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This list records, in date order, the deaths of the 1st Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment. 26th August 1914 Private William Allen, 7718, Died of Wounds Lance Corporal John Edward Arkwright, 9019, Killed in Action Private Ernest Charles Barnaby, 10743, Killed in Action Private Frank Benson, 10726, Killed in Action Private Albert Bolton, 10847, Killed in Action Private Thomas Brady, 6529, Killed in Action 2nd Lieutenant Lawrence Seymour Brockelbank, Killed in Action Private Thomas Broyden, 9055, Died of Wounds Private James Burns, 11047, Killed in Action Sergeant George Calder, 9491, Killed in Action Private John Callaghan, 7549, Killed in Action Sergeant John Capper, 7674, Killed in Action Private Thomas Carter, 7617, Killed in Action Private William Clarke, 7709, Killed in Action Lance Sergeant William Alfred Clucas, 9474, Killed in Action Captain Henry Clutterbuck, Killed in Action Private John Cooper, 6761, Killed in Action Sergeant Albert Edwin Curran, 7232, Killed in Action Private William Downs, 6106, Killed in Action Lieutenant Colonel Alfred McNair Dykes, Killed in Action Private William Henry Ellison, 7687, Killed in Action Private Thomas Faulkner, 10999, Killed in Action Private John Gaffney, 11102, Killed in Action Private Nathan Gaskell, 10854, Killed in Action Lance Corporal Archibald Percy Randolph Gibbs, 9992, Killed in Action Private Samuel Greenberg, 8716, Killed in Action Private Frederick Gregory, 8210, Killed in Action Private Abraham Hardman, 6654, Killed in Action Lance Corporal Samuel Hassall, 10533, Killed in Action Private Thomas Henderson, 7835, Killed in Action Private William Horrigan, 7639, Killed in Action Private John Eric Inglis, 10299, Killed in Action Private Walter Edward Inns, 7794, Killed in Action Private John Jury, 11015, Died of Wounds Private Harry Knight, 10955, Killed in Action Private John Lamb, 7940, Died Private Thomas Leonard, 5938, Killed in Action Private Walter Marshall, 10112, Killed in Action Private Joseph McNeil, 8317, Killed in Action Private James Warburton Moore, 7891, Killed in Action Private Joseph Moran, 7792, Killed in Action Lance Corporal William Parker, 11114, Killed in Action Private Richard Parr, 7593, Killed in Action Corporal John Rafferty, 10779, Killed in Action Private Thomas Ralph, 7011, Killed in Action Sergeant George Richards [true name G Dixon], 4838, Killed in Action Private Edward Roberts, 7826, Killed in Action Private Benjamin Rudd, 9498, Killed in Action Private Oliver Edward Scott, 8438, Killed in Action Warrant Officer Class 2 William Sharp, 5811, Killed in Action Sergeant Fred Sigsworth, 8214, Killed in Action Private Alfred Simpson, 5886, Killed in Action Private James Smith, 6156, Killed in Action Captain Hans Robert Sparenborg, Killed in Action Private John Speakman, 9391, Killed in Action Lieutenant Cyril Steele Steele-Perkins, Killed in Action Captain Frederick George Theobald, Killed in Action Private Reginald Auber Thompson, 11182, Killed in Action Lance Corporal William Henry Turner, 11080, Killed in Action Private Frederick Upshall, 9458, Killed in Action Corporal Percy Harry Welham, 9343, Killed in Action Private Charles Wilkinson, 7060, Killed in Action Private James Wrigley, 11051, Killed in Action Private Fred Yates, 7076, Killed in Action 27th August 1914 Sergeant John Robert Bolton, 6155, Died of Wounds 28th August 1914 Private Maurice King, 8377, Killed in Action Private John Scott, 8422, Killed in Action 30th August 1914 Private Charles Haden, 9873, Died of Wounds 2nd September 1914 Private Stuart A Ewans (served as Frank (or SA) Evans), 10956, Killed in Action 5th September 1914 Private John William Darcy Rigg, 7893, Died 8th September 1914 Lieutenant Lionel Streatfield Woodgate, Killed in Action 9th September 1914 Private Alexander Coleman, 9006, Killed in Action 11th September 1914 Private Stanley Everson, 8780, Killed in Action Corporal James Carey Pike, 4168, Killed in Action 12th September 1914 Private Stephen Egerton, 4168, Died of Wounds Lance Corporal Robert Frederick Whymark, 