MANCHESTER
UNIVERSITY WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Stephen Nulty 2008
H
HAMPSON |
Alfred
Eric |
Second
Lieutenant, 10th Battalion attched to Trench Mortar Battery, Cheshire
Regiment. Killed in action at Thiepval 8th July 1916. Aged 24. Son
of the late Rev. Herbert Hampson, M.A., and Alice Ada Hampson, of
Old St. George's Vicarage, Stalybridge, Cheshire. Born 1892 in Woodhouse
Eaves, Leicestershire. Educated at St. George's, Ascot; Christ's
Hospital, Horsham. Manchester University: 1909; Certificate in Tech.
(Applied Chem.), 1912; Officer Training Corps. Emerg. Chemist; Calico
Printers' Association Ltd., Central Laboratory, Rhodes. Enlisted
September 1914; 7th Battalion Manchester Regiment; Sgt. Gazetted
23rd November 1914. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 3 C and 4 A. |
HANNA |
William |
Sapper
70076, 115th Company (MKotor Air Line Section, Royal Engineers attaached
London Army Troops. Killed in action at Poperinghe 29th March 1916.
Aged 25. Son of William and Caroline Hanna, of 18, Brook Rd., Fallowfield,
Manchester. Born 1891 in Whitehaven, Cumberland, resident Fallowfield,
Lancashire, enlisted Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire. Educate at St.
Bees School, Cumberland. Manchester University: 1907; M.Sc. (1st
Class Honours Engineering) 1911; Officer Training Corps, April 1908
to September 1910. Assistant Engineer in the Chief Engineer's Department,
Post Office, London. Enlisted London Regiment and Royal Engineers
(Air Line Section). Proficient Electrician. Attested 26th December
1914 in Houghton Regis, bedfordshire, aged 23 years 10 months, G.P.O.
Assistabnt Engineer by trade, unmarried, height 6 feet 0 inches,
weight 136 lbs, chest 38½ inches, religious denomination
Church of England. Buried in POPERINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot I. Row F. Grave 17. |
HARDMAN |
Robert
Taylor |
Second
Lieutenant, Special Brigade, Royal Engineers. Killed in action at
Thiepval 1st July 1916. Aged 27. Son of Robert Taylor Hardman and
Alice Ann Hardman, of 32, Stockton Rd., Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester.
Born 1889 in Higher Crumpsall. Educated at Bury Grammar School;
Manchester Secondary School. Manchester University: 1907; M.Sc.
(2nd Class Honours Chem.) 1911; Res. Fellow 1912-1913; Officer Training
Corps, April 1909 to September 1913. 1913-14 Research Chemist in
New York, U.S.A. Gazetted 1st November 1914. Previously wounded.
No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 8 A and 8 D. |
HARDMAN |
Tom
Walker |
Second
Lieutenant, 11th Battalion, The King’s (Liverpool Regiment). Killed
in action at Wytschaete Ridge 18th July 1917. Aged 26. Son of Arthur
and Sarah H. Hardman, of Milner Avenue, Bury. Born 1891 in Bury.
Educated at Bury Grammar School. Manchester University: 1913; Student,
Mechanical Engineering; Officer Training Corps, October 1914 to
September 1915. Gazetted September 1915. Buried in KLEIN-VIERSTRAAT
BRITISH CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row D. Grave
16. |
HARDMAN |
Wallace
George |
Second
Lieutenant, 13th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Killed in action
at Kut, Mesopotamia, 9th January 1917. Aged 19. Son of Mrs. W. I.
Hardman, of 15, Charlbury Rd., Oxford, and the late James Hardman,
M.A. Born in Oldham. Born 1897 at Oldham. Educated at Oxford Preparatory
School, and Malvern. Manchester University: 1914. Student, Textile
Industries; Officer Training Corps, October 1914 to March 1915.
Gazetted March 1915. Mentioned in Despatches. Buried in AMARA WAR
CEMETERY, Iraq. Plot XVI. Row D. Grave 11. |
HARKER,
MC |
Howard
Redmayne |
[Listed
as Major on memorial and University Records] Captain, No. 2 School
of Navigation and Bomb Dropping, Royal Air Force. Died of influenza
and pneumonia at Military Hospital, Tidworth, 27th February 1919.
Aged 27. Son of John Dent Harker. Born 12th May 1891 in Prestwich.
Educated at Laurence House School, St. Annes-on-Sea; Rossall (Scholar).
Manchester University: 1910; B.Sc. (1st Class Honours Engineering)
1913; Officer Training Corps, October 1910 to September 1912. Royal
Aircraft Factory, Experimental Department. Gazetted 4th April 1916.
Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.). Royal Aero Club Aviators’
Certificate 18th May 1916. Buried in MANCHESTER SOUTHERN CEMETERY,
Lancashire. Row D. Nonconformist. Grave 84. |
HARRIS |
Aubrey |
Lieutenant,
"A" Company, 21st Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Killed
in action at Ginchy 4th September 1916. Aged 22. Son of William
and Mary Elizabeth Harris, of Oak Bank Villa, 72, Alexandra Rd.,
Wrexham. Born 1893. Educated at Hawarden School. Manchester University:
1911; B.A. (Honours French) 1914; Senior language master (Merchiston
Lodge School, Edinburgh). Gazetted December 1914. No known grave.
Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face
13 A and 14 C. |
HARRISON |
Leonard Arthur |
Second
Lieutenant, 12th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action
at Pozieres 17th July 1916. Son of John Herbert (a Manufacturer)
and Alice Harrison, Gleadale, Langham Road, Bowdon. Born December
1884 in Manchester. Educated at Bowdon College, admitted September
1896, left July 1899; Buxton College; Manchester Grammar School. Manchester University: 1905; M.Com. 19 11. Partner in Harrison,
Son & Hague, Ltd. Enlisted 5th November 1914; 20th Battalion
(University & Public Schools), Royal Fusiliers. Gazetted May
1916. In the 1911 census he was aged 26, born Salford, Lancashire,
a Cotton Piece Goods Merchant, son of John Herbert and Alice Harrison,
resident St. Arnolds, Broad Oak Park, Worsley, Swinton, Lancashire.
No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 14 A and 15 C. |
HARTLEY |
William Sadler |
Private
PS/4937, "A" Company, 7th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City
of London Regiment). Killed in action 14th November 1916. Aged 23.
Son of William C. Hartley, late of Shaw, Oldham, and the late Alice
Hartley. Born 1893, and resident, Shaw, Oldham, enlisted Manchester.
Educated at Hulme Grammar School, Oldham; Luxton School, Hereford. Manchester University: 1910; Student, Medicine. Enlisted September
1914; 20th Battalion (University & Public Schools), Royal Fusiliers.
