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Loyal North Lancashire Regiment was formed in 1881 from the 1st Battalion from the 47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot and the 2nd Battalion from the 81st (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) Regiment of Foot Battalions during the Great War 1914-1918:
- 1st Battalion
- 2nd Battalion
- 3rd Battalion
- 4th (Reserve) Battalion
- 2/4th Battalion
- 1/5th Battalion
- 2/5th Battalion
- 4/5th Battalion
- 6th (Service) Battalion
- 7th (Service) Battalion
- 8th (Service) Battalion
- 9th (Service) Battalion
- 10th (Service) Battalion
- 11th (Reserve) Battalion
- 1/12th (Service) Battalion
- 2/12th (Reserve) Battalion
- 13th (Home Service) Battalion
- 14th Battalion
- 15th (Service) Battalion
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Those known to have served with The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918.
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- Frederick Atkinson (d.19th Oct 1914) Read their Story.
- Charles Bage Read their Story.
- L/Cpl. John Cragg (d.15th Jul 1916)
- Sjt. Thomas Farrell Read their Story.
- 2nd Lt. Louis Fleeming Jenkin MC & Bar. (d.11th Sep 1917) Read their Story.
- Pte. Albert Alfred Kellaway Read their Story.
- Pte. J. Moran (d.15th Jun 1917)
- Pte. James Ormerod Read their Story.
- Pte. William Henry Patten (d.7th Jun 1917)
- Pte. William Henry Patten (d.7th Jun 1917)
- Pte. Peter Pilkington (d.21st May 1916)
- Pte. Robert Pilkington (d.20th Sep 1916)
- 2nd Lt. A. H. Stretch Read their Story.
- Private Robert Stanley Watterson Read their Story.
- L/Cpl Thomas James Welsh Read their Story.
- Pte. Walter Woodward (d.31 Jul 1917) Read their Story.
The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add,, or any recollections or photos of those listed, please get in touch.
Private Robert Stanley Watterson Kings Liverpool
I believe Pte. Robert Stanley Watterson served in Egypt and was on the Transylvania which sunk on 4th May 1917. I cannot ascertain whether the ship was returning to the UK or going to Egypt. He ended up in France where he was injured with shrapnel wounds to his back and right leg. This happened during the closing days of the conflict. He convalesced at Prees Heath and was discharged from the service on 19th August 1919 as a member of the Loyal North Lancs, having served during the war with Kings Liverpool. His grandsons have asked about his involvement in the conflict, but he, during his lifetime, never spoke of his experiences.
L/Cpl Thomas James Welsh 1st Btn. Kings Loyal Lancashire Regiment
My Grandfather Thomas James Welsh was in the 1st Battalion Kings Loyal Lancashire regiment, a Liverpool lad. As a boy I would ask him about his war experience and it would always upset him. but he did say that he was a lewis gunner and he was shot in the neck with the bullet passing straight through his back. It was the germans who recovered him and he remembers waking up in a german field hospital with a german male medic saying to him in good english "dont worry Tommy your war's over now" which I have always thought is quite a compassionate thing to say to the enemy. He was imprisoned for the rest of the war I believe in Germany and Holland.
Frederick Atkinson Loyal North Lancashire Regiment (d.19th Oct 1914)
My Great Grandfather, Frederick Atkinson was in the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales Volunteers) and was killed, as far as we can tell, on the 19th of October 1914 in the battle of Le Bassie in Nothern France. No grave, and his name is on the Le Tournot memorial in the same area. I would love any information that anyone would have of the regiment, the battle etc. His name is the first one on the war memorial in Marple in Cheshire where he is from.
2nd Lt. A. H. Stretch 4th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regt.
I have in my possession an id. disc for A.H.Stretch.one side shows Sgt.A.H.Stretch5820 10th.Liverpool Scottish.The reverse shows 2nd.L.T A.H.Stretch 4Th.L.N.L. I found no records in C.W.G.C.so I assume he survived the Great War.I found no record of medal awards.Would love to know some details of this man.Perhaps make contact with his decendants if possible.
Sjt. Thomas Farrell Loyal North Lancashire Regt.
This is a picture of my grandad, Sgt Thomas Farrell (on the right). He was born in Bootle, Liverpool in 1886, a week after his dad was killed in an accident at the docks. The man in the middle was his wife's uncle, Francis James Wailey, Manchester Reg, who was KIA on 10/11/1917 and is buried at Coxyde Mil Cem. Thomas was a long-standing military man who joined the Loyal North Lancs Regiment around 1904 and went on to the Machine Gun Corps in Feb 1917 and the Tank Corps in 1918. He was a 2nd Lieut from 19th December 1917. He was wounded 3 times (September 1914, June 1915 and October 1918) and was still removing shrapnel from his back in the 1930s.He spent some time in 'A' Ward at Red House Auxiliary Hospital, this photo was taken in September 1916, Tom is 1st left at the back. I don't know where this hospital was.
In this photo Grandad Thomas Farrell is on the right. Obviously taken when in hospital around 1916. I have no idea where the hospital was or who the other 3 people are.
