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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40244 FRED RATCLIFFE 24th July 1917 |
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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. 40244 FRED RATCLIFFE of the Manchester Regiment died on July 24th 1917 of wounds sustained during fighting near Bapaume on the Somme in France. Fred was a single man who lived with his parents in Hill Street, Baxenden. He had previously enlisted in the East Lancashire Regiment, and was wounded in 1916. On his recovery he was transferred to the Manchester Regiment. Fred is buried in Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension. Achiet-le-Grand is a village some four miles from Bapaume, and the cemetery lies on the outskirts of the village. It was captured by British troops in March 1917 and re-captured by the Germans in March 1918. During the period of British occupation, a Field Hospital was stationed in the village, and those dying of their wounds were buried in an extension of the cemetery. Fred is buried in Plot I, one of four plots which total 1,417 burials. |
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