In the 1911 census he was aged 17, born Shaw, lancashire, a Dental
Student, son of William C Hartley (a widower), resident 44, Beal
Lane, Shaw, Oldham, Crompton, Lancashire. No known grave. Commemorated
on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 8 C 9 A and 16
A. |
HASKINS |
Francis Winstanley |
Corporal
27909, 3rd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. Died on service in the
United Kingdom 21st June 1916. Son of Charles E. Haskins, a Classical
Lecturer at St. John's College, Cambridge. Born 1890 in Cambridge,
resident Manchester, enlisted London. In the 1891 census he was
aged 1, born Cambridge, son of Charles & Charlotte Haskins living
in Lady Margarets Road, Saint Giles, Cambridge. In the 1911 census
he was the son of Charlotte Francis Haskins, a widow, he was a student,
aged 21, born Cambridge, resident 12 Glebe Road, Bedford. Educated
at Charterhouse School. Manchester University: 1914; Assistant Lecturer
in Greek and Latin. Enlisted Cheshire Regiment. In the 1915 he was
a British Red Cross Society Volunteer, an orderly, at Dalton Hall,
Victoria Park, Manchester, started 21st July 1915, finished 1st
October 1915. Buried in the South part of the second extension of
GRANTCHESTER (SS. ANDREW AND MARY) CHURCHYARD, Cambridgeshire. See
also Granchester, Cambridgeshire. |
HASSE |
Edwin
Ridgley |
[Listed
on memorial as Lance Corporal] Private 432941, 49th Battalion, Canadian
Infantry. Killed in action in the trenches at Maple Copse 13th July
1916. Aged 22. Son of Sarah Louisa Hasse (nee Ridgley), and the
late Rev. Louie St. Aubin Hasse (a Moravian Minister). Born at Kimbolton,
England. Enlisted in 1915. In the 1911 census he was aged 17, born
Kimbolton, Huntingdonshire, an Arts Student, son of Lewis St Aubin
and Sarah Louisa Hasse, resident Fulneck Leeds, Pudsey, Yorkshire
& Yorkshire (West Riding). Buried in RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL
GROUND (TRANSPORT FARM), West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot VI. Row
B. Grave 5. National Achives of Canada Accession Reference: Canadian
Expeditionary Force (CEF), RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 4146
- 26 |
HASWELL |
Frederick |
Lieutenant,
3rd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Died of wounds at Ypres
23rd April 1915. Aged 19. Son of Robert and Jessie Haswell, of 27,
Thornhill Gardens, Sunderland. Born 1895 in Sunderland. Educated
at Bede Collegiate School, Sunderland. Manchester University: 1913;
Student, Banking; Officer Training Corps, October 1913 to October
1914. National Provincial Bank of England, Manchester. Gazetted
15th August 1914. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE)
MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 21 and 31. |
HEBBLETHWAITE |
George |
Second
Lieutenant, 10th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Killed in action
at Contalmaison 7th July 1916. Aged 22. Son of Abraham and Harriette
Hebblethwaite, of Sheep Ings Farm, Mirfield, Yorks. Born 1894 in
Mirfield. Baptised 27th May 1894 in Mirfield, Yorkshire. Educated
at Mirfield Grammar School. Manchester University: 1912; Student,
Arts; Officer Training Corps, November 1913 to October 1914. Enlisted
7th September 1914, 10th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding)
Regiment. Gazetted 30th October 1915. In the 1901 census he was
aged 6, born Mirfield, Yorkshire, a school boy, son of Abraham and
Harriett Hebblethwaite, resident Sheep Ings Farm, Mirfield, Dewsbury,
Yorkshire & Yorkshire (West Riding). In the 1911 census he was
aged 16, born Mirfield, Yorkshire, a school boy, son of Abraham
and Harriette Hebblethwaite, resident Sheep Ings Farm, Mirfield,
Dewsbury, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (West Riding). No known grave.
Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face
3 C and 3 D. |
HEFFERMAN |
William |
Second
Lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps. Accidentally shot while attending
Lewis gun class at Hesdin, Marconne, near St. Po, France, 25th October
1917. Son of William Hefferman, of 54, Long Road, Newton Heath.
Born 1896 in Swinton, Manchester. Educated at St. Bede's College,
Alexandra Park, Manchester; Officer Training Corps, November 1915
to January 1916. Enlisted January 1916; 20th Battalion. Manchester
Regiment. Gazetted April 1916; Royal Flying Corps attached Honourable
Artillery Company. Previously admitted to Hospital 4th September
1917. Buried in HESDIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France.
Grave 3. |
HELSBY |
Cyril
Norman |
Corporal
6164, 13th Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment). Killed in
action on the Somme 16th August 1916. Son of John Henry Helsby,
of 39, Rawlinson Road, Southport. Born 1891, and enlisted, Manchester,
resident Southport. Baptised 29th January 1891 in Manchester, son
of John Henry and Pauline Helsby. Educated at Colwyn Bay Higher
Grade School; Salford Technical School. Cotton Goods Manufacturer.
Officer Training Corps, 25th October 1915 to 24th January 1916.
Enlisted 10th (Scottish) Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment).
Atetsted 1st December 1915 at Manchester, aged 24 years 11 months,
resident 16, Argyle Road, Southport, a Cotton Goods Manufacturer,
unmarried, son of Pauline Helsby, formerly of 47, Norwood Crescent,
Southport, height 5 feet 5¾ inches, weight 134 lbs, chest
35½ inches, sallow complexion, grey eyes, black hair, religious
denomination Church of England. With Expeditionary Force France,
embarked Folkestone, disembarked Boulogne 14th July 1916. Transferred
to 13th Batatlion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 26th July 1916,
promoted Corporal 9th August 1916. In the 1891 census he was newborn,
born Withington, Lancashire, son of John Henry and Pauline Helsby,
resident Clarendon Road, Withington, Chorlton, Lancashire. In the
1911 census he was aged 20, born Manchester, a Cotton Dyer Embosser
and Finisher, son of JohnHenry and Pauline Helsby, resident Alderley
Road, Alderley Edge, Cheshire. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL
MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 D 8 B and 8 C. |
HEMSLEY |
Godfrey
Hamilton |
Second
Lieutenant, "C" Battery, 255th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Killed in action at Poelcappelle, Belgium, 12th October 1917. Aged
31. Son of George Thomas and Rebecca Hemsley, of Hilton Cottage,
Steep Hill, Lincoln. Born 31st March 1886 in Lincoln, baptised 2nd
May 1886 in Lincoln, St Mary Magdalene, son of George Thomas and
Rebecca Hemsley. Educated at North District National School, Lincoln,
admitted 19th June 1893; Lincoln Grammar School. Manchester University:
1905; Student, Science; Officer Training Corps, April 1908 to September
1909. Foreign Correspondentat the Hague; Farming in Canada. Enlisted
September 1915; No. 10 Canadian Field Ambulance; Staff Sergeant.
Gazetted 21st July 1917. Buried in VLAMERTINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot VIII. Row H. Grave 1. |
HENDERSON |
Frank
Fleming |
Private
PO/321(S), 1st Royal Marine Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal
Marine Light Infantry. Killed in action 12th April 1918. Son of
Alice Fleming Henderson, of 58, Everton Road, Chorlton-on-Medlock,
Manchester. Born 21st May 1895 in Withington, Manchester. Educated
at Manchester University: 1914; Assistant Steward Pharmacy Department.
Enlisted 6th November 1914 in Southampton. Religious denomination
Church of England. Height 5 feet 4¾ inches, fresh complexion,brown
hair, brown eyes. Buried in VARENNES MILITARY CEMETERY, Somme, France.
Plot I. Row M. Grave 5. |
HENDERSON,
MC |
James
Greig Mitchell |
Lieutenant,
3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own). Killed
in action at Guillemont, Somme, 18th August 1916. Aged 22. Son of
the Rev. James Henderson, of Greengates, Shanklin, Isle of Wight
previously Bombay Presidency. Born 1894 at Karachi, Sind, India.
