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ST. JAMES, BRIERCLIFFE |
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©Susan Eldridge August 2002 |
The memorial stands in the churchyard of St James Church, Church Street, off Briercliffe Road, Burnley.
OS ref: 103 SD867349
THIS CROSS IS ERECTED TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO DIED IN THE EUROPEAN WAR 1914 - 1919 MAY THEY REST IN PEACE
I found 2 WW1 war graves in the churchyard |
There are 84 names on the octagonal base of those killed in the First World War.
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T. ATKINSON M. BERRY T. BALMIRE H. BROWN H. BUCK R. BULLOCK A. CLIFFE G. CARVER H. CHATBURN J.W. DRIVER H. DUNWELL T. DUERDEN T. DEAN J. DOWNHAM A. DUCKWORTH J EDMONDSON A. EDMONDSON J.W. EDMONDSON A. FIRTH F. GILL A. GRAY |
P. GRENNWOOD A. GREENWOOD H. GREENWOOD T. HALSTEAD B. HARTLEY W.H. HARTLEY A. HELLEWELL E. INGHAM F. KENYON J. KIRK D. KIRK H. LAYCOCK J. LEAVER H. LEAVER J.A. LANCASTER A.V. LESTER C. MIDGLEY W. MADEN B. MASON F. NUTTALL A. NUTTER |
E. NIXON P. OGDEN C. PICKLES E. PICKLES H. PICKLES W. PICKLES F.M. PEACOCK E. PAPE W. PATE F. PROCTOR W. PROCTOR R. RILEY R.H. RILEY J.W. RUSHTON H. ROBERTSHAW R. ROBINSON G. SIMPSON S. STUTTARD L. STEVENSON P. STARKIE D. SMITH |
W.S. TAYLOR T. THORNTON M. THOMPSON W. WARHURST A. WEST M. WATERWORTH A.S. WEST J.W. WHITAKER B. WHITAKER R. WHITAKER T. WHITAKER J.W. WHITTAM P. WOODWARD H. WILKINSON H. HOWARTH W.R. WHITAKER R.T. ATKINSON A. GREENWOOD R. BRADSHAW A.L. HEYWOOD * W. MONROE |
Two War Graves from the First World War
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M2/046013 Pte A.H. WILKINSON ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS 25th OCTOBER 1918 |
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Joint stone of a Father and two sons
31747 REGTL. SERJT. MAJOR G.M.WILSHAW ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS 23rd OCTOBER 1920 AGE 51
George Marshall Wilshaw MSM Field Ambulance, RAMC son of James and Elizabeth of Blackburn husband of Mary Emma of 15 Arkwright St, Burnley
********************** SECOND LIEUTENANT ERIC JAMES WILSHAW ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY 23rd DECEMBER 1918 AGED 23
died from gas poisoning son of George (above) 18 Arkwright St, Burnley
information from cwg and Roll of Honour |
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And at the bottom of the stone Also in Memory of 103587 CPL LESLIE R. WILSHAW RASC
Son of George (above) 18 Arkwright St, Burnley Died 3 Sept 1917, aged 23 Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez |
