Pte George Barker

    104836 Royal Army Medical Corps

    Born: Westwood, Notts

    Drowned on Arcadian, 15 April 1917,  aged 32y

    Son of Mr & Mrs G. Barker, husband of Mary E. , 1 son,  8 Church St, Read

    a weaver at Friendship Mill

    Mikra Memorial, Greece

    Arthur Bennett

   Gunner Arthur Bracewell

    187511  Royal Garrison Artillery

    Born: Crawshawbooth

    Died, 27 August 1920,  aged 21y

    Son of J Henry & E Bracewell of Cobcar Nook Cottage, Read

    Buried in Read Churchyard

    Pte James Bradshaw 

    9213  East Lancs. Rgt

    Born: Read and lived in Padiham

    Killed, 12 March 1915

    66 Milton St, Padiham,  brother of Annie

    Le Touret Memorial, France     (also Padiham memorial)

    Gunner Joseph Bradshaw 

    67299  Royal Field Artillery   110 Brigade

    Died of wounds, 27 April 1918,  aged 24y

    Son of Mrs M J Bradshaw of 5 Ingham St,  Padiham,

    an address of 5 Whittaker St, Padiham is given in Roll of Honour, published by Burnley Express

    Buried at St Sever Cemetery Ext. Rouen, France         (also Simonstone memorial)                                                                                               

    Pte Norman Foulkes Farr

    29358  Machine Gun Corps  158th Coy.

    Born: Swinton, Lancs

    Died 30 December 1917,  aged 23y

    Son of Edward & Sarah A Farr of Thorn Cottage, Pendlebury

    Buried at Aubigny Communal Cemetery Ext.

    Pte John Robert Fielding

    3454  1st Australian Pioneers

    died of wounds,  18 October 1917

    15 Straits Lane, Read

    Buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium

    Gunner  Cyril Haines  

    110988  Royal Field Artillery  50th TM Battery

    Died a prisoner in France,  21 September 1918

    Buckshaw Terrace

    Buried at Glageon Communal Cemetery Ext. Nord, France     (also Simonstone memorial)

    Rifleman Frank Haken  (Francis Luther)

    235285  Prince of Wales Volunteers (South Lancs. Rgt)

    Born: Sabden

    Killed in action, 10 April 1918,  aged 34y

    Son of James & Ann Haken of Sabden

    Husband of Amelia of 20 Hambledon View, Read

    Buried at Vielle-Chapelle New Military Cemetery, France

    Pte Fred Holland  

    77574  Royal Fusiliers (City of London Rgt)

    Born: Hapton and lived in Padiham

    Killed in Action, 3 June 1918, aged 19y

    Son of Thomas & Phoebe Hannah Holland of 6 Dryden St, Padiham

    Buried at Cinq Rues British Cemetery, France     (also Padiham memorial)

    Pte James Ingham

    Lieut. John Law  

    RAF

    Died in an accident at Lincoln, 11 June 1918,   aged 23y

    Son of Ezekiel & Phoebe Ann Law of 42 Buckshaw Terrace

    Buried in Read Churchyard     (also Simonstone memorial)

    Pte Robert Mashiter

    2697  East Lancs. Rgt.

    Born: Kendal, Westmorland

    Died, 8 August 1915 at Gallipoli,  aged 17y

    Son of Robert Bain & Mary Ann Mashiter of 112 Leigh Terrace, Read

    Buried: Lancashire Landing Cemetery, Turkey

    Pte Walter Pate

    28547  East Lancs. Rgt

    Born: Blackburn and lived in Haslingden

    Killed in Action, 31 July 1917

    Menin Gate Memorial to the missing, Ypres

    Pte William Ravenscroft  

    Medical Unit, RN Div. Royal Marines Light Infantry

    Killed in action, 27 March 1918

    2 Whalley Road, Read

    Arras Memorial, France     (also Simonstone memorial)

    Capt. John Cyril Charles Henry Robinson

    East Lancs Rgt

    Killed in Action, 3 June 1917, aged 31y

    Son of Rev J Robinson of The Vicarage, Read

    Buried at Neuville-Bourjonval British Cemetery, France

    Rifleman Wallace Rushton

    42396  West Yorkshire Rgt. (Prince of Wales own)

    Born: Padiham

    Died from wounds at Southport (septic poisoning), 25 December 1917

    Husband of Ellen Alice of 25 Jubilee St, Read

    Buried in Read Churchyard

    James Rutter

    Pte Arthur Sagar

    235478  Lancashire Fusiliers

    Born: Simonstone

    Killed in Action, 5 January 1918

    Son of Robert & Elizabeth Sagar of Whalley Road

    Loos Memorial, France

    Rifleman Eli Smithies 

    4387  Kings Royal Rifle Corps

    Killed in Action, 16 May 1915

    Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais     (also Simonstone memorial)

    Pte Thomas Speak

    6421  Machine Gun Corps (Australians)

    Died from wounds,  1 April 1918,  aged 26y

    Son of John & Mary Jane Eastwood of 19 Whalley Rd, Read

    Buried at Etaples Military Cemetery, France

    Rifleman John William Vockins

    419066  Queen Victoria Rifles (London Rgt)

    Died from wounds, 15 October 1918, aged 19y

    Son of William & Susan of 140 Friendship Terrace, Read

    Buried at Sever Cemetery Ext, France

    Pte Thomas L. Waddington

    36210 Welsh Rgt.

    Born: Padiham and lived in Padiham

    Killed in Action, 25 May 1915 at Ypres

    31 Jubilee St, Read

    Menin Gate Memorial to the missing, Ypres

    Pte James West

    100081  Royal Army Medical Corps

    Born: Darwen

    Killed in Action, 19 August 1917, aged 33y

    Husband of Annie of 15 East St, Read

    Buried at Merlin South Military Cemetery, Belgium

    John Wilkinson

    Driver John William Wilkinson

    T/437545  Army Service Corps

    Born: Read

    Died from pneumonia in Woolwich, 11 November 1918

    Fort St, Read

    Buried in Read Churchyard

    William Arthur Wolfenden

    S/13510  Gordon Highlanders

    Born: Read

    Killed in Action, 23 March 1918, aged 27y

    Son of John Thomas & Nancy

    Husband of Ada of Leigh Terrace, Read

    Arras Memorial, France