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10th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
10th (Service) Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers was raised in Bury in September 1914 as part of Kitchener's Second New Army, they joined 52nd Brigade, 17th (Northern) Division. After initial training close to home, the Division moved to Dorset to continue training and then in late May 1915 moved to the Winchester area. The division had been selected for Home Defence duties, but this was reversed and they proceeded to France landing at Boulogne on the 15th of July 1915, concentrating near St Omer. They moved into the Southern Ypres salient for trench familiarisation and then took over the the front lines in that area. In the spring of 1916 they were in action at the Bluff, south east of Ypres on the Comines canal then moved south to The Somme seeing action during The Battle of Albert in which the Division captured Fricourt and The Battle of Delville Wood. In 1917 they moved to Arras and saw action in The First and Second Battles of the Scarpe and The Capture of Roeux. In late summer they moved to Flanders and fought in The First and Second Battles of Passchendaele. In 1918 they were in action in The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Amiens, The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Havrincourt, The Battle of Epehy and The Battle of Cambrai followed by The pursuit to the Selle, The Battle of the Selle and The Battle of the Sambre. At the Armistice the Division was south east of Maubeuge and was quickly withdrawn to the area west of Le Cateau. On the 6th of December they moved back behind Amiens and went to billets around Hallencourt. Demobilisation of the Division began in January 1919.
1st Aug 1915 Relief Complete 
2nd Aug 1915 Communication
3rd Aug 1915 Communication Tests
4th Aug 1915 Artillery Registration
5th Aug 1915 Communication Equipment
6th Aug 1915 Quiet
7th Aug 1915 Artillery Active
8th Aug 1915 Working Parties
9th Aug 1915 Bombardment
12th Aug 1915 Enemy Active
14th Feb 1916 Attack Launched
5th Jul 1916 Attack Made
6th Nov 1917 Reliefs
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Those known to have served with10th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers during the Great War 1914-1918. - Bartley Owen. L/Cpl. (d.24th June 1916)
- Beatson Leonard Sydney. L/Cpl. (d.13th May 1917)
- Beatson Sydney Leonard. L/Cpl. (d.13th May 1917)
- Blanksby Harry. Pte. (d.7th Jul 1916)
- Buckle H.. Pte. (d.27th August 1918)
- Buckle Henry. Pte. (d.27th August 1918)
- Cardwell Nicholas. Lt.
- Clough Stanley James. Pte.
- Colley VC MM Harold John. Sgt. (d.25th August 1918)
- Cook Harry. L/Cpl. (d.4th November 1918)
- Donnellan James Francis Stuart. Sgt. (d.3rd Nov 1915)
- Field Harry Ernest. Pte. (d.12th October 1918)
- Finch Thomas. Pte. (d.7th July 1916)
- Garstang James. Pte. (d.15th Feb 1916)
- Halstead Henry Fawcett. Pte. (d.6th Nov 1915)
- Harris E. W.. Pte. (d.2nd Mar 1917)
- Howard James. Pte. (d.26th Jun 1916)
- Lawley Fred. Pte. (d.4th November 1918)
- Leadbeater Richard York. Pte. (d.12th May 1917)
- Lester VC Frank. Pte. (d.12th October 1918)
- Mcloughlin Laurence. Pte. (d.15th Feb 1916)
- Pepperd Thomas. Pte. (d.27th February 1916)
- Platt Jesse. Pte. (d.30th July 1916)
- Prior Philip. Pte. (d.23rd September 1915)
- Reynolds Sydney George. Pte. (d.16th Sep 1918)
- See Ernest. Cpl. (d.12th May 1917)
- Shillcock William James. CSM. (d.9th Apr 1918)
- Smales William. Pte. (d.2nd Sep 1918)
- Sutcliffe Willie. Pte. (d.31st Mar 1918)
- Tully Maurice. Pte.
- Wilce George Haigh. Pte. (d.27th Mar 1918)
- Wilding John Edward. Pte. (d.25th Aug 1918)
- Williams James. Pte. (d.12th May 1917)
- Winters Albert. Pte.