This picture was found in the papers of Thomas Farrell but he doesn't appear to be one of the soldiers.
Update: It is possible that Red House Auxiliary Hospital was in Leatherhead.
Pte. Walter Woodward 7th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment (d.31 Jul 1917)
I must admit I don't know a great deal about what my great uncle Walter Woodward did at war, but I most of all want him to be noted on your website as a member of the Loyal North Lancs and someone who died for the cause. Walter was born in February 1898 in West Derby, Liverpool. He was the 2nd youngest son of Margaret and William Woodward. He had 5 brothers and 4 sisters.At the time he was called up to service he was a capstan fitter living in 42, Webb street, West Derby, he was unmarried. He joined at the technical college, which I think was in Seaforth (he was 18 years and 10 months) on the 20th of December 1916. To bring a little background in, the family had already lost one of the brothers in July 1916, Reginald (born 1894) of the Liverpool Regiment had been killed in Delville Wood in the Battle of the Somme, so everyone was warning Walter to keep his head down and not take any chances.
According to his war record he was in France* from April up to July 1917. He died in the field on the 31st of July that year during an offensive, according to my uncle by a gunshot wound to the head. Inexplicably he is remembered at the memorial at Ypres, Menin gate, which makes us wonder if he was moved to Belguim for the 3rd Battle of Ypres and perhaps died on the first day of fighting.
Editors Note: *Most Great War records consider France and Flanders as a single entity, usually written as France, shorthand for anywhere on the Western Front. 7th Btn Loyal North Lancs served with the 19th Division who took part in the Battle of Passchendaele which began with an attack on the 31st of July 1917, so it would be safe to assume that this is the offensive in which Walter lost his life.
Charles Bage Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Charles Bage, my great great grandfather served from 1895 until at least 1917 in several services. Signing on with the Royal Scots Fusiliers in 1897, he then moved to 3rd Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Regiment. He served in the Boer War at the Relief of Ladysmith and received the South Africa medal.He was then in the reserves until he signed up for ASC Remounts as a nagsman. In 1916 he joined the Loyal North Lancashires. In 1917 his service records stop and I have had great difficulty finding out what happened to him after that, no family members are left to ask, so I am afraid his story probably ends there for me. I would love to have known more about him as I am currently tracing my family history.
He was born in Sheffield in 1878. His service record shows he had a large scar of a burn on the left side of his face, but there is no record of how he received it. I think he may have passed away after the war but cannot be sure as every search I try does not bring his name up.
This entry is in memory of my great great grandfather,I am proud to know that he served his country, and am grateful to him and all the men and women who have given so much to ensure the freedom we enjoy today.
Pte. James Ormerod 8th Btn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
My Great-Grandfather Jim Ormerod signed up in December 1915 aged 18, but didn't land in France until January 1917 with the 8th Battalion for which he served until they were disbanded in February 1918, he was transferred to the 2nd/4th battalion Loyals and in the spring of 1918 suffered a gas attack and returned to recover in a hospital near Sheffield, what happened after that is a bit of a mystery, his medal index card suggests he served with the Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, however, there was a story saying he was part of Operation Archangel, he survived the war but suffered tremendously with chest problems, he died in 1962.
Pte. Albert Alfred Kellaway 5th Btn. C Coy. Dorset Regiment
Albert Kellaway served in the 5th Btn Dorset Regiment from 18 April 1915 in the Dardanelles. He returned home onboard HMHS Britannic when she left Mudros on the 1st of January 1916, she sailed straight for Southampton, where she arrived on the 9th. He was treated at Lord Derby's Warrington War Hospital
The Cot card (Cot 43, L Ward) of Albert Alfred Kellaway Pte. 13149 C Company 5th Dorset Btn, still actually only 17 years old (d.o.b 8/3/1898) suffering from Enteric fever. Clearly the cards were printed for the purpose by the company.
The patients in this shot include Private Albert Alfred Kellaway, left side (from front) of nurse on bottom step. He was there recovering from Malaria in early 1917 as far as we know.
Private Albert Alfred Kellaway, front row seated far left at Warrington War Hospital
Albert Alfred Kellaway, front row seated far left at Warrington War Hospital.
He ended the War in the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, first in East Africa (Autumn 1916) and later at the 3rd battle of Ypres (Autumn 1918).
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This book would serve both the amateur and seasoned historian well in their ongoing acquisition of knowledge regarding the Great War. --The Western Front Association 'Stand to!' Product Description 'Going up Beek trench on a dark night was no picnic. You started along a long narrow alley winding uphill, your hands feeling the slimy sandbag walls, your feet wary for broken duck boards round corners you dived under narrow tunnels two or three feet high, finally emerging into the comparative open of the front line trench' - Soldier, 1/4th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, 1916. Stephen Bull provides a complete picture of trench warfare, from the construction of the trenches and their different types, to the new weaponry and tactics employed in defence and attack. Alongside his compelling narrative of the campaigns fought in the trenches from 1914 to 1918, annotated trench maps highlight particular features of the trenches, while photographs, documents, and first-hand accountsMore information on:
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