Roll of Honour The roll of honour in the Memorial Library contains the names of 75 Old Lancastrians who died in the first world war. The following additional details have been discovered. The date is the year of leaving LRGS (where known). All deaths were on the western front (France & Flanders) unless otherwise stated. Abbott WH 1915 : Signaller, King s Liverpool Regiment. Killed in action 1918 Allen CB 1903 : Corporal New Zealand Contingent. Killed in action 1916. Ashton JRW 1911 : Lived in Coulston Road. 2/Lieutenant, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Died of wounds on 6 th November 1917. Ball GF 1909 : Private in the York and Lancaster Regiment. Killed in action on the first day of the battle of the Somme, 1 st July 1916. *Balshaw W staff :- a Housemaster in 1914 Second Lieutenant with 2 nd Manchester Regiment Missing on 25 th November 1914, believed to be a PoW, but later discovered to have been killed. Batchelor FA Captain 2 King s African Rifles. Died of wounds in Africa in November 1917. Bateman EW 1987 : 7 Canadian Infantry. Missing, presumed dead in 1918 *Bates SK 1914 : Lieutenant 5 King s Own -the youngest officer in the British Army. Killed in May 1915, still several weeks short of his 18 th birthday. Bell RA memorial. Listed among the dead in 1918, but no details name added later to the war *Binks BH Staff 1912-14 : commissioned into 1 King s Own 1915. Killed in action 1916. Bond E 1910 : Lieutenant in 5 West Ridings, attached to Machine Gun Corps. Killed in action on 1 st October 1918. *Brash W 1908: Teacher at the Boys National School & member of Priory choir. Enlisted in 5 King s Own 1914 : Sergeant 1915 & commissioned 1916. Killed in action in 1917. Brockbank TC 1909 : Gunner Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds at Ypres on 1 st June 1917. Brown WM 1915 : Lived in Bridge Road : went to Greaves School before LRGS. Gunner in Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 1917. Head Prefect in 1915 & Captain of the XI for two seasons. Bryning JW Enlisted into Army Service Corps (Mechanical Transport Section) but transferred to King s Royal Rifles, as Rifleman. Killed by shellfire during an advance on 18 th November 1917. *Canby TB 1911 : Sergeant 4 King s Own. Died of wounds on 25 th June 1915, aged 21. *Carson TW Sergeant in 5 West Riding Regiment. Killed in action December 1915
Cockcroft JW 2 Civil Service Rifles (Prince of Wales s Own). Killed in action in July 1916. Lived at 23 East Road (later to be Storey House). Memorial plaque in Christ Church. *Corless JS 1909 : Manchester University dentistry. Lieutenant 4 KORLR, attached to Sherwood Foresters. Two brothers also serving. Killed in action on 19 th September 1918. Corkill AI 1912 : Died in 1920 as a result of hardship suffered as a prisoner of war. Name not on war memorial. *Coupland H 1911 : Lieutenant in 5 King s Own. Died of wounds on 22 nd April 1915 *Davies DH 1902 : Private in 5 King s Own. Killed in action at Ypres, May 1915 *Dixon F School Porter 1908 to 1914 : ex-regular soldier who had served in the South African war, and re-enlisted as Private in 5 King s Own in December 1914. Killed in action May 1915. Dowthwaite JB 1898 : Private in the Royal Army Medical Corps : died of malaria in East Africa. *Edmondson T 1912 : Private in 5 King s Own. Killed in action 1916 *Eltoft F 1911 : served an engineering apprenticeship & enlisted as Private in 5 King s Own in 1914. Killed in action in April 1915. Gerrard H 5 King s Own : killed in action 1916. Not listed on war memorial. Gornal l NC 1917: Lived in Skerton, at Boys National School, then LRGS. Was in XV & XI, senior NCO of OTC and Head Prefect. 2/Lt Royal Engineers 1917.. Killed in action on 21 st March 1918. *Gough HPB April 1918. Staff (Chemistry master for six years). Major : MC & Bar. Died of wounds on 12 th *Guy AJ 1913 : Lived on St Mary s Parade : enlisted in 3 Border Regiment. Served in Dardanelles, then in France. Missing, presumed killed in action on the Somme on 1st July 1916. Name added later to the war memorial. Hall E 1908 : enlisted in 5 King s Own & killed in action in 1916. *Hall TSI 1902 : Lieutenant in 5 th Royal Fusiliers. Son of a previous Mayor of Lancaster, and a member of Vale of Lune RUFC. To Oxford on leaving LRGS, enlisted in September 1914 and was commissioned in the autumn of 1915. Missing, presumed killed in Mesopotamia in April 1916. Harrop JA 1916 :Lived in Coulston Road. Member of OTC. Enlisted in Lancashire Hussars 1916, then 2 nd Lieutenant in 2 Shropshire Light Infantry. Killed in action on 8 th October 1918. Hatch JD 1912 : Lived in Queen Street. Signaller in 5 King s Own in 1915. Killed in action on 25 th August 1918. Hayhurst C Private in the Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action on 22 nd August 1918. Hodgson JW Private, King s Liverpool Regiment. Wounded in 1916. Killed in action in 1918.
