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12 October 1917 : Pte Amos Arthur Hardisty

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Amos Arthur Hardisty was born at Drax Abbey near Selby, Yorkshire on 19 August 1873, the son of Amos and Hannah Hardisty. His mother died in 1891. He was an apprentice printer and then a stationer in Barnoldswick. In 1896 he married Olive Nuttall. Their son Percy was born in September 1897. Olive died in in August 1900 and Arthur's father died i...

17 October 1916 : L/Cpl Frank Sagar

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Frank Sagar was born in Barnoldswick, Yorkshire in July 1886, the son of George and Emma - both were cotton weavers. They had married in 1881 and between 1884 and 1901 they had nine children, two of whom died as infants. Like two of sisters and three younger brothers, Frank worked in a nearby cotton mill. At the time of his death the family liv...

1 November 1918 : Pte Carl Watson

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Carl Watson was born in Earby, Yorkshire in 1889. His parents were Edmonson (Watson cotton twister) and Nancy. Carl was employed as a twister in a cotton mill in Barnoldswick at the time of his enlistment. Conscripted in early 1917, he initially served as 243063 in the 2/5th Northumberland Fusiliers before being transferred on health grounds to...

14 December 1917: Pte James Ormerod Tattersall

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James Tattersall was born in Stacksteads, Lancashire 1894. His father was a coal miner. James was a weaver. After enlisting into the West Riding Territorials in Barnoldswick, James was sent to France in September 1916 and served on the Somme and in Belgium before being wounded in July 1917, whilst serving as part of a Lewis Gun team. Sent bac...

13 February 1915: Pte John Fawcett

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John was born in 1882 and from Burnley, Lancashire. His parents were Frank and Pricilla. He was the oldest of three, with sisters Annie and Ada. His sister Ada died in 1894 when John was 12 years old. Age 20 in 1902, John enlisted in the Army. Age 29 at the 1911 Census we find John had left the army and was now married to Mary Jane; both were...