8892, Died 13th September 1914 Lance Corporal William Pennington, 9013, Killed in Action Private Alfred Roberts, 6717, Killed in Action 14th September 1914 WO2 Harry Blanchard, 7191, Died of Wounds Private Joseph Sixsmith, 6286, Died of Wounds Private Albert Wilkins, 9173, Died of Wounds 15th September 1914 Private John Abbott, 10753, Killed in Action Private William Aldershaw, 8074, Killed in Action Private Edward Crossley, 7658, Killed in Action Private John Davies, 8156, Killed in Action Private Samuel Ferris, 6638, Killed in Action Private John Finan, 10980, Killed in Action Corporal George Wilson, 10693, Killed in Action 17th September 1914 Private William Walters, 8593, Killed in Action 19th September 1914 Private Horace Buckley, 8239, Killed in Action Private Frank Wright, 8334, Died of Wounds 21st September 1914 Private John Cranney, 8802, Killed in Action - (? true name W Mceann or W McCann see CWGC) Private Charles McGuire, 528, Died 25th September 1914 Private Alfred Hargreaves, 9405, Died 4th October 1914 Private James Nyland, 10517, Died of Wounds 13th October 1914 Private William James Bannister, 1544, Killed in Action Private Albert Butterworth, 1329, Killed in Action Lance corporal John Clancy, 9012, Killed in Action Private James Cooke, 7916, Killed in Action Private John Farrington, 9368, Killed in Action Private Robert Ferris, 7116, Killed in Action Private Robert Fisher, 1506, Killed in Action Private William Fox, 7761, Killed in Action Private Charles Frederick Franks, 8538, Killed in Action Private Bernard Graham, 2211, Killed in Action Private Frank Graves, 8002, Killed in Action Private Harry Hadfield, 6029, Killed in Action Private Anthony Harker, 2726, Killed in Action Private William Edward Hawthorne, 2185, Killed in Action Private John Thomas Hutchinson, 8743, Killed in Action Private William Hynard, 8766, Killed in Action Private Thomas Henry Keating, 2321, Killed in Action Private Thomas Kellie, 1990, Killed in Action Private James McGlennon, 2085, Killed in Action Private Henry McKend, 6234, Killed in Action Private Robert Minchin, 7735, Killed in Action Lieutenant Anthony George Attwood Morris, Killed in Action Acting Corporal Reginald Norris, 9096, Killed in Action Private Edward John O'Mahoney, 10770, Killed in Action Lance Corporal Richard Parkinson, 8800, Killed in Action Private Thomas Piggott, 8137, Killed in Action Private Joseph Pritchard, 7521, Killed in Action Corporal Arthur Harrison Proctor, 9163, Killed in Action Private James Arthur Richards, 681, Killed in Action Private Arthur Levi Sheldrake, 8980, Killed in Action Private John William Taylor, 8357, Killed in Action Private Edward Valentine, 8829, Killed in Action Private Thomas Walker, 7089, Killed in Action 2nd Lieutenant Arved Waterhouse, Killed in Action Private Peter Willis, 1590, Killed in Action Private Richard Wilson, 10840, Killed in Action 14th October 1914 Acting Sergeant William Albert, 8820, Died of Wounds Private John Cope, 6924, Died of Wounds Private Victor William Fisher, 10936, Died of Wounds Private Robert Pike, 8945, Died of Wounds Private Arthur Round, 8149, Died of Wounds Private Bert Turney, 9021, Died of Wounds 15th October 1914 Private Samuel Brew, 11131, Died of Wounds 18th October 1914 Major John Henry Morrah, Killed in Action 19th October 1914 Private Henry Thorpe, 7638, Killed in Action 20th October 1914 Private Thomas Bartle, 5931, Died Private Charles Baxter, 7753, Killed in Action Acting Corporal Walter Bosworth, 9419, Killed in Action Private Henry Chappell, 8733, Killed in Action Private Albert Henry Clarke, 9669, Killed in Action Private George Colclough, 8648, Killed in Action Private John Connor, 8406, Killed in Action Private Bertram Cox, 7671, Killed in Action Private David Cronshaw, 9033, Killed in Action Private Thomas George Devall, 8509, Killed in Action Corporal Denis Francis Devine, 8711, Killed in Action Private James Farrell, 7057, Died Private Albert Farron, 5764, Killed in Action Private Samuel Garrett, 9202, Killed in Action Private Harold Horbury, 7650, Killed in Action Private William Hudson, 9430, Killed