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WW1 Soldiers

These are the men and women from the parish of Daresbury who served in World War One.  If you think that we have made mistakes in their stories, please let us know.  If you would like any more information about them or have any information you would like to share with us, then please contact us.

NameVillageUpdated
Alfred AbramsAston31.7.2019
James AbramsAston28.10.2019
Walter AbramsAston31.7.2019
Douglas Kelsey Scott AdamsDaresbury 16.3.2016
Walter Scott AdamsDaresbury18.7.2016
Edwin George AitkenAston31.7.2019
Arthur AntrobusPreston Brook28.10.2017
Frank AntrobusMoore21.7.2016
Fred AntrobusAston20.10.2019
James AntrobusPreston Brook28.8.2016
John  AntrobusMoore2.2.2017
Samuel E AntrobusAston28.10.2019
Thomas AntrobusPreston Brook28.10.2017
Thomas W AntrobusAston28.10.2019
William Antrobus b1886Moore28.5.2019
William Antrobus b1880Moore10.12.2016
Edward AstburyPreston Brook28.8.2016
Frank AsburyMoore11.7.2016
John AstburyPreston Brook12.6.2016
Thomas  N  AstburyPreston Brook12.6.2016
Claude AthertonAston31.7.2019
George BallHatton28.8.2016
Joseph BallMoore30.11.2016
Walcot Harmood BannerAston31.7.2019
Ernest BannisterHatton28.8.2016
Edward (Ted) BasnettPreston Brook1.8.2017
Samuel Basnett b1887Preston Brook4.8.2017
Samuel Salt Basnett b1876Preston Brook4.8.2017
George BeattieAston31.7.2019
William BeattieAston31.7.2019
Alfred Wraith BellamyDaresbury26.10.2018
Thomas BillingtonDaresbury14.3.2017
Thomas BirchHatton10.3.2017
Lewis BoalerPreston Brook16.3.2019
William BoalerPreston Brook16.3.2019
James BodellMoore10.3.2017
William Stanley BoothDaresbury14.3.2017
John BowenDaresbury14.3.2017
William BradburyMoore13.7.2016
Percy BritlandHatton7.11.2016
John  Wallworth  BroomePreston Brook28.8.2016
John BuckleyHatton5.3.2017
Joseph BunnAston28.10.2019
George BurginHatton5.12.2016
Joseph BurrowPreston Brook29.10.2017
John W CartwrightMoore5.12.2016
Walter J CartwrightMoore13.7.2016
William Massey CartwrightMoore11.12.2016
Harry ClareNewton by Daresbury27.10.16
Victor Joseph ClareNewton by Daresbury27.10.16
William ClareNewton by Daresbury12.6.2016
Lewis ClarkeHatton8.11.2016
Sydney ClarkePreston Brook28.10.2017
Fred (or James Frederick) CliffeHatton8.11.2016
Percy CliffeHatton8.11.2016
Peter (or John Peter) CliffeHatton8.11.2016
William Henry CliffeHatton1.11.2018
John CooperNewton by Daresbury28.10.2017
Arthur CowapPreston Brook28.8.2016
Alfred CopeAston28.10.2019
Leonard DaviesAston28.10.2019
Richard Edward DaviesDaresbury26.10.2018
Sydney DaviesHatton8.11.2016
Wm. Charles DaviesHatton8.11.2016
Frank Henry de PrezMoore10.12.2016
William Leonard de PrezMoore13.7.2016
Fred DeanHatton1.2.2017
Herbert Johnson DeanAston20.5.2019
John Hugo DeanAston31.7.2019
Dennis DoneHatton29.11.2016
Thomas DoneHatton6.8.2017
Thomas Briscoe DobsonMoore30.11.2016
Stanley Watson DoneHatton29.11.2016
Joseph Cuthbert DoneKeckwick10.11.2016
Peter DunbabinMoore2.2.2017
Alfred DunbobinHatton1.2.2017
Percy DuncalfPreston Brook9.3.2019
William J DuncalfMoore9.3.2019
Harry DuttonHatton7.12.2016
John DuttonMoore3.2.2017
Thomas Henry DuttonHatton24.8.2016
Emma Kathleen EarpPreston Brook20.9.2018
Ethel Mary EarpPreston Brook20.9.2018
Mabel Harriet EarpPreston Brook20.9.2018
George EvansHatton24.8.2016
Herbert Atkinson EvansHatton10.3.2017
John Frederick EvansHatton5.3.2017
Fred  FaulknerPreston Brook13.3.2017
James FaulknerPreston Brook13.3.2017
John Rowland FleetMoore23.2.2017
Walter FleetMoore12.12.2016
Albert ForsterMoore12.12.2016
Herbert ForsterMoore14.12.2016
