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Pte. Haworth Gregory
British Army 2nd Btn. East Lancashire Regiment
from:10 Dinely St, Church, Accrington Lancs
(d.2nd Apr 1918)
Haworth Gregory was killed during the German 'Michael' offensive in 1918, which opened with the most massive bombardment of the war, the Germans firing 3.5 million shells in 5 hours, including mustard gas, chlorine and tear gas shells. Many units were wiped out resisting the onslaught of the German stormtroops. He is remembered on the Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France.
Haworth's brother William had been killed in 1917 in Mesopotamia.