The Pals:

The Men

If you have any photographs, stories, articles, medals or memorabilia about a Soldier in the Chorley Pals or the Chorley Pals Company before, during or after World War One, we would be pleased to hear from you.

The names of the men who enlisted in the Chorley Pals in 1914 and who are listed on the Memorial Scroll in the memorial room at Astley Hall in the town, are as follows:

A

AINSCOUGH, Thomas William Pt. 15859
AINSWORTH, Eli Cpl. 15156 Kia 13.5.1917
ALLSUP, James Pt. 15525 (promoted 2nd Lt. 8.1916)
ALLSUP, Percy Sgt. 15524
ASTLEY, Robert L/Cpl. 15433 Kia 1.7.1916
ATKINSON, William Pt.

B

BAMBER, Thomas Pt. 15640
BARKER, James Pt. 15157
BARRON, Richard Pt. 16056
BARROW, Richard Pt. 15841
BENNETT, Thomas Cpl. 15953
BERRY, John CQMS 15842
BERRY, Thomas Pt. 15526 Kia 1.7.1916
BLACKBURN, Seth Cpl. 15263
BLACKSTONE, John L/Cpl. 16057 Kia 1.7.1916
BLAND, J F Cpl.
BOLTON, William Pt. 15641 Kia 1.7.1916
BRADY, Harry Sgt. 15158
BRETHERTON, Arthur Pt.
BRETHERTON, William Pt. 16070 Kia 1.7.1916
BRINDLE, Francis Pt. 15159 Kia 1.7.1916
BRINDLE, William Cpl.
BROMLEY, James Pt. 16004
BROWN, Harry Pt. 16005
BROWNE, Henry Pt. 15527
BROWNLEY, John Pt.
BRYERS, Daniel Pt. 15955
BUCKLEY, Frank Pt. MM 15528
BULLEN, Thomas Pt. 16058

C

CALDERBANK, Henry Pt. 15845 Kia 3.8.1917
CANNON, William Pt. 15160
CARR, William Pt. 16006 Kia 1.7.1916
CARRIGAN, James Pt. 15847
CATTERALL, Ralph Pt. 15264
CATTERALL, Thomas Pt.
CLARKSON, William Cpl. 15956 Kia 1.7.1916
CLAYTON, George Pt. 15847
CLAYTON, Thomas Pt. 15642
CLITHEROE, Thomas Cpl. 15265
COCKER, Joseph Pt. 17932
COLLIER, George A/Sgt. 15156 Kia 13.5.1917
COOKSON, Robert Pt. 16007
CORNWELL, Thomas Cpl. 15643
COTTAM, James Pt. 15266
COWELL, John William Pt. 15644 Kia 1.7.1916
CREAPS, James *
CRITCHLEY, James Herbert Pt. 15848
CROMPTON, Arthur Pt. 27269
CUERDON, Austin Pt. 15850
CULSHAW, George Pt. 15849
CUTLER, Ernest Sgt. 15645 Dow 6.10.1917

D

DALTON, