Local History: Maghull and Lydiate home

War Memorial: St Andrew's School, Maghull, Merseyside

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The material below was rather hastily put together several years ago mainly from the Commonwealth War Graves Site. I had hoped to expand it but have not yet had time. I believe a book is currently in preperation.


GEORGE ASHCROFT

Lieutenant 5th Bn., The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment who died on Tuesday, 31st July 1917. Age 21.
Son of Henry and Ellen Ashcroft, of Gore House, Maghull, Liverpool.

Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Grave Reference/ Panel Number: Panel 41 and 43
Location: Ypres (now Ieper) is a town in the Province of West Flanders. The Memorial is situated at the eastern side of the town on the road to Menin and Courtrai, and bears the names of men who were lost without trace during the defence of the Ypres Salient in the First World War.


NEVILLE ARTHUR CLARK

Lieutenant 1st Bn., Coldstream Guards who died on Wednesday, 28th November 1917. Age 30.
Husband of M. C. Clark, of Maghull, Liverpool.

Cemetery: ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, MANANCOURT, Somme, France
Grave Reference/ Panel Number: IV. A. 12.
Location: Rocquigny and Equancourt are two villages in the Department of the Somme, some 13 kilometres north of Peronne and 12 kilometres south-east of Bapaume. Rocquigny and Equancourt are approximately 8 kilometres apart and the Rocquigny-Equancourt British Cemetery lies about halfway between the two villages on the north side of the road just west of the crossing road from Etricourt to Ytres.


WILLIAM GEORGE HAMM MC

Second Lieutenant 13th Bn., East Yorkshire Regiment who died on Wednesday, 2nd May 1917. Age 20.
Born at Liverpool. Son of William and Pauline Hamm, of "Crofton", 5, Marine Parade, Hoylake, Cheshire.

Cemetery: ORCHARD DUMP CEMETERY, ARLEUX-EN-GOHELLE, Pas de Calais, France
Grave Reference/ Panel Number: V. D. 30.
Location: Arleux-en-Gohelle is a village on the main Arras to Henin-Lietard road, the D919. The Cemetery lies on the left side of this road approximately 1 kilometre from the village of Bailleul-Sire-Berthoult.


R J WOODWARD MSM

Company Serjeant Major 241159 6th Bn., The King's (Liverpool Regiment) who died on Sunday, 27th October 1918. Age 32.
Son of James Woodward, of Deyes Lane, Maghull, Liverpool. An assistant to the Prosecuting Solicitor, Liverpool Corporation. One of six brothers who served.

Cemetery: HESWALL (ST. PETER) CHURCHYARD, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Grave Reference/ Panel Number: 1. 2. 6.


J B WOOLFENDEN

Lance Serjeant 3656210th Bn., East Yorkshire Regiment who died on Sunday, 29th September 1918.

Cemetery: UNDERHILL FARM CEMETERY, PLOEGSTEERT, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium
Grave Reference/Panel Number: D. 26.
Location: Underhill Farm Cemetery is located 12 Km south of Ieper town centre, on a road leading from the Rijselseweg N365, which connects Ieper to Wijtschate, Mesen (Messines) and on to Armentieres. From Ieper town centre the Rijselsestraat runs from the market square, through the Lille Gate (Rijselpoort) and directly over the crossroads with the Ieper ring road. The road name then changes to the Rijselseweg. 3 km after the town of Mesen lies the right hand turning onto the Rue du Petit Pont. (Kleine Brugstraat). 1 Km along this road on the right hand side of the road lies the cemetery.


RICHARD ARMstrong

Corporal 3507 2nd Bn., South Lancashire Regiment who died on Wednesday, 16th June 1915. Age 32.
Husband of Mary Jane Latham (formerly Armstrong), of Bank Cottage, Green Lane, Maghull, Liverpool.

Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Grave Reference/ Panel Number: Panel 37
Ypres (now Ieper) is a town in the Province of West Flanders. The Memorial is situated at the eastern side of the town on the road to Menin and Courtrai, and bears the names of men who were lost without trace during the defence of the Ypres Salient in the First World War.


A J COBHAM

Corporal 41889 1st Bn., The King's (Liverpool Regiment)who died on Monday, 22nd April 1918. Age 21.
Son of Mrs. Sarah Cobham, of Damfield Lane, Maghull, Liverpool.

Cemetery: CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ, Pas de Calais, France
Grave Reference/Panel Number: VIII. P. 32.
Location: Souchez is a village 3.5 kilometres north of Arras on the main road to Bethune. The cemetery is about 1.5 kilometres south of the village on the west side of the D937 Arras-Bethune Road.


WALTER WOODWARD

Lance Corporal 51749 18th Bn. 1 he, The King's (Liverpool Regiment) who died on Monday, 29th April 1918.

Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Grave Reference/ Panel Number: Panel 31 to 34 and 162 and 162A and 163A
Location: The Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing forms the north-eastern boundary of Tyne Cot Cemetery, which is located 9 kilometres north east of Ieper town centre, on the Tynecotstraat, a road leading from the Zonnebeekseweg (N332).


ALBERT GEORGE CUDDY

Private 300470 18th Bn., The King's (Liverpool Regiment)who died on Wednesday, 19th December 1917. Age 22
Son of Albert Edward and Elizabeth Cuddy, of "Roanoke", Maghull, Lancs.

Cemetery: LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Grave Reference/Panel Number: XXVII. C. 5.


MORTIMER PIM

Rifleman 1658 6th Bn., The King's (Liverpool Regiment) who died on Tuesday, 26th September 1916. Age 25.
Son of Edward and Dora Pim, of Northfield, Aughton, Ormskirk. Born at Maghull, Lancs.

Cemetery: HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE, Somme, France
Grave Reference/ Panel Number: IV. I. 5.
Location: Mericourt-l'Abbe is a village approximately 19 kilometres north-east of Amiens and 10 kilometres south-west of Albert. Heilly Station Cemetery is about 2 kilometres south-west of Mericourt-l'Abbe, on the south side of the road to Corbie.


THOMAS FRANCIS REYNOLDS

Rifleman 240172 1st/6th Bn., The King's (Liverpool Regiment) who died on Thursday, 26th September 1918. Age 25.
Son of Elizabeth Reynolds, of Damfield Lane, Maghull, Liverpool, and the late Thomas Reynolds.

Cemetery: HOUCHIN BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France
Grave Reference/ Panel Number: III. D. 17.
Location: Houchin is a village situated between Barlin and Bethune, about 5 kilometres south of Bethune. Houchin British Cemetery is on the south-west side of Houchin village. There are CWGC signposts to be found in the village of Houchin and on the main D72 road.


HERBERT SAMUEL BRAY

Private 27569 17th Bn., The King's (Liverpool Regiment) who died on Sunday, 2nd July 1916. Age 31.
Son of James Bray, of 22, Bodmin Rd., Walton, Liverpool, and the late Mary Olive Bray.

Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France
Grave Reference/Panel Number: Pier and Face 1 D 8 B and 8 C
Location: The Thiepval Memorial will be found on the D73, off the main Bapaume to Albert road (D929).


P FOX

Private 20565 14th Bn., Royal Welsh Fusiliers who died on Monday, 16th July 1917.

Cemetery: LIVERPOOL (ANFIELD) CEMETERY, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Grave Reference/ Panel Number: V. R.C. 1797.


C W HASKAYNE

Private 472891st Bn., The King's (Liverpool Regiment) who died on Saturday, 17th February 1917. Age 36.
Son of Charles and Mary Haskayne, of Brewery Lane, Melling, Liverpool; husband of Mary Agnes Grayson (formerly Haskayne), of Nook Cottage, Taylor's Lane, Maghull, Liverpool.