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Pte. Frank Lester VC 10th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers (d.12th October 1918)  Frank Lester was killed in action 12th October 1918 aged 22, he was the son of John and Ellen Lester, of Miller's Hay, Irby, Birkenhead. Born at Huyton, Liverpool
An extract from The London Gazette, No. 31067, dated 13th Dec., 1918, records the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery and self-sacrifice during the clearing of the village of Neuvilly, on 12th October, 1918, when, with a party of about seven men under an officer, he was the first to enter a house from the back door, and shot 2 Germans as they attempted to get out by the front door. A minute later a fall of masonry blocked the door by which the party had entered. The only exit into the street was under fire at point-blank range. The street was also swept by fire of machine guns at close range. Observing that an enemy sniper was causing heavy casualties to a party in a house across the street, Pte. Lester exclaimed, " I'll settle him," and, dashing out into the street, shot the sniper at close quarters, falling mortally wounded at the same instant. This gallant man well knew it was certain death to go into the street, and the party opposite was faced with the alternative of crossing the fire-swept street or staying where it was and being shot one by one. To save their lives he sacrificed his own."
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Sgt. Harold John Colley VC MM 10th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers (d.25th August 1918)  Harold Colley died of wounds on 25th August 1918 aged 23 and is buried in the Mailly Wood Cemetery in France.
He was the son of John and Hannah Elizabeth Colley, of 74 Cheshire Rd., Smethwick, Staffs.
An extract from The London Gazette, No. 30967, dated the 18th Oct., 1918, records the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery and initiative when in command of a platoon in support of forward platoons which had been ordered to hold on at all costs. When the enemy counter-attacked in force, he rushed forward on his own initiative to help the forward line, rallying and controlling the men holding it. The enemy by this time were advancing quicky, and had already obtained a footing in the trench. Serjt. Colley then formed a defensive flank and held it. Out of the two platoons only three men remained unwounded, and he himself was dangerously wounded. It was entirely due to Serjt. Colley's action that the enemy were prevented from breaking through, and were eventually driven off. His courage and tenacity saved a very critical situation."
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L/Cpl. Sydney Leonard Beatson 10th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers (d.13th May 1917) Sydney Beatson served with the 10th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers during WW1 and died on the 13th May 1917. He is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
From thedivisional actions he was most probably killed during the Capture of Roeux - part of the Arras Offensive.
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Pte. Maurice Tully 10th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers Maurice Tully is my Grandda.
He was in the 10th Battalion and the 1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliets from 1915 to 1918. He was sent back to the UK as he was wounded.
He lived in Plat Bridge, Wigan.
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Sgt. James Francis Stuart Donnellan 10th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers (d.3rd Nov 1915) James Donnellan is buried in new Irish Farm Cemetery.
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Pte. Albert Winters 10th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers Albert Winters was my grandfather. Some of his records got burnt.
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Pte. H. Buckle 10th Battalian Lancashire Fusiliers (d.27th August 1918) Pte. H Buckle is the grandfather I never knew. He died serving his Country.
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Pte. James Garstang 10th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers (d.15th Feb 1916) James Garstang was killed at the Battle of the Bluff.
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Pte. Laurence Mcloughlin 10th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers (d.15th Feb 1916) Laurence Mcloughlin was killed in action at the Bluff. He was buried at Spoilbank Commonwealth War Cemetery.
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Pte. George Haigh Wilce 10th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers (d.27th Mar 1918) George Wilce was my mother, Dorothy's, brother. Their mother, Ruth, died in 1912, aged 50 when my mother was eight and George was thirteen. As members of a typically large family in those days he became her guardian angel while much older siblings were comparatively distant. She idolised him, which was the term she always used when telling me about him many years later, always with a tear in her eye.
It is difficult to imagine the grief she experienced when, at aged nineteen, when she was only fourteen, he failed to return from France.
He died on 27th March, 1918 and is buried in Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension in the Somme, eight kilometres south-west of Albert, which I have visited, although my mother, sadly, never managed it.
We will remember them.
