892
22 March 1918
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10th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
Arras Memorial, France
Son of Joseph Hartley Carter and Eleanor Carter,
of 13, Hall St., Dalton-in-Furness, Lancs.
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John Wilson (Probably)
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21899

19 November 1915

6th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
White House Cemetery, St. Jean-les-Ypres, Belgium
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Eric Rothery
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Isaac Hudson
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Private
30150
abt. 1895
11 April 1917
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8th Bn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Arras Memorial, France
Son of James and Agnes Hudson,
of Soutergate, Kirkby-in-Furness, Lancs.
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Isaac A. Knight
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Gunner
283394

01 May 1918

23rd Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
Esquelbeco Military Cemetery, France
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John Russell
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20535
abt. 1897
21 August 1918
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8th Bn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France
Son of John and Isabella A. Russell,
of The Hill, Kirkby-in-Furness, Lancs.
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Roger Preston
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18381

26 April 1915

2nd Bn. Canadian Infantry
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium
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William Sykes
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2066
abt. 1893
15 June 1915
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"A" Coy. 1st/4th Bn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Le Touret Memorial, France
Son of David and Elizabeth Sykes,
of Marshside, Kirkby-in-Furness, Lancs.
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William Relph
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21354
abt. 1889
09 February 1917
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6th Bn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Basra Memorial, Iraq
Son of Mrs. Nancy Cotten,
of 14, Sharp St., Askam-in-Furness, Lancs.
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Thomas Ernest Heaton
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Lance Corporal
23715
abt. 1885
between 09 Apr 1917 and 12 Apr 1917
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8th Bn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Tilloy British Cemetery, Tilloy-les-Mofflaines, France
Son of Robert and Jane Heaton,
of Grizebeck, Kirkby-in-Furness,
husband of Nellie Heaton,
of The Row, Grizebeck, Kirkby-in-Furness.
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Thomas Martin
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Private
200674

08 August 1916

1st/4th Bn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Thiepval Memorial, France
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John Tyson Shepherd
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Lance Corporal
200603

12 April 1917

1st Bn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Arras Memorial, France
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Richard Knight
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Private
51292
abt. 1888
08 May 1915
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Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium
Son of Mrs. Mary Knight,
of 11, Mission City, British Columbia.
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Joseph Fleming
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Private
706901
abt. 1884
09 April 1917
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54th Bn. Canadian Infantry
Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery, Neuville-St. Vaast, France
Son of James Collinson Fleming and Mary Bibby Fleming,
of 90, Harrogate St., Barrow-in-Furness, Lancs, England.
Native of Kirkby-in-Furness, Lancs.
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Norman Bernhard Vernon Rothery
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Private
45266
abt. 1894
03 November 1917
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8th Bn. Cheshire Regiment
Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq
Son of Mr. W. B. Rothery,
of Hazelmere, Southport, Lancs.
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Richard Townson
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Private
72183
abt. 1896
02 August 1917
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44th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium
Nephew of Mrs. M. Springham,
of 50, Dersingham Avenue, Manor Park, Essex.
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William Proctor
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Private
20344

04 December 1916

1st Bn. Highland Light Infantry
Amara War Cemetery, Iraq
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Lewthwaite Shaw
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Private
204226

27 July 1919

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
transf. to (520977) Labour Corps
Kirkby Ireleth (St. Cutbert) Churchyard, Lancashire
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Robert John Rawlinson
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Lieutenant

Military Medal
abt. 1891
30 September 1918
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8th Bn. Canadian Infantry
Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux, France
Husband of Frances Mary Rawlinson,
of Grizebeck, Kirkby-in-Furness, Lancs.
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William N. Brockbank
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Private
W/929

08 November 1915

13th Bn. Cheshire Regiment
Tancrez Farm Cemetery, Belgium
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Ernest Cartwright
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Second Lieutenant

abt. 1892
01 November 1918
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5th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
Maing Communal Cemetery, France
Son of Herbert and Minnie Cartwright,
of Wooldale, Huddersfield,
husband of Dora Alice Cartwright,
of "Morden," Soutergate, Kirkby-in-Furness, Lancs.
Enlisted 23 August 1914 in The Duke of Wellington's Regt.
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John Victor Cranke
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Private
19142
abt. 1888
20 April 1918
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1st Bn. Northamptonshire Regiment
Loos Memorial, France
Youngest son of John and Margaret Cranke,
of Ellermire, Kirkby-in-Furness, Lancs.
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