IN MEMORY OF OUR BAXENDEN LADS
1914 - 1918
& 1939 - 1946
IN MEMORY OF OUR BAXENDEN LADS
1914 - 1918
& 1939 - 1946
Wm. Turner - November 1994 |
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31194 JACK BOLTON 10th September 1918 |
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Introduction
ANDERSON, William ANDERTON, John Henry BAILEY, Harry BARNES, James Albert BATES, Thomas Henry BOLTON, Jack BOND, Harry Hargreaves BRANDON, Tom BURY, Percy CHEVIN, William Thomas DOBSON, Walter DOWNES, Joseph DUCKWORTH, Frank DUCKWORTH, John (Jack) Pilkington GORE, Elias GREENWOOD, James HAMBLING, Benjamin George HAMBLING, Charles Buckingham HAWKER, William HEYS, James Edward HEYS, John Lawson HINDLE, Arnold JOHNSON, Harry KENYON, Ernest LIVETT, John William MARSDEN, Fred MOSS, James RATCLIFFE, Fred RUSHTON, Fred SKELLERN, John James SMITH, James Edward STOTT, Fred TODD, Walter Counsell WATERWORTH, David WHITEHEAD, John William WHITEHEAD, Riley
CUCKNELL, Alan
Accrington Pals
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PTE. 31194 JACK BOLTON of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment was killed in action near Arras, France, on September 10th 1918, during the 'advance to victory' campaign which resulted in the end of the war in November. Jack was aged twenty-five and lived with his family at Laund Cottage, Baxenden. Jack is buried in an extension to the communal cemetery of the village of Queant, some twelve miles south-east of Arras. The village was not captured by the British forces until September 2nd 1918, and the cemetery extension was made by fighting units burying their comrades. There are 275 graves in the cemetery. It stands on flat, low ground, but the village of Queant and the spire of the church in the next village of Noreuil are visible from it. |
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