*Holderness H Enlisted in 10 th Hampshire Regiment in 1914 : commissioned into Sherwood Foresters 1915. Killed in action in April 1916. *Howson GRP 1900 : enlisted in 1 Royal Fusiliers 1914 : commissioned into King s Own 1915, as 2 nd Lieutenant. Killed in action in April 1917 ( Easter Monday), when leading his platoon. *Irving R Lived in Prospect Street, and was on the teaching staff of Greaves School, and a member of Vale of Lune RUFC when he enlisted in 5 King s Own as a private in 1914 : was made Sergeant in 1915, CSM in 1916, and commissioned in the field as Lieutenant in 1916. Wounded at Ypres in 1915 and killed in action 1916, leading his platoon. A memorial tablet in Greaves School was moved to the Castle School (now Central Lancaster HS) when it replaced Greaves. *Jackson GW Sergeant in 4 Coldstream Guards. DCM 1915. Killed in action 1915. Keetly H War Memorial. 5 King s Own. Died in 1920 as a result of military service. His name is not on the *Keir EH 1914 : A former Queen s Prize winner, and an early member of the OTC, he left School in July 1914 and joined the King s Own on the outbreak of war. He was commissioned into the9th battalion in December 1914, but later transferred into the Royal Flying Corps, qualifying as a pilot. He was engaged in patrol and artillery observation on the western front, shooting down a German Albatross aircraft while doing so. He and his observer were both killed in action in 1917, when he was not yet 21. The letter from his squadron commander Major CFA Portal was published in the Lancastrian of December 1917 : it is of more interest in that by 1945 its author had become Marshal of the Royal Air Force Lord Portal, Chief of the Air Staff. In 1918 his parents endowed a prize in his memory : this is still presented on Speech Day to a cadet of the RAF Section, CCF. Kirkbride RW Private in the County of London Regiment Sergeant by 1918. Killed in action in September 1918. *Langstreth E 1905: Lieutenant RNVR. Lived in Scotforth Road. After leaving LRGS he read engineering at Victoria University, Manchester before joining the Royal Navy. Served ashore with Royal Naval Division at Gallipoli & then in France. Killed in action on 13th November 1916. Leggett MCM Lieutenant, Baganda Rifles MC Died of fever in Uganda on active service. *Lloyd-Evans EM : Captain in 5 King s Own Died of wounds 15 th March 1916. *Lord CE 1887 : went on to Peterhouse, Cambridge. South Staffordshire Regiment served in the South African war. A Major by 1915, when he died of severe wounds on 23 rd June, aged 46. *Manson BEA 1893 : born in India, and later joined the Indian Army. A Captain in 61 st Pioneers, he was killed in German East Africa on 18 th November 1914. *Marriott GEJ 1907 : head prefect. Went to Peterhouse, Cambridge to read Classics, then taught at Oldham GS. Served with Lancashire Fusiliers in Egypt as Lieutenant. Captain 1917. Killed in action in May 1917.
