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War Memorial - Beetham, Cumbria, England


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Ernest Cyril Miller
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Captain

abt. 1888
23 October 1914
36
3rd Bn. attd. "B" Coy. 1st Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Poelcapelle British Cemetery, Belgium
Son of the late William Pitt Miller and Emilie Mary Miller,
of Merlewood, Grange-over-Sands, Lancs,
husband of Mrs. C. Bland (formerly Miller),
of The Old Rectory, Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex.
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William Harrison
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Lance Corporal
10307
abt. 1891
05 February 1915
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2nd Bn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium
Son of William Harrison,
of 6, Noreuil Rd., Petersfield, Hants.,
and the late Mrs. Harrison.
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Herbert Assheton Bromley
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Lieutenant

abt. 1879
24 April 1915
36
7th Bn. Canadian Infantry
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium
Son of the late Sir Harry Bromley, 5th Bart.,
and of Ada, Lady Bromley,
of Parkside, Milnthorpe, Westmorland, England.
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A. Victor Clegg
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Captain

abt. 1885
07 August 1915
30
6th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers
Lancashire Landing Cemetery, Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Son of Calder Hurst Clegg,
of Littleborough, Manchester.

Frank C. Clegg
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Captain

abt. 1888
22 August 1915
27
6th Bn. Border Regiment
Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Son of Calder Hurst Clegg,
of Kendal, Westmorland.
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William Stainton
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Lance Corporal
15549

07 December 1915

10th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Hedge Row Trench Cemetery, Belgium
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Robert Hudson
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Private
14776

05 January 1916

8th Bn. Border Regiment
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France
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William Thompson
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Private
9728
abt. 1894
03 March 1916
22
9th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
Loos Memorial, France
Son of William and Betsy Thompson,
of Beetham, Milnthorpe, Westmorland.
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John T. C. Woof
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Corporal
201107
abt. 1898
27 March 1917
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4th Bn. Essex Regiment
Jerusalem Memorial, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Son of James and Mary Ann Woof,
of Railway Cottage, Sandside, Milnthorpe, Westmorland.
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George Gaston Nickel
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Second Lieutenant

abt. 1883
31 July 1917
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20th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium
Son of Mrs. A. Peachey Nickel,
of 25, Fern Grove, Liverpool.
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James Blair
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Corporal (CWGC: Lance Corporal)
15483

05 August 1917

8th Bn. Border Regiment
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium
Son of Thomas and Catherine Blair,
of Hale, Milnthorpe, Westmorland.
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Henry Laurence Slingsby
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Captain

Military Cross
abt. 1893
11 August 1917
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2nd Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
attd (Adjt) 10th Bn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Adinkerke Military Cemetery, Belgium
Son of William Cecil and Alison Slingsby,
of St. Anthonys, Heversham, Westmorland.
Went to France 14th Aug, 1914.
Military Cross
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Wilfrid Bertram Holmes
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Second Lieutenant

abt. 1897
20 September 1917
20
4th Bn. Cheshire Regt.
Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium
Son of William Casson Holmes and Eleanor Holmes,
of Station House, Sandside, Westmorland.
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Noel Harvey Firth
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Private
51433
abt. 1898
30 November 1917
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1st/6th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, France
Son of Mrs. L. M. Firth,
of Lyndhurst, Pilford, Wimborne, Dorset,
and the late Mr. J. W. Firth.
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Thomas Anderton Wilson
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Private
3984

16 June 1918

6th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, France
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Frank H. Wardley
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Private
60685
abt. 1888
27 October 1918
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23rd (Tyneside Scottish) Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel, Germany
Son of John and Mary Ann Wardley,
of Slackhead, Beetham, Milnthorpe, Westmorland.
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Frank H. Ireton
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Second Radio Officer

abt. 1923
12 June 1942
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Merchant Navy, S. S. "Clifton Hall" (West Hartlepool)
Tower Hill Memorial, London, UK
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Herwald Molyneux Sitwell Wake
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Lieutenant
204884
abt. 1917
31 December 1942
25
Royal Corps of Signals
Moascar War Cemetery, Egypt
Son of Herwald and Margaret Wake,
of Milnthorpe, Westmorland.
B. A., Llb. (Cantab.).
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Norman Alexander Atkinson
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Serjeant
1493614
abt. 1918
30 July 1943
25
61 Anti-Tank Regt. Royal Artillery
Enfidaville War Cemetery, Tunisia
Son of James and Ann Atkinson,
of Whassett, Westmorland.
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Jim Collins
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A/C


October 1943 (Java)

Royal Air Force

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William Basil Kellett
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Lieutenant Commander

abt. 1910
01 April 1944
34
Royal Navy, H. M. S. "Malagas"
Simon's Town (Dido Valley) Cemetery, South Africa
Son of William Oswald and Gertrude Elsie Kellett,
husband of Audrey Evelyn Kellett,
of Beetham, Westmorland, England.
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