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Lt. Nicholas Cardwell 10th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers Nicholas Cardwell was my granddad, he fought in the Lancashire Fusiliers in the 10th battalion. He survived the war and died in his home town of Blackpool in Dec 1969. I would not be alive if he had lost his life in this war, I realise how lucky he was and how lucky my mum and I are to be here.
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Pte. Philip Prior 10th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers (d.23rd September 1915) Private Philip Prior died of wounds at No 16 Stationary Hospital, Le Treport, France on 23rd September 1915, aged 29. He was the son of John and Ellen Prior of Wigan. Philip is buried in Le Treport Military Cemetery, France, Plot 1, Row J, Grave 4.
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Pte. Thomas Pepperd 10th Btn. A Coy Lancashire Fusiliers (d.27th February 1916) Thomas Pepperd was born in 1883 in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire, the son of Patrick & Mary. His marriage to Agnes Wright was registered in Warrington, Lancashire in 1906. They had 3 children Jane 1906, Annie 1908 & John 1910.
He was a coal miner & lived in Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire & also in Ashton-in-Makerfield.
He died of wounds "at home" on 27th of February 1916, his death being registered in St George, Hanover Square, London. He was buried in the churchyard at St Oswald's Roman Catholic Church, Ashton-in-Makerfield.
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Pte. John Edward Wilding 10th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers (d.25th Aug 1918) John Edward Wilding (born in 1901) was a soldier in the 10th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers in the 52nd Brigade of the 17th (Northern) Division. He was killed in action, aged 16, during the second Battle of Bapaume, a phase of the second Battle of the Somme in August 1918. He is buried at the Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont, France.
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Pte. Thomas Finch 10th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers (d.7th July 1916) Thomas Finch was my great grandfather. He died after being blown up. He was 35 years old and left behind a wife and three sons. They never found his body and he doesn't have a grave. His name is on the Thiepval Memorial.
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Pte. Jesse Platt 10th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers (d.30th July 1916) Jesse Platt served with the 10th Lancashire Fusiliers.
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Pte. Harry Blanksby 10th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers (d.7th Jul 1916) Harry Blanksby died at the Battle of the Somme.
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Pte. Fred Lawley 10th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers (d.4th November 1918) Fred Lawley was born 1896 in Widnes, Lancashire, one of 5 children, his parents were John Lawley and Selina C. Lawley. In 1911 he was a wooden box maker in a soap factory in Widnes.
He enlisted September 1914 into 12th Bn. and landed in France 5 September 1915, he did not go with the 12th Bn. to Greece but was transferred to 10th Bn. I have no record of where in France and Belgium he served, but was killed in action on 4 November 1918. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France. His family was sent his medals (1914/5 Star, BWM and Victory plus his Memorial Plaque and scroll). The Memorial Plaque is in the possession of a relative Anthony Lord in Perth, Western Australia.
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Pte. Stanley James Clough 10th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers  Although in the Kings Own, Stanley Clough mobilised with the 10th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers to France from Whitchurch, England on 7th of February 1917. He was wounded with shrapnel in his knee on 16th of July 1917 at Nevprit, Belgium and casualty evacuated to Braze Dune Hospital, Belgium for an overnight stay. By Christmas 1917 he had been over the top into action six times.
He was later gassed with mustard (ulcers broke out on his ears, neck and thighs) at Ayette (between Arras and Albert) during the German offensive on 4th April 1918. He was taken to Roueu Hospital at Braze Dune, Belgium. He was returned to Base on 12th June and ended up the line attached to D Company, 15 Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers on 20th June 1918. His unit went on to take Heberteine.
Pte Clough was later shot in the back and shoulder at Achiet le Grand, France on 22nd of August 1918 and was admitted to War Hospital Winwick, Warrington England on 26th of August. He was transferred to Billinge Convalescent Hospital on 30th Aug.
At some point following a period of leave, he returned to France.
On 22nd of August 1918 Pte Clough was wounded again, this time at Achiet le Grand during the Allies counter offensive in France. (He survived the war but his diary ends here.)
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Pte. William Smales 10th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers (d.2nd Sep 1918) William Smales, who was aged 29 at the time of his death, has no known grave and is commemorated on the Vis-en-Artois memorial.
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