Educated at Portsmouth Grammar School Manchester University: 1912;
BSc. (Chem. ) 1916 (in absentia); Officer Training Corps, October
1912 to August 1914. Gazetted 15th August 1914. Awarded the Military
cross (M.C.). Mentioned in Despatches. Previously wounded (twice).
In the 1911 census he was aged 16, born Karachi, India (now Pakistan),
son of James and Marion hay Henderson, resident 26, Victoria Grove,
Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire. Buried in DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY,
LONGUEVAL, Somme, France. Plot IV. Row M. Grave 4. |
HERFORD |
Siegfried
Wedgwood |
Private
2860, 24th (University & Public Schools) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
(City of London Regiment). Killed in action near Bethune 28th January
1916. Aged 24. Son of Professor Charles H. and Marie Herford, of
5, Parkfield Rd., Didsbury, Manchester. Born 1891 in Aberystwyth,
resident Didsbury, enlisted London. Educated at Ladybarn House School;
Boxgrove, Guildford; Manchester Grammar School; Germany. Manchester University: 1909; M.Sc. (1st Class Honours Engineering) 1914; Research
Fellow; Officer Training Corps, October 1909 to September 1913;
With Red Cross 1914. Enlisted February 1915. Buried in BROWN'S ROAD
MILITARY CEMETERY, FESTUBERT, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row
G. Grave 20. |
HESKETH |
William
Cecil |
Lieutenant,
"D" Battery, 149th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed
in action at Gueudecourt 9th October 1916. Aged 22. Son of William
(an Analytical Chemist) and Ellen Hesketh, of Park House, East Park
Rd., Blackburn, formerly of Lytham. Born 10 March 1894 in Feniscowles,
near Blackburn, baptised 27th April 1894 in Blackburn, Feniscowles,
Immanuel, Church Of England Church, son of William and Ellen Hesketh.
Educated at Blackburn Higher Grade School; Darwen Secondary School;
King Edward VII School, Lytham. Manchester University: 1914; Student,
Chemistry; Officer Training Corps, November 1914 to March 1915.
Training in Cotton Mill at Hyde. Gazetted 21st May 1915. In the
1911 census he was aged 17, born Feniscowles, Lancashire, at school,
son opf Walter and Ellen hesketh, resident 32 Common Side, Lytham,
Lancashire. Buried in A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND, FLERS, Somme, France.
Ploty IV. Row E. Grave 29. |
HEWITT |
Guy
Stevenson |
Private
765271, 1st/28th (County of London) Battalion (Artists Rifles),
London Regiment. Killed in action near Cambrai 8th March 1918. Aged
19. Son of Edgar and Florence Maude Hewitt, of Arundale, Bampfylde
Rd., Torquay, Devon formerly Banfield, Macclesfield Road, Buxton.
Born 1898 in Winslow, Cheshire, resident Buxton, enlisted London.
Educated Oundle School; Officer Training Corps, May 1916 to November
1916. Enlisted December 1916. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS
MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 10.
Extract
from 'de Ruvigny's ROLL OF HONOUR 1914-18', Part Four,
page 82:
HEWITT,
GUY STEVENSON, Private, No. 785271, 28th Battn. (Artists'
Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), only s. of Edgar Hewitt,
of Banfield, Buxton, Solicitor, of Manchester, by his wife, Florence
Maude, dau. of George Ernest Stevenson, C.E. ; b. Wilmslow,
co. Chester, 10 March, 1898 ; educ. Oundle ; volunteered for foreign
service on leaving school, and joined the Artists' Rifles 1 Dec.
1916 ; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders
from March, 1917 ; was attached to the 190th Machine Gun Company,
and was killed in action at Ribecourt, near Gambrel, 8 March, 1918,
two days after rejoining his regiment. Buried where he fell ; unm.
|
HEWITT |
Herbert |
[Listed
as Captain on memorial] Corporal 106297 [CGWC] or 77261 [SDGW],
189th Special Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action at at Hulluch
13th October 1915. Aged 22. Son of the late William and Emma Hewitt,
of 55, Lowfield Rd., Stockport. Born 1893 at Stockport. Educated
at Portwood Wesleyan School; Stockport Grammar School. Manchester University: 1911; B.Sc. (2nd Class Honours Chemistry) 1914; Res.
Student; Officer Training Corps, 1911 to 1914. Enlisted 8th September
1914 in Manchester; formerly 4977, 20th Battalion (University &
Public Schools), Royal Fusiliers, and Royal Engineers (Chem. Corps).
In the 1901 census he was aged 8, born Stockport, son of William
and Emma Hewitt, resident 87, Great Portwood Street, Stockport,
Cheshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 18, born Stockport, a Student
Teacher, son of William and Emma Hewitt, resident 87, Great Portwood
Street, Stockport, Cheshire. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS
MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 4 and 5.
|
HIGGINS |
Leonard
Talbot |
Private
31433, 1st Battalion, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. Died as
prisoner of war at Conde 6th October 1918. Aged 26. Son of Mrs.
C. G. Higgins, of 5, Bloom Grove, West Norwood, London, and the
late Thomas Frederick Higgins. Born 26 April 1892 in Preston, Manchester.
Baptised 22nd May 1892 in Preston, son of Thomas Frederick and Charlotte
Gertrude Higgins. Educated at Manchester Municipal Secondary School. Manchester University: 1910; B.A. 1913; Officer Training Corps,
October 1910 to September 1913. Teacher at St. Agnes' School, Longsight,
and Lay Reader at St. James's, George Street. Enlisted February
1916 in Manchester. Previously wounded; taken Prisoner of War 2nd
March 1918 at Lagnicourt. In the 1911 census he was aged 18, born
Preston, Lancashire, a University Student, son of Thomas Frederick
and Charlotte Gertrude Higgins, resident 25, Hyde Grove, Chorlton
upon Medlock, South Manchester, Lancashire. Buried in CONDE-SUR-L'ESCAUT
COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Nord, France. Row B. Grave 10. |
HILL,
MC |
Henry Oswald William |
Captain
(Pilot), 52nd Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and General List. Killed,
missing in action, whilst flying Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 Serial
No. A3540 over German trenches at Lombaertzyde 21st October 1917.
Aged 29. Son of Oswald C. and Mary Josephine Hill, of The Nook,
Oughtrington, Lymm, Cheshire. Born 1888 at Davyhulme. Educated at
St. Bede's College, Manchester; Officer Training Corps, October
1915 to February 1916. Architect. Gazetted 1916. Awarded the Military
Cross (M.C.). Temporary Captain 1st April 1918. In the 1901 census
he was aged 13, born Davyhulme, Lancashire, son of Oswald C and
Mary J Hill, resident The Nook, Lymm, Bucklow, Cheshire. No known
grave. Commemorated on ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais,
France.
|
HILTON |
Albert |
Major,
Royal Army Medical Corps attached 9th Battalion, Manchester Regiment.
Died at Heliopolis 4th March 1915. Son of James Hilton, of Hurst,
Ashton-under-Lyne. Resident of Longshuts, Hurst, Ashton-under-Lyne.
