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War Memorial - Witherslack, Cumbria, England


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Michael Jackson
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Private
16984
abt. 1891, Levens, Westmorland
21 April 1915
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2nd Bn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium
Son of Michael and Eliza Jackson,
of School House, Witherslack, Grange-over Sands, Lancs.
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Edmund Askew
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Corporal
17196
03 December 1891, Barrow-In-Furness, Lancashire
03 June 1916
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7Th Bn. Canadian Infantry
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium
Son of William Frear Askewand
and Agnes Ann Askew, nee Postlethwaite
of Logan Beck, Broughton-in-Furness, Lancs, England.
Lived in Witherslack for a while.
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Walter Hodgson
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Private
14767
22 November 1893, Crosthwaite, Westmorland
03 July 1916
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8th Bn. Border Regiment
Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery, France
Son of Mr. John Bulmer Hodgson and Nancy Hodgson, nee Matthews,
of The Palace, Witherslack, Grange-over-Sands, Lancs.
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Robert Alfred Barber
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Private
23173
abt. 1891, Witherslack
25 December 1916
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1st Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Longridge (St. Lawrence) Churchyard, UK
Husband of Leah Barber,
of 86, Highfield St., Liverpool.
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William Brennand
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Private
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Plumpton, Lancs
01 October 1917

11th Bn. Border Regiment
Coxyde Military Cemetery, Belgium
Inhabitant of Witherslack.
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George Park
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Private
25746
abt. 1895, Witherslack, Westmorland
01 June 1917
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9th Bn. Border Regiment
Sarigol Military Cemetery, Kriston, Greece
Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Park,
of Halecat Farm, Witherslack, Grange-over-Sands, Westmorland.
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George William Scott
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Private
25870
abt. 1895, Witherslack, Westmorland
01 July 1916
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"D" Coy. 8th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Serre Road Cemetery No. 2, France
Son of William and Frances Ann Scott, nee Taylor,
of Rawsons Farm, Lyth, Westmorland.
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Herbert Park
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Guardsman
26714
abt. 1883, Witherslack, Westmoreland
17 June 1917
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1st Bn. Grenadier Guards
Winnezeele Churchyard, France
Son of Jane Park.
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Richard Dewhurst Philipson
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Private
51781
abt.1899
22 January 1919
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24th Bn. Manchester Regiment
Witherslack (St. Paul) Churchyard, UK
Son of James and Mary Alice Philipson,
of Witherslack, Westmorland.
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Gordon Hughes
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Third Officer

abt. 1919
13 June 1941
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Merchant Navy, S. S. "Lindsay" (Newport)
Tower Hill Memorial, London, UK
Adopted son of Jane Hughes,
of Ulverston, Lancashire.
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Thomas H. Hudson
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Lawrence David Long
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Second Radio Officer

abt. 1910
29 October 1942
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Canadian Merchant Navy, S. S. "Bic Island" (Montreal)
Halifax Memorial, Canada
Son of John Lawrence Long and Edith A. Long,
of Grange-over-Sands, Lancashire, England.
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Henry Atkinson
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Joseph Shields
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Harold Milligan
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Lance Serjeant
2124386
abt. 1910
19 January 1944
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270 Field Coy. Royal Engineers
Cassino War Cemetery, Italy
Son of Thomas and Sarah Milligan,
husband of Alice Elizabeth Milligan,
of Witherslack, Lancashire.
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Joseph A. Suart
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Lance Corporal
966824
abt. 1916
26 September 1944
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4th Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Netherlands
Son of John Parrington Suart and Elizabeth Ann Suart,
husband of Doris Gertrude Suart,
of Witherslack, Westmorland.
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John Addison Hutton
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Company Quarter Master Serjeant
3599440
abt. 1919, Carlisle, Lancashire
02 May 1945
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Border Regiment
Witherslack (St. Paul) Churchyard, UK
Son of John Dawson Hutton and Mary Hutton,
husband of Jane Emma Hutton, nee Wetton,
of Whitbarrow.
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Albert J. Newton
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