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Preston Brook Wharf - Canal War Memorial

Code No First Name Last Name Rank Regiment DoB DoD PoD Occupation Employer Notes Cat
W1 Samuel Yarwood Coporal Border Regiment, 2nd Battalion 1893 16 May 1915 Provender gang labourer Manchester Ship Canal Co, Bridgewater Department 1
W2 Henry (Harry) Roughsedge Private South Lancashire Regiment,13th (Reserve) Battalion 30 Apr 1883 14 Jul 1917 Chief clerk at Whiston Workhouse Board of Guardians Son of Thomas Roughsedge, Preston Brook porter. Grandson of Peter Scragg, boatman 1
W3 Malcom Webb Private Cheshire Regiment, 24th Battalion 15 Jun 1889 16 Jul 1918 Fruiter Son of Thomas Webb, book-keeper and clerk at Preston Brook 1
W4 William Albert Henshall Private South Wales Borderers, 5th Battalion 27 Feb 1896 6 May 1917 Son of William Henshall, Preston Brook porter. Grandson of Peter Valentine, wharf engine driver. 1
W5 John Peter Webb Pennington A/B Royal Naval Reserve 18 Jun 1882 16 Mar 1917 Insurance clerk Refuge Assurance Company Grandson of Peter Webb, Preston Brook wharf foreman 1
W6 Thomas Jones 2nd Liet Royal Airforce, 55th Squadron 1889 30 August 1918 Grandson of Peter Scragg, boatman 2
W7 Samuel Sydney Wilkinson Private Royal Army Service Corp 3 Mar 1895 12 Nov 1918 Butchers apprentice (1911) Son of PB tunnel keeper 2
W8 Joseph Bunn Private Kings Liverpool Regiment, 20th Battalion 15 Jan 1894 30 Jul 1916 Grocers clerk (1911) Son of Dutton toll clerk 2
W9 Clarence Allan Kendall Bedfordshire Regiment, 7th Battalion 1898 23 Mar 1918 Boatman "Alexander" & "Good Intelect" at Sunnyside, 1911 4
W10 Harry Lewin Northamptonshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion 1898 9 May 1915 Boatman Braunston 4
W11 David Garrett 0
W12 William Humphreys 0
W13 William Millard 1899 Boatman? FMC? 4
W14 David Neal 0
W15 George Walley 0
W16 Arthur Brooks Private Cheshire Regiment, 3rd Battalion 1895 16 Aug 1917 Boatman J&G Meakin Based around Middlewich. William Scragg noted as "a friend" and "guardian" in NoK on enlistment 4
W17 Charles Hoare 1899 4 May 1918 Boatman "Victory" & "Dart" at Cropredy 1911 4
W18 Peter Tyler 1892 15 Dec 1917 Boatman 4
W19 Thomas Kay 1888 14 Jul 1916 Boatman FMC? Based Wheelock area? George Perrott, Brother in Law, NoK on enlistment 4
W20 John James Perrott Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, 6th Battalion 1884 9 Aug 1915 Boatman Manchester Ship Canal Co Brother in law to W19 3
W21 David King Private Hertfordshire Regiment, 1st Battalion 21 Mar 1897 31 Jul 1917 Boatman Harry King, father Carrying coal to Dickensons paper mills 4
W22 James Boyers Pioneer Royal Engineers, 95th Field Company 1897 26 Sep 1915 Steam tug crew Manchester Ship Canal Co "Worsley" 1911 3
W23 Edward Robert Kortens A/B Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, Nelson Battalion 1887 13 Jul 1915 Waterman Manchester Ship Canal Co Son of piermaster 3
W24 George Dawson Sapper Royal Engineers 1887 8 Nov 1918 Boatman FMC? 4
W25 James Jaques Private South Lancashire Regiment, 17th Battalion (Transport Workers) 9 Jul 1918 Soldier boatman. Drowned at Lock 13, Wigan 7
W26 Charles Tullet Private South Lancashire Regiment, 17th Battalion (Transport Workers) 9 Oct 1918 Soldier boatman. Drowned on L&L 7
W27 Peter Bibby 1883 22 Oct 1915 Boatman L&L, Blackburn 5
W28 Isaac Firbank 1879 26 Sep 1915 Boatman L&L, Ince near Wigan 5
W29 William Roughley Lancashire Fusiliers, 15th Battalion 1877 1 Jul 1916 Boatman "Sewage works" L&L, Kearsley 5
W30 Horace Atherton South Lancashire Regiment, 1st 5th Battalion 1879 2 Aug 1916 Waterman Widnes 6
W31 George Ashcroft Private 19 Jan 1888 3 Aug 1916 Boatman Lancaster Canal 5
W32 Theophilus Whittaker Fireman Mercantile Marine Reserve 1878 26 Jul 1916 Waterman Widnes. Died on Fleet Messenger "Arethusa II" (Y4.52) 6
W33 Joseph Darbyshire 1894 1917 Boatman Wigan Coal and Iron Co L&L 5
W34 John Lamb Private Liverpool Regiment, 18th Battalion 1891 28 Jun 1917 Boatman Leeds and Liverpool Canal Company 6
W35 George Lowe Private East Lancashire Regiment, 2nd Battalion 26 Mar 1899 27 May 1918 Boatman Assisted father inbetween school 6
W36 James Lowe Private Liverpool Regiment, 7th Battalion 11 Nov 1896 1 Sep 1918 Boatman Assisted father inbetween school 6
W37 James Cheetham Private Liverpool Regiment, 18th Battalion 1897 28 Mar 1918 Boatman Assisted father inbetween school 6
W38 James Albert Eastup Private Cheshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion 1890 3 Oct 1915 Boatman, Labourer Enlisted in 1908, reserve. Boatman at enlistment. Alkali works labourer 1911 3
W39 Robert Arnold Rifleman Liverpool Regiment, 1st/5th Battalion Jul 1899 9 Apr 1918 Waterman Of Barton. Brothers Charles (Bunner Mond labourer,KIA 1917), James (W40) 6
W40 James Arnold Private Cheshire Regiment Mar 1898 28 Mar 1920 Waterman CoD Hodgkins disease and jaundice 6