Marshall TG 1916. Served with 1 East Lancashire Regiment missing, presumed killed on 18 th October *Mather D 1909 : was assistant manager at a Wigan colliery when he enlisted in King s Liverpool Regiment in August 1914 : commissioned 1916. Killed in action 2 nd November 1917. Mellor CS AB in Royal Navy. Dallas Road School, then LRGS. Prize at HMS Ganges (training ship) in 1912. Died while on duty in one of HM ships on war service. *Mortimer EH 1898 : Went up to Cambridge in 1898. Family lived in Ellel, and had businesses in Lancaster and Blyth. Played cricket for Lancaster CC. Lieutenant with 6 th Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in action on 25 th April 1915. Younger brother of :- *Mortimer WB 1894 : Played cricket for Lancaster CC. Served in South African war. Gazetted as Lieutenant in 2 nd Durham Light Infantry.Wounded late 1914 and killed in action 13 th June 1915 Morton A Manchester Regiment. Killed in action 1917 *Newton W 1898 : Sergeant in Manchester Regiment. Killed in action 1916. Oglethorpe EA 1909 ; Marine Engineer. Enlisted in New Zealand contingent. Died of wounds on 2 nd April 1917, aged 24. Pape H Private in 5 Saskatchewan Regiment. Killed at Vimy Ridge on 24 th May 1915. Phillips T 1915 : Lived at Ship Hotel, North Road & attended Sulyard Street School before LRGS. XV, XI, OTC & Head prefect 1915. 2/ Lieutenant 10 King s Own. Captain 1916. Transferred to 10 Squadron Royal Flying Corps in 1916. Died of injuries received in a crash on a training flight in 1918. *Pinch W 1908 : Attended Greaves School before LRGS : represented Vale of Lune & John o Gaunt RC. Went to Chester College & then taught at the National School. Enlisted in 5 King s Own on the outbreak of war. Wounded 1915. 2 nd Lieutenant 1917. Killed in action 1917. Price JT 1911 : Private 5 King s Own. Corporal 1915. Commissioned as 2/Lieutenant in 1918. Missing in action in 1918, presumed killed. *Prickett JE 1911 : Private in 8 Durham Light Infantry. Missing, presumed killed in 1915. Procter LW Gunner, Canadian Division Royal Field Artillery. 2 nd Lieutenant 1916. Killed, leading his men into action on July 31 st 1917.. *Ripper AG 1913 : Lance Corporal in 5 King s Own. Killed in action on 8 th May 1915, aged 20 *Sayle GRF 1897 : Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery. Died, aged 34 on 10 th May 1915, from wounds received the previous day Sharples FP 1912 : 4 Royal Fusiliers. Name added later to the war memorial. Standen JW 1908 : Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in action 1918.
Steele N 1916 : Private. Killed in action 1916. Thompson HP 1912 : London Regiment. Killed in action in 1917. *Threlfall R 1905 : Joined the staff of Gillows. Sergeant in 5 King s Own : Killed in France on 26 th May, 1915. Had just been recommended for a commission. *Webster GC Enlisted in 5 King s Own, Transferred to Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Missing, believed killed, in March 1916. *Welch EA 1910 : Lived in Belle Vue Terrace. Enlisted in King s Own in August 1914 & was commissioned into 8th King s Own in 1915. Transferred to Royal Flying Corps in 1916. Killed in action 23 rd April 1917, aged 22, when he was attacked by five German aircraft while on a photographic mission. Whitehead M 1913 : 2nd Lieutenant in the King s Liverpool Regiment. Lived on Spring Bank : joined the Civil Service on leaving LRGS. Killed, leading his platoon into action at Thiepval on 12 th August 1916 Widdop AN 1905 : enlisted in Artists Rifles, transferred to 4 West Kent Regiment (the Buffs), then to Royal Engineers. Killed in action on 30 th September 1918. Lancashire rugby XV. Widdop C Lance Corporal, Manchester Regiment. Killed in action in April 1918. *Wills AG Lieutenant, 7 Sherwood Foresters. Killed in action 1915. Wood SH Lived in Westbourne Road : attended Christ Church School before LRGS. Pupil teacher at Bowerham School, then worked in commerce in Africa until 1915. Joined 5 King s Own 1915, Sergeant 1916 & 2 nd Lieutenant 1917. Killed in action 1917, leaving a widow whom he had married only 3 months previously. An asterisk indicates those known to have been serving by December 1914. A Memorial service held in Christ Church on All Saints Day 1917. The proposal for a war memorial was made in 1917, and a committee chaired by HL Storey DL (OL) and including the Headmaster, the Mayor (Cllr W Briggs) and Sir Norval Helme (MP for Lancaster) was appointed. Aimed to raise 5,000 for a Memorial Library or the purchase of the ( then leased) playing fields on Derwent Road both targets were achieved.