in Action Private Robert Henry Hunter, 8725, Killed in Action Lance Corporal William Jones, 8295, Killed in Action Private Peter Jones, 8302, Killed in Action Private Alexander Kennedy, 5975, Killed in Action Private Frederick Payne, 9610, Killed in Action Private Richard Poole, 8309, Killed in Action Private James Power, 7952, Killed in Action Private Samuel Redford, 8263, Killed in Action Private Albert Richardson, 7968, Killed in Action Private Philip Rush, 8282, Killed in Action Private James Smith, 8917, Killed in Action Private William Studley, 8988, Killed in Action Private John Robert Sutcliffe, 7937, Killed in Action Private William Tetlow, 8072, Killed in Action Private Henry Tighe, 8168, Killed in Action Private Peter Henry Wilson, 10793, Killed in Action Lance Corporal John Woods, 9631, Killed in Action 21st October 1914 Private John Carney, 8653, Died of Wounds 2nd Lieutenant Paul Heaney, Killed in Action Captain Penry Bruce Lendon, Killed in Action Major Nigel Lucius Samuel Lysons, Killed in Action Private Joseph Arthur Miller, 6570, Died of Wounds 22nd October 1914 Private William Bamber, 8347, Killed in Action Corporal Richard Henry Clarkson, 4946, Killed in Action Private James Quigley, 1795, Killed in Action Private George Robinson, 1182, Killed in Action Private Ernest Thomas Stebbing, 10888, Killed in Action Private Thomas Surridge, 7197, Killed in Action 23rd October 1914 Private Bertie Langham, 6110, Died of Wounds 25th October 1914 Lance Corporal Frank Lee, 9212, Died of Wounds 27th October 1914 Private Edward Arkwright, 664, Killed in Action Sergeant Charles Collins, 6897, Died of Wounds Private Walter Haynes, 10981, Killed in Action Private John Kelly, 1854, Killed in Action Private Thomas Woodward, 6978, Killed in Action 28th October 1914 Private James Harwood, 10834, Died 29th October 1914 Private James McCormack, 7505, Died of Wounds 1st November 1914 Private John Cannon, 7762, Died of Wounds 2nd November 1914 Lance corporal Samuel Howell, 9172, Died 5th November 1914 Sergeant Edward Howard DCM, 7941, Died of Wounds 10th November 1914 Private Thomas Shuttleworth, 8285, Died of Wounds 11th November 1914 Private Frank Bromilow, 7108, Killed in Action Acting Sergeant John Walker, 6196, Killed in Action 12th November 1914 Private John Lee, 8163, Killed in Action Private William McLinden, 9486, Killed in Action Private Frederick Pearson, 8206, Died of Wounds Sergeant Ernest Shepherd, 9168, Killed in Action 15th November 1914 Lance Corporal Robert Hardy, 8076, Died of Wounds Private James Harper, 7580, Killed in Action 16th November 1914 Private Edward Miller, 8331, Died Private George Smith, 2496, Killed in Action 17th November 1914 Private Leonard Allen, 10709, Died 18th November 1914 Private Isaac Haddingbrooke, 1871, Killed in Action 20th November 1914 Private Joseph Dunne, 7996, Killed in Action Private William McHugh, 11016, Killed in Action Private Lawrence Murphy, 11072, Killed in Action Private John Sibbald, 8970, Killed in Action 21st November 1914 Private Albert Atkinson, 6098, Killed in Action Private George Austin, 8478, Killed in Action Private John Stanley Hay, 6895, Killed in Action Private John William Ralph, 11150, Killed in Action 28th November 1914 Private Albert Davies, 11253, Died of Wounds 29th November 1914 Private William John Blewitt, 10775, Killed in Action 4th December 1914 Private Ernest e Stephenson, 6564, Died of Wounds 12th December 1914 Private Thomas Hocknell, 2302, Died Private John Whelan, 5883, Killed in Action Acting Sergeant William Joseph Paul Young, 10053, Killed in Action 14th December 1914 Lieutenant Ronald Andrew Colquhoun Aitchison, Died of Wounds 15th December 1914 Acting Corporal Frank Cruise [De Cruz], 6659, Killed in Action 21st December 1914 Sergeant Joshua Holmes, 9358, Killed in Action Sergeant Albert Charles Jones, 5277, Killed in Action 22nd December 1914 Private John Joseph Eyres, 7659, Died 24th December 1914 Private Edward Collins, 10864, Killed in Action Only a proportion of our collections are on display at anyone time. 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