Born 1868 at Hurst, Ashton-under-Lyne. Educated at Manchester University:
1888; M.D.; Department of Public Health; Medical Officer Health,
Urban District Council, Hurst. Buried in CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY,
Egypt. Plot B. Grave 188. |
HISLOP |
John Arthur |
Captain,
19th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Died on service at Oxford,
after an operation 8th July 1916. Aged 29. Son of James and Alice
Ann Hislop. Born 1887 in Manchester, Prestwich. Educated at Oriel
College, Oxford. Manchester University: 1909; Student, Medicine;
Officer Training Corps, Emerg. Solicitor. Gazetted September 1914.
Buried 12th July 1916 in PRESTWICH (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD, Lancashire.
Grave reference NS. 21. 40. |
HITCHIN |
George
Robert |
Captain,
2nd/1st (West Lancashire) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps.
Killed in action near Albert 14th August 1916. Aged 38. Son of Robert
and Dora Pickering Hitchin, of Burnley. M.B., Ch.B., Victoria University,
Manchester. Medical Practitioner, Tottington, Bury, Lancs. Born
30th December 1878 at Burnley. Baptised 21st September 1879 in Habergham-Eaves,
Lancashire, son of Robert and Dora Pickering Hitchin. Educated at
Burnley Grammar School; Ellesmere College, Shropshire. Manchester University: 1897; M.B., Ch.B., 1903. Gazetted November 1914. In
the 1911 census he was aged 32, born Burnley, a Medical Practioner,
unmarried, brother of Agnes Annie Hitchin, resident 146 Market Street,
Tottington, Lancashire. Listed in the 1913 medical Register registered
8th August 1903, M.M., Bachelor of Surgery 1903 Victoria University,
manchester, resident Market Street, Tottingham, Bury, Lancashire.
Buried in DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC, Somme, France.
Plot II. Row F. Grave 25.
Extract
from 'de Ruvigny's ROLL OF HONOUR 1914-18', Part Three,
page 140:
HITCHIN,
GEORGE ROBERT, MM., Ch.B., Capt., Royal Army Medical Corps
(T.F.), s. of Robert Hitchin, of 15, Ormerod Road, Burnley,
Chemist, by his wife. Dora Pickering, dau. of George Bradshaw ;
b. Burnley; 30 Dec. 1878 ; educ. at Burnley Grammar School
; Ellesmere College, co. Salop, and Owens College. Manchester ;
graduated in Medicine at the Victoria University in 1903, and then
acted as Surgeon on steamships travelling between England, the Far
East, and South American ports; he held various assistantships at
Whalley, co. Lancaster, Wetherby, co. York, and was finally a Physician
and Surgeon in practice at Tottington, Bury ; enlisted 22 Nov. 1914,
when he was granted a commission in the Royal Army Medical Corps,
and was attached to the 2nd East Lancashire Field Ambulance : served
with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed
In action 14 Aug. 1916, while tending the wounded in the first line
trenches during the operations on the Somme. Buried in Dive Copse,
a wood off the main road from Bray to Corbie, near Sailly-le-Sec.
One of his men wrote : "How much we have lost we cannot estimate.
His life to us is a peerless example of all that makes a soldier
and a gentleman. His soldierly regularity, intrepid zeal, noble
purpose, command our respect. Cool, calm, collected, he took what
occasion brought, smiled and made the best of it, inspiring confidence
in all. To know him was a privilege, to be conversant with him an
education, to follow him a pleasure, to obey him a sweet necessity."
Unm.
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HODGE |
William Bardo |
[Listed
as Captain on memorial] Lieutenant, 6th Battalion attached 11th
Battalion, Royal Scots Regiment. Died of broncho-pneumonia at Camiers
4th November 1918. Aged 22. Son of Andrew Hodge, of "Wilford,"
16, Clifton Rd., Heaton Moor, Stockport. Born 1896 in Alexandria,
Dumbartonshire. Educated at Vale of Leven Academy; Buxton College;
Silcoates School, Wakefield. Manchester University: 1914; Student,
Applied Chemistry; Officer Training Corps, October 1914 to January
1915. Gazetted 28th January 1915. Previously wounded (twice). Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XLVIII.
Row E. Grave 1. |
HODGSON |
Albert
Hodgson |
Second
Lieutenant (Pilot), 52nd Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and General
List. Accidentally killed whilst flying in a Royal Aircraft Factory
R.E.8 at St. Omer 22nd January 1917. Aged 20. Son of Julius and
Jessie Isabelle Hodgson, of 206A, Upper Chorlton Rd., Whalley Range,
Manchester. Born 1896 at Whalley Range. Educated at Manchester Grammar
School; Officer Training Corps, October 1915 to December 1915. Gazetted
August 1916. Buried in LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV, Row B. Grave 18. |
HOLDEN |
Legh |
[Listed
as Leigh HOLDEN on CWGC, SDGW and Baptism rercords] Second Lieutenant,
4th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)
formerly Royal Engineers. Killed in action at Hooge 9th June 1915.
Aged 29. Son of Harry and Harriet Palmer Holden, of The Cottage,
Thelwall, Cheshire. Born 1886 at Lymm, Cheshire. Baptised 6th August
1886 in Lymm, Cheshire. Educated at King William's College, Isle
of Man. Manchester University: 1904; B.Sc. 1908. Employed at Rylands
Bros., Ltd., Warrington. Gazetted 4th September 1914; 4th Battalion
South Lancashire Regiment and Royal Engineers. Previously wounded.
In the 1891 census he was aged 4, born Lymm, Cheshire, son of Harry
and Harriet Palmer Holden, resident The Cottage, Halfacre Lane,
Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire. In the 1901 census he was aged 14,
a boarder, student, resident Malew, Isle of Man. In the 1911 census
he was aged 24, born Lymm, Cheshire, an Engineer B.Sc., son of Harry
and Harriet Palmer Holden, resident The Cottage, the Village, Thelwall,
near Warrington, Cheshire. Buried in SANCTUARY WOOD CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot II. Row F. Grave 32. |
HOLGATE |
William Lawson |
Lance
Corporal 18983, 16th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Killed in
action at Mametz Wood, Somme, 11th July 1916. Son of Thomas Edward
and Angelina Holgate, of 173, Blackburn Rd., Darwen. Lancs. Born
1895, and resident, Darwen, Lancashire, enlisted Manchester. Educated
at Darwen Municipal Secondary School; Manchester Grammar School. Manchester University; 1914; Student, Mechanical Engineering; Officer
Training Corps, October 1914 to December 1914. Apprentice to Engineering.
Enlisted 22nd December 1914. In the 1911 census he was born Darwen,
Lancashire, at school, son of Thomas Edward Holgate (a widower),
resident Darwen, Lancashire. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL
MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 4 A.
Extract
from 'de Ruvigny's ROLL OF HONOUR 1914-18', Part Three,
page 141:
HOLGATE,
WILLIAM LAWSON, L-Corpl., No. 18983, 16th (Service) Battn.
The Royal Welsh Fusiliers, s. of Thomas Edward Holgate,
of Darwen, Manager of Blast Furnaces, by his wife, Angelina, dau.
of Thomas Moulds ; b. Darwen, co. Lancaster, 11 Sept. 1895;
educ. Municipal Secondary School there, and Manchester Grammar School,
where he held a Lancashire Junior Exhibition was for three years
apprenticed to some engineering works, and then entered on a course
in Mechanical Engineering at the Municipal School of Technology
in Manchester; was a member of the Manchester University O.T.C..
being twice recommended for a commission, Oct. 1915. and May, 1916
; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from
15 Dec. 1916, and was killed in action at Mametz Wood 10 July, 1916.
Buried there. His Commanding Officer wrote: "The battalion
was joining up to attack the German position, when a shell burst
close to him, killing him instantaneously. He was one of the very
many brave soldiers who fell that day, but there is none whose loss
will be more keenly felt by his comrades or by myself personally.