Cemetery: AVELUY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France
Grave Reference/ Panel Number: L. 21.
Location: Aveluy is a village in the Department of the Somme, immediately north of Albert. Using the D929 from Bapaume to Albert, continue until you come to La Boisselle, and then take the right turning signposted to Aveluy on the D20. On entering Aveluy the cemetery will be found after taking the first right turn in the village.


WALTER HENRETTY

Private 32997 1st/5th Bn., The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment who died on Friday, 30th November 1917. Age 23.
Son of Mrs. Alice Jane Henretty, of 26, Burleigh Rd., Everton, Liverpool.

Memorial: CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL, Nord, France
Grave Reference/ Panel Number: Panel 8
Location: The small village of Louverval is on the north side of the N30, Bapaume to Cambrai road, 13 kilometres north-east of Bapaume and 16 kilometres south-west of Cambrai. The Memorial stands on a terrace in Louverval Military Cemetery, which is situated on the north side of the N30, south of Louverval village. CWGC signposts on the N30 give advance warning of arrival at the Cemetery Situated behind a colonnade, the memorial takes the form of a semi-circular wall on which the names of the dead are carved. At the entrance is the following inscription in English and French:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO THE ENDURING MEMORY OF 7048 OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE FORCES OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE WHO FELL AT THE BATTLE OF CAMBRAI BETWEEN THE 20TH NOVEMBER AND THE 3RD DECEMBER 1917, WHOSE NAMES ARE HERE RECORDED BUT TO WHOM THE FORTUNES OF WAR DENIED THE KNOWN AND HONOURED BURIAL GIVEN TO THEIR COMRADES IN DEATH.


JAMES MASON

Private 265736 "B" Coy. 1st/7th Bn., The King's (Liverpool Regiment) who died on Wednesday, 9th August 1916. Age 19.
Son of William and Jane Mason, of Liverpool Rd., Maghull, Liverpool.

Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France
Grave Reference/ Panel Number: Pier and Face 1 D 8 B and 8 C
Location: The Thiepval Memorial will be found on the D73, off the mai Bapaume to Albert road (D929).


HERBERT PRESCOTT

Private 30184 18th Bn., The King's (Liverpool Regiment) who died on Saturday, 1st July 1916. Age 27.
Son of John and Mary Mounsey Prescott, of Maghull, Liverpool.

Cemetery: DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ, Somme, France
Grave Reference/Panel Number: IV. T. 4.
Location: Mametz is a village about 8 kilometres east of the town of Albert. The Cemetery is a little east of the village on the north side of the road, D64, to Montauban.


FRANK PRESCOTT

Private 17087 18th Bn., The King's (Liverpool Regiment) who died on Tuesday, 25th July 1916. Age 25.
Son of John and Mary Mounsey Prescott, of Melling Lane, Maghull, Liverpool.

Cemetery: ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France
Grave Reference/Panel Number: XIV. E. 5.
Location: Etaples is a town about 27 kilometres south of Boulogne. The Military Cemetery is to the north of the town, on the west side of the road to Boulogne.


OLIVER PRESCOTT

Private 28663 6th Bn., South Lancashire Regiment who died on Friday, 2nd February 1917. Age 23.
Son of James and Annie Prescott, of Kenyon's Lane, Maghull, Liverpool.

Cemetery: AMARA WAR CEMETERY, Iraq
Grave Reference/ Panel Number: XXVI. F. 1.
Location: Amara is a town on the left bank of the Tigris some 520 kilometres from the sea. The War Cemetery is a little east of the town between the left bank of the river and the Chahaila Canal.


SYDNEY SEWELL

Rifleman 200231 1st/5th Bn., The King's (Liverpool Regiment) who died on Tuesday, 8th August 1916.

Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France
Grave Reference/ Panel Number: Pier and Face 1 D 8 B and 8 C
Location: The Thiepval Memorial will be found on the D73, off the main Bapaume to Albert road (D929).