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HAPTON |
Location: Next to the school on Manchester Road, Hapton.
OS ref: 103 SD79 3317
Date: 23rd February 1921, unveiled by Lieut. Col. G.G.H. Bolton
The wording reads:
1914 - 1919
IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS TOWNSHIP
WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR
"THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE"
There are 52 names on the memorial arranged by Regiment, the list is headed by Sgt W Ward who received the Military Medal, also recorded is Private William Stephenson of the Royal Army Medical Corps, who was one of 39 local men to drown when the SS Royal Edward was torpedoed in the Dardanelles in July 1915.
There are 11 names from World War Two
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R.F.A
R.G.A
L.N.Lanc. R.
K.O.R.L. R
Lanc. Fus.
Royal Fus. R. Dublin Fus. Ches. R. E.Surrey R. Sherwood For. Shrops. L.I. R.A.M.C.
New Zealand R.B. K.R. Rifles Norfolk R. Ches. R. RAF
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Srgt. W. WARD M.M. Bomb. W. BILLINGTON " H. GREGSON Gnr. J BRADBURN " E. LATHOM " J.TODD " H.C. TWOSE " H.J. PITCHER " W.J. MILLER Pte S.C. LOXHAM " R. PATE " A. SIMPSON Pte H. COULTHURST " G. HUDSON " J. HUDSON Pte J.KELLY " R. LOCKWOOD Pte R. CLAYTON " A. NEARY " W. CHILDS " F. WARD " F.E. NUTTER " H. KERRIDGE " G.H. BRIGHT " W. STEVENSON Rflmn H. PARKINSON " T.H. WINGHAM Srgt. C. WALSH LCpl. T.W. COLE Lieut. J. HARRISON
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East Lanc. R.
S. Lanc. R. W. Yorks. R.
K. Liverpl R. Border R. S.W. Border
Royal Berks. 29th Field Art. US Army
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Srgt. A. HOOK Cpl. R. LANGHAM LCpl. C. BRADBURN " J.W. PRENDERGAST Pte J.T. BLADES " R. DICKENSON " J. DURKIN " J. FLOYD " T.H. LAKELAND " A. LOCKWOOD " J. LEWIS " H. PILKINGTON " C.C. WILDMAN Pte R.H. HOLLIS Pte J.J. LAWLESS " H. MULDOON Pte E. WHITTAKER " J.W. HODGSON Sec. Lieut. D.C. MASON Pte T. SHAKESHAFT Sec. Lieut. N.C. CLAYTON Cpl. F. LANGHAM
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HMS Foxglove !3th Hussars R.A
Recnse Corps Dorset R. RAF |
1939 - 1945
A.B. H. JONES Sgt R. COWARD Gnr W.H. BOOTHMAN " J. LUPTON " J.W. LORD Tpr E. MATES Pte R. WOODALL Sgt N. WADE " D.H. KERR Cpl J. JONES B.E.M. Lac H. HAMER
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Information about those from WW1 can be found on the following site: http://www.burnleygallantry.co.uk/haptonwarmemorial/index.htm