His bearing throughout his period of service, especially in France,
was invariably that of a true and loyal soldier," and a comrade
: "He led his section over the top with the greatest coolness
and bravery. He was first wounded in the cheek by a bullet. and
soon after a shell burst just in front of him, killing him instantaneously."
Unm.
|
HOLMES |
Frederick |
[No
CWGC or SDGW record found] Captain, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.
Died of wounds May 1915, initally wounded 8th May 1915. Born 1892.
Educated at Stockport Grammar School. Manchester University: 1909;
Engineering, Tech; Certifcate Sanitary Engineering, 1912; Officer
Training Corps, 22nd March 1911 to 30th September 1913. Articled
to the Borough Surveyor, Leamington. Gazetted 1st Battalion, Loyal
North Lancashire Regiment. |
HOLMES,
MC |
Vernon Rains |
Lieutenant,
6th Battalion (Territorial), Cheshire Regiment. Killed in action
at Thiepval 14th October 1916. Aged 24. Son of Arthur Edmund and
Hannah Maria Holmes, of 29, Manley Road, Whalley Range, Manchester.
Born 1893 at Young, N.S.W. Educated at Victoria Park School; Hulme
Grammar School; Officer Training Corps, August 1914 to September
1914. Director of Holmes & Co., Ltd., Wholesale Clothiers. Gazetted
5th October 1914. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.).In the 1901
census he was aged 7, a scholar, son of Arthur C and Hannah M Holmes,
resident Westfields, Middlewich Road, Sandbach, Congleton, Cheshire.
In the 1911 census he was aged 18, born Young, New South Wales,
a Clerk, son of Arthur Edmund and Hannah Maria Holmes, resident
29, Manley Road, Whalle, Range, Manchester, South Manchester, Lancashire.
Buried in LONSDALE CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE, Somme, France. Special Memorial
Row A. Grave 10. |
HOLT,
MC |
Hubert
Granville |
Lieutenant
(Observer), 9th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and General List. Killed
whilst flying in a Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 Serial No. B5039
near Poperinghe 6th October 1917 along with the Pilot Second Lieutenant
E.P. Lewis. Aged 23. Son of Thomas and Margaret Holt, of 446, Withington
Terrace, Cross Hillock, Astley, Manchester. Born 1894 at Astley.
Educated at Astley National School; Leigh Grammar School. Manchester University: 1913; B.A. 1916; Officer Training Corps, 1915 to 1916.
Gazetted January 1916. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.). In the
1901 census he was aged 6, born Astley, Lancashire, son of Thomas
and Margaret Holt, resident 6, Higher Green Ann Lane, Astley, Leigh,
Lancashire. In the 1911 census he was aged 16, a Student, born Astley,
Lancashire, son of Thomas and Margaret Holt, resident 5, Withington
Common, Astley, Manchester, Tyldesley with Shakerley, Lancashire.
Buried in MENDINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot VII. Row B. Grave 50. |
HOLT |
John Heber Goulburn |
Private
99659, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) formerly 50271, Manchester Regiment.
Died of haemorrhage of the brain, after German measles, at Grantham,
7th June 1917. Aged 19. Son of John Edward and Mary Holt, of "Craigmore",
42, South Drive, St. Anne's-on-the Sea, Lancs. Born 1898 in Urmston,
Manchester. Educated at Manchester Grammar School Manchester University:
1915; Student, Med; Officer Training Corps, 27th April 1916 to 29th
March 1917. Prelim. Course, O.C.B., Grantham. Cadet, Officers’ Training
Corps. In the 1901 census he was aged 2, born Urmston, son of John
E and Mary H Holt, resident 24, Newton Road, Urmston, Barton upon
Irwell, Lancashire. In the 1911 census he was aged 12, born Urmston,
at school, son of John Edward and Mary Harvey Holt, resident Woodthorpe,
Rothiemay Road, Flixton, Lancashire. Buried 11th June 1917 in MANCHESTER
SOUTHERN CEMETERY (MANCHESTER CHEETHAM HILL WESLEYAN CEMETERY),
Lancashire. Grave reference Q. CE. 327. |
HOLTON,
MC |
Alfred
[Edward] |
Lieutenant,
Howitzer Brigade, Royal Marine Artillery. Died from influenza after
an operation at 14th General Hospital, Boulogne, 22nd February 1919,
first admitted to hospital 1st February 1919. Aged 28. Son of Francis
Charles and Mrs. E. J. Holton, of Smyrna, Turkey in Asia. Born in
Boridja. B.Sc., Manchester, A.M.I.C.E. Born 5th August 1890 at Boudja,
Smyrna. Educated at Private School, Boudja. Manchester University:
1912; B.Sc. (Honours Engineering) 1916. Employed as a Civil Engeer
at Egidir Extension of Ottoman (Aidin) Rialway under the late Dr.
Hutcheson, Manchester University. Enlisted 7th October 1914 in London,
Royal Naval Division, Divisional English; Sapper Gazetted December
1915. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.) [London Gazette 10th January
1919]. Religious denomination Presbyterian. Height 5 feet 1½
inches, fresh complexion, brown hair, grey eyes. Buried in TERLINCTHUN
BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XIII. Row
E. Grave 27.
|
HOPWOOD |
Alan Clement |
Second
Lieutenant, 152nd Field Company, Royal Engineers,. Died of wounds
near Ruyaulcourt 18th September 1918. Aged 19. Son of Ernest A.
and Myra J. Hopwood, of "Thornleigh", Park Lane, Macclesfield,
Cheshire. Born 1899 at Camberwell. Educated at Hulme Grammar School.
Manchester University: 1916; Student, Electrical Engineering; Officer
Training Corps, October 1916 to August 1917. Gazetted 15th December
1917. Buried in RUYAULCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France.Row
M. Grave 2.
|
HORN |
John
Cyril |
Second
Lieutenant, 13th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action
near Arras 29th April 1917. Aged 20. Son of John and Helen Horn,
of "Glencaple", 12, Sunnyside, Prince's Park, Liverpool.
Born 1897 in Liverpool. Educated at Liverpool College; Officer Training
Corps, October 1915 to January 1916. Gazetted 1916. Previously wounded.
In the 1901 census he was aged 4, born Liverpool, son of John and
Helen Horn, resident 64, Mulgrave Street, Toxteth Park, Lancashire.