John Condliffe ForsterMoore3.2.2017
Leonard ForsterMoore12.12.2016
Reginald  ForsterMoore14.12.2016
Wilfred ForsterMoore3.2.2017
Alfred FranklandPreston Brook13.3.2017
Charles FranklandPreston Brook13.3.2017
Granville FurnivalPreston Brook5.12.2018
William Arthur GandyMoore23.2.2017
James Hutchinson GarlickMoore26.10.2018
William Sydney GarnettDaresbury16.3.2016
Seth GeorgeHatton8.11.2016
Dervas GerrardKeckwick20.7.2016
James GerrardKeckwick20.7.2016
John William GillDaresbury15.3.2016
Harry George  GlenisterPreston Brook13.3.2017
Samuel Joseph GlenisterPreston Brook12.6.2016
Arthur GolderAston31.7.2019
Ernest GouldAston31.7.2019
Alfred GreenHatton5.12.2016
George GreenHatton24.8.2016
Robert GreenPreston Brook31.7.2017
William GreenHatton7.12.2016
William Herbert  GreenHatton5.12.2016
Jack Eckersley GreenallMoore4.2.2017
Charles GreenhalghKeckwick16.12.16
B HallMoore19.12.2016
William Henry HankeyMoore10.11.2016
Alan Edward HansonPreston Brook28.10.2017
James George HattonHatton2.11.2023
George Henry HartwellAston31.7.2019
Sydney HawkinsHatton29.11.2016
Richard Heakin b1870Keckwick20.11.2016
Richard Thomas William Heakin (b1894)Keckwick20.11.2016
Samuel David HeakinKeckwick4.2.2017
Amos HenshallPreston Brook12.6.2016
William Albert HenshallPreston Brook12.6.2016
John HicksMoore20.12.2016
John James HineAston31.7.2019
Ernest HodgkinsonNewton by Daresbury6.8.2017
Arthur HoughAston16.3.2019
Frank HoughAston28.10.2019
John Henry HoughMoore22.2.2017
Alfred HoughtonNewton by Daresbury29.11.2017
Frank HoughtonHatton5.12.2016
James HoughtonHatton24.8.2016
Tom HoughtonHatton1.2.2017
Levi HulseAston31.7.2019
James HulseAston16.1.2019
Joseph HulseAston31.7.2019
Alfred IsherwoodHatton28.8.2016
Frank  Lionel JacksonPreston Brook29.11.2017
John Norman JacksonPreston Brook29.11.2017
John JamesonPreston Brook17.10.2018
Walter Caleb JinksHatton15.6.2016
George Oliver JohnsonPreston Brook28.10.2017
George William JohnsonMoore13.7.2016
John JohnsonPreston Brook31.7.2017
Samuel Walker JohnsonPreston Brook31.7.2017
Thomas JohnsonPreston Brook29.11.2017
George JonesAston28.10.2019
Harry Stanley JonesPreston Brook16.3.2019
John Julian JonesAston28.10.2019
Leonard JonesPreston Brook31.7.2017
Luke JonesPreston Brook31.7.2017
Thomas JonesPreston Brook31.7.2017
Joseph KettleAston28.10.2019
James KippaxHatton29.11.2016
John KippaxHatton18.12.2016
Benjamin KitchingmanMoore21.1.2017
Herbert LeachHatton8.11.2016
Septimus LeachHatton5.12.2016
John Lindsay Lee JonesDaresbury28.12.2023
James LeylandHatton28.8.2016
Frank Sydney LightfootPreston Brook17.3.2017
George William LightfootPreston Brook13.3.2017
Norman Henry LightfootPreston Brook19.8.2017
Harry LittlerNewton by Daresbury16.3.2019
Samuel LittlerAston28.10.2019
Thomas LittlerNewton by Daresbury31.7.2017
Edward LondonMoore18.1.2017
John London?Moore20.12.2016
Fred MaddockHatton7.12.2016
James Arthur MercerAston31.7.2019
Joshua MeredithHatton7.12.2016
Charles Henry MilbournAston28.10.2019
John Frederick MilbournAston31.7.2019
George MillingtonMoore21.12.2016
John Enoch Stanley MillingtonMoore20.11.2016
Gilbert MonksMoore18.1.2017
William MonksMoore9.1.2017
Arthur Edmund MooresAston28.10.2019
George Trevor MounfieldPreston Brook16.3.2016
John Wilfred MounfieldPreston Brook31.7.2017
Ellis William NormanPreston Brook16.3.2019
Thomas Stanley NormanPreston Brook16.3.2019
Noel Frederick OultonMoore9.11.2016
Hezekiah ParkerAston28.10.2019
John Thomas ParkerPreston Brook29.11.2017
Edward Frederick ParsonsPreston Brook31.7.2017
Albert PartingtonHatton7.12.2016
