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Coat of Arms for Burnley Borough Council
The website Burnley in the Great War provides information on the men of Burnley who fought in the First World War.
Biographical information is provided for these men, - including
extracts from newspaper obituaries and accompanying photographs.
Some 3751 local men had lost their lives and are included on the website.
Information is also provided on the men who survived the war.
22 soldiers who served in the Yorkshire Regiment are included on the website.
Private Percy Allan, 203604. 10th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Matthew Mitchell Allan and Mary Allan, of 30, Rossendale
Rd., Burnley. Killed 4 October 1917. Aged 20.
Born Burnley, Enlisted Burnley.
Commemorated on Panel 52 to 54 & 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
Private Joseph Bailey. 235213. 19th Battalion The King's
(Liverpool Regiment), formerly 6768 Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Mary J.
Bailey, of 61, Thursby Rd., Burnley. Killed 24 July 1917. Aged 38.
Born Burnley (Lancs), Enlisted Burnley.
Commemorated Panel 4 and 6, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
(From the
Burnley in the Great War website;-
"Husband of Mary J Bailey of 61 Thursby Road, Burnley.
His brother William Bailey was killed in action on 26 September 1917, aged
34. Served with the 2nd Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
William Bailey's address was also 61, Thursby Road.
Joseph was in the Passchendaele Trenches and was the only man in the Battalion
killed that day." )
Private John Henry Barnes, 204304. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of James Henry and Ann Rebecca Barnes, of 9, Whittlefield Street,
Burnley. Killed 10 October 1917. Aged 25.
Born Barrow-in-Furness (Lancs), Enlisted Newcastle, Resided Burnley.
Commemorated on Panel 52 to 54 & 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
Private Robert Caton. 38857. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Mary Ann Stansfield (formerly Caton), of 13, Hardy St., Burnley,
and the late Richard Caton. Killed 26 October 1917. Aged 19.
Born Burnley, Enlisted Burnley.
Buried TORREKEN FARM CEMETERY NO 1.
Private Andrew Cunningham. 203256. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 31 July 1917.
Born Salne (Fifeshire), Enlisted Burnley.
Commemorated Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
Captain Edward Dickinson. 11th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of the late D. D. and Jane Dickinson. Killed 28 June 1915. Aged
29.
Commemorated Panel 55 to 58, HELLES MEMORIAL.
(for further information of Captain Dickenson, see the page for Aberystwyth
University.)
Private Edward Haworth, 38866. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 16 October 1918. Aged 41.
Born Burnley (Lancs), Enlisted Burnley.
Buried PREMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY.
Private John Richard Heyworth, 63899. 13th Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 9415 Royal Army Pay Corps. Son of Samuel
and Ellen Heyworth, of 35, Netherby St., Burnley. (buried Seletskoe Cem.).
Killed 4 April 1919. Aged 32.
Born Burnley, Enlisted Burnley (Lancs).
Commemorated in ARCHANGEL ALLIED CEMETERY, RUSSIA.
(Burnley in the Great war states that he was buried in SELETSKOE CEMETERY,
RUSSIA.)
Private Francis Meshach Jowett. 202703. 4th Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment. Died 28 October 1918.
Born Burnley (Lancs), Enlisted Burnley.
Buried BERLIN SOUTH WESTERN CEMETERY.
Private James Lawton. 203953. 2nd/4th Battalion the
East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 6836 the Yorkshire Regiment. Died 10 October
1918.
Born Burnley, Enlisted Accrington, Resided Beverley.
Buried PROSPECT HILL MILITARY CEMETERY, BERMUDA.
Private Henry Lord. 38851. 10th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lord, of Burnley; husband of Margaret
A. Lord, of Lancashire Ghyll, Foulridge, Lancs. Died of wounds 22 April 1917.
Aged 32.
Born Burnley, Enlisted Nelson.
Buried ETAPLES CEMETERY.
Private Joseph William Potter. 64835. 6th Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 17/30114 Cheshire Regt. Died 5 January 1919.
Born Stockton-on-Tees, Enlisted Liverpool, Resided St. Helen's (Lancs).
Buried MURMANSK NEW BRITISH CEMETERY.
(The website, St.
Helens Roll of Honour, provides the following additional information on
Private Joseph William Potter, - obtained from the "Burnley Reporter"
of 15 January 1919.
His residence in Burnley was at 13 Argyle Street. In the 1911 Census he was
shown as being a "Miner Drawer" and living with his brother and
family at 16 Argyle Street, Burnley.
He died of poisoning.)
Private Tom Potter. 6141. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 15 June 1915.
Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds, Resided Burnley.
Commemorated on Panel 12, LE TOURET MEMORIAL.
Private Peter Riley. 235170. 8th Battalion
The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, formerly 6926 the Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 21 July 1917.
Born Padiham (Lancs), Enlisted Burnley (Lancs), Resided Padiham.
Commemorated Panel 41 and 43, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
Private James Edward Spencer, 235187. 4th Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment. KIlled 21 April 1917.
Born Burnley, Enlisted Burnley.
Buried HIBERS TRENCH CEMETERY.
Private Robert Stafford. 235250. 18th Battalion The
King's (Liverpool Regiment), formerly 202700 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of
Pathane and the late John Henry Stafford; husband of Mrs. H. A. Stafford,
of 14, Heap St., Colne Rd., Burnley. Killed 31 July 1917. Aged 30.
Born Shaw (Lancs), Enlisted Burnley (Lancs), Resided Blackpool.
Commemorated Panel 4 and 6, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
Private Edmund Staveley. 28233. 9th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 9 June 1917.
Born Hawes (Yorks), Enlisted Leyburn, Resided Hawes.
Buried LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY .
(Although shown in the Burnley in the Great War website, there is no obvious
connection with Burnley).
Private William Sunderland. 235252.
14th Battalion The King's (Liverpool Regiment), formerly 202707 the Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 19 April 1918.
Enlisted Burnley (Lancs), Resided Burnley.
Buried SARIGOL MILITARY CEMETERY, GREECE.
Private Alfred Turner. 27649. 8th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Died 7 June 1917.
Born Burnley (Lancs), Enlisted Earby (Lancs).
Commemorated on Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
Serjeant Septimus Waugh. 17906. 9th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of James and Catherine Waugh, of Row, Roadhead, Carlisle. Killed
7 June 1917. Aged 29.
Born Bewcastle (Brampton), Enlisted Burnley, Resided Carlisle.
Commemorated Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
Private Timothy Webster. 6837. 2nd/4th Battalion the
Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Nancy Webster, of 2, Raws Court, South St.,
Burnley. Died at home 4 March 1917. Aged 38.
Born Preston (Lancs), Enlisted Burnley (Lancs).
Buried BURNLEY CEMETERY.
Private Arthur Whittaker. 72478.
10th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own), formerly 6832
the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William
and Sarah Jane Whittaker, of Burnley. Killed 23 April 1918. Aged 31.
Born Burnley (Lancs), Enlisted Northallerton (Yorks).
Buried LONGPRE-LES-CORPS SAINTS BRITISH CEMETERY.
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