In the 1911 census he was aged 14, born Liverpool, at school, son
of John and Helen Horn, resident 12, Sunnyside, Liverpool, Toxteth
Park, Lancashire. Buried in ORCHARD DUMP CEMETERY, ARLEUX-EN-GOHELLE,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot IX. Row K. Grave 6. |
HORSFIELD |
John Francis |
Second
Lieutenant, 6th Battalion (Territorial), Manchester Regiment. Killed
in action in Flanders 26th July 1917. Aged 29. Son of Emma Millicent
Horsfield, of "Wood Cliffe," Dale Rd., Buxton, Derbyshire,
and the late John Horsfield. Born 1887 at Buxton, birth registered
in the January to March Quarter 1887 in Chapel En Le Frith Registration
District, Derbyshire, mother's maiden name 'Hibbert'. Educated at
Bakewell Grammar School; Officer Training Corps, August 1915 to
October 1915. Architect and Surveyor. Gazetted October 1915. In
the 1901 census he was aged 14, born Buxton, Derbyshire, son of
John and Emma M Horsfield, resident 19, Bath Street, Buxton, Chapel
En Le Frith, Derbyshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 23, born
Buxton, Derbyshire, an Architect and Surveyor, son of John and Emma
Millicent Horsfield, resident 18, Bath Road, Buxton, Buxton, Derbyshire.
Buried in COXYDE MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot
I. Row F. Grave 16. |
HORTON |
Paul
Frederick |
[Listed
as Lance Corporal on memorial and by University] Private 351092,
2nd Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment). Died of wounds at
Zonnebeke 28th September 1917. Son of Thomas Frederick and Minna
Horton, of 30, St. Peter'S, Bedford. Born 1888 at Bedford, enlisted
and resident Pudsey, Yorkshire. Educated at Bedford Modern School
(1896-1906). Manchester University: 1906; M. A. (2nd Class History
Honours) 1910. Assistant Minister at Fulneck Church. Enlisted March
1916. In the 1891 census he was aged 2, resident with his parents
at Foster Hill Road, Bedford. In the 1911 census he was aged 22,
born St Paul's, Bedford, a Theological Student, resident with his
parents at 30, St. Peters Street, Bedford. Buried in MENDINGHEM
MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot VI. Row F. Grave
10. See also Bedford
Modern School and Bedford
St. Peters |
HOUGHTON |
John Reginald |
Major,
6th Battalion (Territorial), Manchester Regiment attached 149th
Company, Machine Gun Corps. Died of wounds at Vermand, St. Quentin,
22nd March 1918. Aged 22. Son of Edwin and Margaret Jane Houghton,
of 242, Oxford Road, Manchester. Born 1896 in Manchester. Educated
at Manchester Grammar School. Manchester University: 1912; Student,
Medicine; Officer Training Corps, December 1912 to October 1914.
Gazetted 1914. Previously wounded. IN the 1901 census he was aged
6, born Manchester, son of Edwin and Margaret Houghton, resident
242, Oxford Street, South Manchester, Chorlton, Lancashire. Buried in ROISEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Plot I. Row
K. Grave 19. |
HOUSLEY |
Edmund Otto Geiler |
[Listed
as Sergeant on memorial and University records] Private 292637,
"A" Company, 1st/6th (Perthshire) Battalion (Territorial),
Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Died of wounds near Cambra 26th
March 1918, of abdomen shot wounds received on 21st March. Aged
24. Son of Geiler Housley, Thornlea, Wardle Road, Sale. Born 1894
in Sale, Cheshire. Educated at Sale Grammar School; Giggleswick
School; Officer Training Corps, June 1915 to September 1915. Enlisted
9th November 1915 in Dunkeld, Perthshire. Buried in FLESQUIERES
HILL BRITISH CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot IV. Row D. Grave 15. |
HOVELL |
Mark |
Second
Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and
Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action at Vermelles 12th August
1916. Aged 28. Son of William and Hannah Hovell, of Brooklands,
Cheshire; husband of Fanny Hovell, of Milton Cottage, John St.,
Sale, Cheshire. Langton Fellow of Manchester University, 1911-1914.
Born 1888 at Harpurhey. Nelson Street S., Miles Plat ting; Manchester
Grammar School and Pupil Teachers Centre. Manchester University:
1906; M.A. (1st Class History Honours) 1910; Langton Fellowship;
Officer Training Corps, April 1908 to 30th September 1909, and 17th
November 1914 to 25th June 1915. Assist. Institut fur Kulturund
Universal Geschichte, Leipzig, 1912-19 13. Lecturer W. E. Assn.
(Manchester). Assistant Lecturer in Military History, 1914. Author
of The Chartist Movement (see left for link). Gazetted
July 1915. In the 1891 census he was aged 3, born Manchester, son
of William and Hannah Hovell, resident Collyhurst Street, Manchester,
Lancashire. In the 1901 census he was aged 13, born Manchester,
a School Teacher, son of William and Hannah Hovell, resident 49,
Amos Street, North Manchester, Prestwich, Lancashire. In the 1911
census he was aged 23, born Manchester, a Tutor and Lecturer, son
of William and Hannah Hovell, resident 17, Mary Street, Harpurhey,
Manchester, North Manchester, Lancashire. Buried in VERMELLES BRITISH
CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row N. Grave 7. |
HOWARTH |
Elmer |
Private
G/48336, 10th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
formerly 9895, 29th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action
at Arras 10th April 1917. Aged 22. Son of Herbert and Mary Ann Howarth,
of 16, Huddersfield Road, New Hey, Rochdale. University student.
Born 1895 at New Hey, Lancashire, resident Rochdale. New Hey Council
School; Rochdale Municipal Secondary School Manchester University:
1913; Student, Mathematics; Officer Training Corps, October 1913
to January 1916. Enlisted 1st March 1916 in Rochdale. In the 1901
census he was aged 6, born Lancashire, son of Herbert and Mary A
Howarth, resident 16, Huddersfield Road, Milnrow, Rochdale, Lancashire.
In the 1911 census he was aged 16, born New Hey, Lancashire,at school,
son of Herbert and Mary A Howarth, resident 16, Huddersfield Road,
New Hey, Milnrow, Lancashire. Buried in FEUCHY CHAPEL BRITISH CEMETERY,
WANCOURT, Pas de Calais, France.Plot I. Row D. Grave 3. |
HOWARTH |
Tom Hartley |
Second
Lieutenant, 59th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Died in
hospital in enemy hands at Le Cateau, 6th December 1917 of wounds
received in the Battle of Cambrai on 30th November 1917. Aged 19.
Son of Hartley and Elizabeth Howarth, of 28, Leeds Rd., Blackpool.
Born 1907 in St. Anne's-on-the-Sea. Educated at Baine's Grammar
School, Poulton-le-Fylde; Officer Training Corps, February 1916
to November 1916. Apprenticed to Motor Engineering. Gazetted March
1917. Buried in LE CATEAU MILITARY CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot
III. Row E. Grave 3.
|
HOWE |
Ernest |
Lieutenant,
83rd (1st/3rd Home Counties) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical
Corps. Died of wounds at 53rd Royal Army Medical Corps Ambulance,
Salonica, 14th December 1916. Aged 30. Son of John and Anne Howe,
of Dove Holes, Derbyshire; husband of Gertrude F. (nee St. John)
Howe, of "Croyde," Mauldeth Rd., Rhos-on-Sea, Denbighshire,
married 1911 in Chorlton Registration District, Lancashire. Graduate
of Victoria University, Manchester. Born 1886 at Dove Holes, Buxton.