John Peter Webb PenningtonPreston Brook18.10.2021
Percy Gleave PenningtonPreston Brook18.10.2021
Albert PercivalAston15.10.2019
Charles PercivalAston31.7.2019
Charles Owen PercivalPreston Brook13.3.2017
Arnold PlattPreston Brook04.12.2025
Henry PlattPreston Brook31.7.2017
Robert PlattPreston Brook31.7.2017
Frederick PollardPreston Brook1.8.2017
Albert Edward PottsPreston Brook31.7.2017
Arthur Thomas PottsAston31.7.2019
Harry PottsPreston Brook31.7.2017
Donald Hibbert PriestleyPreston Brook25.4.2017
Frank Perrin PriestleyPreston Brook13.3.2017
Lancelot Joseph PriestlyPreston Brook25.4.2017
Joseph PurkissMoore12.7.2016
Samuel RavenscroftDaresbury18.7.2016
Ernest Edward RidgwayDaresbury18.7.2016
John Herbert  RidgwayDaresbury15.3.2016
John William RidgwayPreston Brook31.7.2017
Samuel RidgwayPreston Brook12.6.2016
Samuel RobertsAston31.7.2019
Percy Houghton RobertsPreston Brook13.3.2017
Claud H  RobertsonMoore10.3.2017
George RobinsonHatton1.2.2017
John RogersKeckwick14.1.2017
Henry RoughsedgePreston Brook28.10.2017
Peter Scragg RoughsedgePreston Brook28.10.2017
Sydney Gleave RoughsedgePreston Brook28.10.2017
Thomas RutterHatton28.8.2016
William RutterPreston Brook13.3.2017
Albert RyderNewton by Daresbury6.8.2017
Arthur Gerard RyderNewton by Daresbury6.8.2017
Charles RyderNewton by Daresbury6.8.2017
Frank RyderNewton by Daresbury6.8.2017
James RyderPreston Brook12.6.2016
Tom RyderNewton by Daresbury6.8.2017
Frank SandersonMoore9.1.2017
Levi SawfordPreston Brook16.3.2016
Ernest ScarlettMoore23.2.2017
Hannah Gertrude SloaneMoore9.1.2017
Noel  SloaneMoore10.1.2017
Harry SmithHatton28.8.2016
Henry Fyge SmithHatton19.10.2017
Herbert SmithAston28.10.2019
Roger SmithHatton24.8.2016
Thomas Rigby SmithHatton24.8.2016
Frank SpeedPreston Brook17.3.2017
Fred SpeedPreston Brook28.10.2017
Joseph Sydney SpeedPreston Brook28.10.2017
Luke Stanley SpeedPreston Brook28.10.2017
Oswald SpeedPreston Brook28.10.2017
Peter James SpeedPreston Brook12.6.2016
Herbert Oswald SpencerNewton by Daresbury 22.2.2017
Septimus Alfred SpencerNewton by Daresbury 22.2.2017
Thomas H SpenderPreston Brook5.9.2017
David SpruceAston28.10.2019
Fred SprucePreston Brook12.3.2017
Harold SprucePreston Brook13.3.2017
Albert Cyril SumnerPreston Brook16.3.2019
Arthur Cross SumnerPreston Brook16.3.2019
Arthur Aston TalbotAston31.7.2019
Douglas Hervey TalbotAston28.10.2019
John TannerMoore21.1.2017
Leslie TarranPreston Brook28.10.2017
Henry TaylorMoore13.7.2017
John  TaylorNewton by Daresbury31.7.2017
Reuben TaylorPreston Brook19.8.2017
Samuel TaylorMoore4.7.2017
Wilfred TaylorNewton by Daresbury19.8.2017
William Craven TaylorMoore14.1.2017
James Maddock ThomasMoore12.1.2017
Oswald Philip ThomasMoore12.7.2016
Richard Ewart TrevithickMoore15.1.2017
Bert TysonPreston Brook18.12.2017
George Henry WarburtonPreston Brook31.7.2017
Thomas James William WardlePreston Brook16.3.2019
Malcolm WebbPreston Brook16.3.2019
William Harry WebbPreston Brook31.7.2017
George WhitlowPreston Brook28.10.2017
Edward Eric WilkinsonPreston Brook16.11.2018
Horace WilkinsonKeckwick29.6.2021
Sydney WilkinsonAston31.7.2019
David WithenshawNewton by Daresbury 5.3.2017
Frank WithenshawNewton by Daresbury 5.3.2017
Cecil WoodMoore23.2.2017
Frank WoodierPreston Brook19.8.2017
William WoodierAston31.7.2019
John WoodwardMoore5.12.2016
Peter WoodwardMoore5.12.2016
Harry  WouldsKeckwick15.1.2017
Harold John WrightAston14.8.2019
Louis John WyattMoore18.12.2017
Samuel YarwoodPreston Brook13.3.2017
Joseph Ashley YatesPreston Brook16.3.2019

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