Educated at Tideswell Grammar School. Manchester University: 1903;
M.B., Ch.B., 1909. Practice at Hazel Grove. Gazetted 1st October
1916. Buried in MIKRA BRITISH CEMETERY, KALAMARIA, Greece. Grave
1884. |
HOWELLS |
John Wesley |
Second
Lieutenant (Observer), 14th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and 7th
Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Killed in action by Anti-aircraft
fire whilst flying in Palestine in a Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2e
Serial No. A1803 23rd July 1917, the Pilot, Captain R.N. Thomas,
was also killed. Aged 30. Son of William and Sarah Jane Howells,
of Arch House, St. George St., Tenby, Pembrokeshire. Born 1887 at
Tenby. Educated at Wesleyan and County Secondary School, Tenby;
Westminster Training College, London; Handsworth College, Birmingham.
Wesleyan Minister, Manchester Mission. Officer Training Corps, 18th
May 1915 to 20th August 1915. Gazetted 7th Battalion Lancashire
Fusiliers andRoyal Flying Corps. No knoiwn grave. Commemorated on
JERUSALEM MEMORIAL, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). Panel
17.
Extract
from 'de Ruvigny's ROLL OF HONOUR 1914-18', Part Three,
page 145:
HOWELLS,
JOHN WESLEY, 2nd Lieut., 7th (Territorial) Battn. The Lancashire
Fusiliers and R.F.C., s. of William Howells, of Arch House,
St. George Street, Tenby, co. Pembroke, by his wife, Sarah Jane
; b. Tenby, 26 Oct. 1887 ; educ. Wesleyan Day and Council
Schools there, and Westminster Training College, where he trained
for the teaching profession, and subsequently taught for a time
at the Seacombe Wesleyan School ; was a Wesleyan Minister in charge
of the Victoria Hall, Ancoats, a centre of the Manchester Mission
- enlisted 14 May, 1915 ; obtained a commission 20 Aug. following
; was sent to Egypt, and afterwards to Mesopotamia ; transferred
to the R.F.C., and after a short period of training in Egypt. proceeded
to Palestine. and was killed in action at Gaza 23 July, 1917, while
acting as Observer, when his machine was brought down into the sea
by anti-aircraft guns. A brother officer wrote: "It struck
us as strange that a clergyman should be in a fighting unit, particularly
one of such scholarly attainments. But the fact that he had chosen
and taken the path of exceeding danger increased our respect tremendously,
and made us realize how burning the conviction was that made him
lay aside the duties of his office for the rough work of the field.
He met his death, as he would have wished had he known—doing
what he counted the prime duty of British manhood to-day, and in
a country which, from his previous knowledge of it and its association
with his faith, meant more to him than to most. We grieve at the
loss of a good comrade and a plucky soldier." Unm.
|
HOWES |
Harold
Edward |
[Listed
as Second Lieutenant on memorial and University Records] Lieutenant,
1st/6th Battalion (Territorial), Cheshire Regiment. Killed in action
1st August 1918. Aged 27. Son of Joseph and Kate Merle Howes; husband
of Ellen Adelaide (nee Seed) Howes, of "Oakwood," Queen's
Drive, Heaton Mersey, Manchester, married 9th September 1914 at
Heaton-Norris, St Thomas, Lancashire. Baptised 17th October 1889
in Liverpool, St Peter, Lancashire, Church of England, son of Joseph
and Kate Howes, resident Egremont, Cheshire. Officer Training Corps,
2nd May 1916 to 5th August 1916. Gazetted Cheshire Regiment. In
the 1911 census he was aged 21, born Egremont, Cheshire. a Commercial
Clerk, son of Joseph and Kate Howes, resident 13, Norfolk Avenue,
Heaton Chapel, Heaton Norris, Cheshire & Lancashire. Buried
in RAPERIE BRITISH CEMETERY, VILLEMONTOIRE, Aisne, France. Plot
IX. Row A. Grave 8. |
HOYLE |
Harold |
Second
Lieutenant, 7th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.
Killed in action at Bazentin-le-Petit 23rd July 1916. Aged 26. Son
of Ernest and Mary Elizabeth Hoyle, of 24, Glen Terrace, Hipperholme,
Halifax. Born 1890 in Brighouse. Educated at St. Andrew's School,
Brighouse; Rastrick Grammar School; B.A. Hons. Leeds University. Manchester University: 1912; Teacher's Diploma (1st Div.) 1913.
Assistant Master, Aldershot Secondary School. Gazetted 20th August
1915. Buried in CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL, Somme, France.
Plot VI. Row F. Grave 29.
Extract
from 'de Ruvigny's ROLL OF HONOUR 1914-18', Part Three,
page 146:
HOYLE,
HAROLD, B.A. (Leeds), 2nd Lieut., 11th (Reserve) Battn.
The Loyal North Lancashire Regt., only s. of Ernest Hoyle,
of 24, Glen Terrace, Hipper-holme, Halifax, Railway Employee, by
his wife, Mary Elizabeth, dau. of William Lawson; b. Brighouse,
co. York, 16 Sept, 1880; educ. Rastrick Grammar School (County Scholarship),
and University, Leeds (County Scholarship), and Manchester University;
obtained First Class Honours in the Cambridge Senior Local Examinations
in 1907, and was bracketed fifth in the Kingdom; was Chairman's
Gold Medallist of his school; matriculated at Leeds University,
and took his B.A. degree with Honours there in 1912; trained at
Manchester for a Secondary School Teacher's appointment, and was
awarded a graduate Bursary; appointed English Master at the County
School, Aldershot in 1913, which post he resigned July, 1915, to
join the O.T.C. at Bristol University; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 11th
North Lancashire Regt. 14 Aug. 1915; went to France 16 April, 1916,
and was killed in action at midnight at Bazentin-le-Petit 22-23
July following, as he went over the parapet for a bayonet charge.
Buried there ; unm.
|
HUBBACK |
Francis William |
Second
Lieutenant, 2nd/6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles), London
Regiment. Died of wounds near Bapaume 12th February 1917. Aged 32.
Son of John Hubback, of Rock Ferry, Birkenhead; husband of Eva Marian
(nee Spielmann) Hubback, of "Threeways," Wellgarth Rd.,
Golder's Green, London, married in 1911 in Paddington Registration
District, London. Born 1884 in Rock Ferry, Cheshire. Educated at
Westminster School (Queen's and King's Scholar); Scholar of Trinity
College, Cambridge. Manchester University: 1911; Lecturer in Economics
and Industrial History for Workers' Educational Association. Junior
Examiner, Board of Education. Gazetted July 1915. In the 1891 census
he was aged 6, born New ferry, Cheshire, a scholar, son of Johnj
H and Mary P Hubback, resident Oak Lawn, Parkfield, Lower Bebington,
Wirral, Cheshire. In the 1901 census he was aged 16, born New ferry,
Cheshire, a Pupil at Little Deans Yard (Westminster School), Great
College Street, Close of the Collegiate Church of St Peter, London,
Middlesex. Buried in WARLINCOURT HALTE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAULTY,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV. Row J. Grave 8. |
HUDDLESTON |
Lorimer
Fenton |
Private
2255, 1st/6th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Killed in action at
Helles, Gallipoli 5th June 1915. Aged 20. Son of Charles Davidson
Huddleston and Elizabeth Isabella Huddleston, of Redclyffe, Hale,
Cheshire. An Old Mancunian. Member of Manchester University O.T.C.
Born 1895 in Levenshulme, Manchester, resident Hale, Cheshire. Educated
at Heaton Moor College; Manchester Grammar School; Vincennes Academy,
Paris. Officer Training Corps, October 1911 to August 1914. Traveller.
Enlisted August 1914 in Manchester. In the 1901 census he was aged
6, born Levenshulme, lancashire, son of Cahrles Davidson and Elizabeth
Isabella Huddleston, resident 374, Stockport Road, Levenshulme,
Chorlton, Lancashire. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL,
Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 159 to 171. |
HUDSON |
Robert
Dennis |
[Listed
as Second Lieutenant on memorial and University records] Lieutenant,
109th Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action in France
25th January 1916. Aged 22. Son of Commander W. J. V. and Mrs. Hudson,
of Frogmore, Ross, Herefordshire. Born 1893 in Rushbrooke, Co. Cork.
Educated at Mostyn House, Parkgate; St. Bees School. Manchester University: 1911; B.Sc. (Engineering) 1914; Officer Training Corps,
August 1914. Enlisted 1914; 20th Battalion (University & Public
Schools), Royal Fusiliers. Gazetted 20th December 1914. In the 1911
census he was aged 17, born Rushbrooke, Co. Cork, a boarder at School
House, St Bees, Cumberland. Buried in DICKEBUSCH NEW MILITARY CEMETERY,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Row H. Grave 10.
Extract
from 'de Ruvigny's ROLL OF HONOUR 1914-18', Part Two, page
174:
HUDSON,
ROBERT DENIS, 2nd Lieut., Royal Field Artillery, eldest
s. of William Joseph Villiers Hudson, of Frogmore Ross,
co. Hereford, Commander R.N. (ret.). by his wife, Ellen Hunter,
dau. of Robert Grieve ; b. Queenstown, co. Cork. 22 Nov.
1893 ; educ. Mostyn House School, Pargate, co. Chester; St. Bees,
Cumberland. and Manchester University ; he entered the Faculty of
Science at Manchester University in 1910, matriculating from St.
Bees School. Cumberland ; graduated a B.Sc. July, 1914, and on the
outbreak of war joined the University O.T.C. ; transferred to 20th
Royal Fusiliers, and after training with them for three weeks, was
gazetted 2nd Lieut. (Temp.) R.F.A. 22 Dec. 1914 ; went to France
12 March, 1915, being posted to 109/23rd Brigade R.F.A. served about
Ypres until his death ; killed in action near there 25 Jan. 1916.
Buried in the soldiers' cemetery at Dickebusch. His Colonel wrote
: "He was a very capable officer, and only a few days before
his death I had told his battery commander that I would recommend
his application for conversion of his temporary commission into
a permanent one." Unm.
|
HULTON |
Benjamin
Wright |
Second
Lieutenant, 13th Battalion, Tank Corps. Killed in action near Amiens
5th July 1918. Son of Mr. J. H. and Mrs. Annie Hulton, of 18, Harley
Road, Marton, Blackpool. Late of Oldham. Born 1897 in Buenos Aires.
Educated at Waterloo Secondary School, Oldham. Officer Training
Corps, November 1915 toJanuary 1916. Clerk. Attested 1 December
1915 in Lancaster, aged 19 years 2 months, a Clerk by trade, resident
281, Park Road, Oldham, Manchester, unmarried, height 5 feet 9½
inches, chest 34 inches, religious denomination Church of England,
brown hair, hazel eyes, fresh complexion. Joined regiment 1st January
1916; 21934, 16th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
transferred to M.G.C. 12th Aprill 1916. Discharged from battalion
25th April 1917, took officers course and then Gazetted June 1917
in Machine Gun Corps, transferred to Tank Corps. In the 1911 census
he was aged 14, born Argentine Republic, at school, son of Annie
Hulton, resident 239 Park Road Oldham, Oldham, Lancashire. Buried
in CROUY BRITISH CEMETERY, CROUY-SUR-SOMME, Somme, France. Plot
III. Row D. Grave 11. |
HUNSWORTH |
Herbert |
[Listed
as Lance Corporal on memorial and University records] Private 20076,
9th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Killed in action at Langemarck,
by the bursting of a shell 16th August 1917. Son of John and Susannah
Hunsworth, of 32, Elmfield Terrace, Halifax. Born 1884 in Halifax,
Yorkshire; husband of Madeline Louise (nee Lucas) Hunsworth, married
in 1910 in Leicester Registration District. Educated at Shaw School;
Municipal Secondary School, Halifax. Manchester University: M.A.
1907. Assistant Master Rochdale Pupil Teachers' Centre. Enlisted
1916 in Rochdale, Lancashire. In the 1891 census he was aged 6,
born Halifax, a scholar, son of John and Susannag Hunsworth, resident
Hawthorn Terrace, Halifax, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (West Riding).
Commenced as Candidate Pupil Teacher 11 September 1899 in Skircoat
Haugh Shaw, Halifax, left 11 August 1903. In the 1901 census he
was aged 16, born Halifax, a Pupil Teacher, son of Susannah Hunsworth
(a widow), resident 20, Woodbine Terrace, Halifax, Yorkshire &
Yorkshire (West Riding). In the 1911 census he was aged 26, born
Halifax, an Assistant Master Municipal Secondary School, married
to Assistant Master Municipal Secondary School Hunsworth, resident
5, Dunster Avenue, Rochdale, Lancashire. No known grave. Commemorated
on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 54 to 60. |
HURRELL |
Thomas
Seymour |
[Listed
on memorial as Cadet, Officers’ Training Corps] Corporal PS/10895,
23 O.C.B., 9th Ballaion, Royal Fusiliers. Died of lobar pneumonia
at Catterick at 8 p.m. 14th December 1918, admitted to Catterick
Military Hospital 11th December 1918. Son of Thomas Seymour and
Annie Louise Hurrell, of 102, Hulton Street, Whalley Range. Born
1896 in Manchester. Educated at St. Margaret's School; Manchester
Central High School. Manchester University: 1914; Student, History
Honours (Part 1. 1916); Officer Training Corps, November 1915 to
March 1916. Enlisted 20th March 1916. In the 1901 census he was
aged 4, born Manchester, son of Thomas S and Annie L Hurrell, resident
28, Dudley Street, Stretford, Barton upon Irwell, Lancashire. In
the 1911 census he was aged 14, born Manchester, at school, son
of Thomas Seymour and Annie Louise Hurrell, resident 102, Hulton
Street, Moss Side, Manchester, South Manchester, Lancashire. Buried
in MANCHESTER SOUTHERN CEMETERY, Lancashire. Plot/Row/Section/Area
F. Nonconformist. Grave 802. |
HUTCHINSON |
Bert |
Second
Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion attached 5th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers.
Died of wounds in action in France 12th August 1918. Aged 19. Son
of John Joseph and Mary Ann Scott Hutchinson, of 14, Cross Lane,
Radcliffe, Manchester. Born 1898 in Prestwich. Educated at Bury
Grammar School; Officer Training Corps, November 1916 to June 1917;
Building 42, Manchester University, Department C.W.S. Gazetted June
1917. In the 1901 census he was aged 2, born Prestwich, Lancashire,
son of John J and Mary A S Hutchinson, resident 19, Hilton Lane,
Prestwich, Lancashire. In the 1911 census he was aged 12, born Rainsough,
Prestwich, at school, son of John Joseph (a Licensed Victualler)
and Mary Ann Scott Hutchinson, resident George Hotel, 14, Cross
Lane, Radcliffe, Lancashire. Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN,
Seine-Maritime, France. Officers, Plot B. Row 2. Grave 39. |
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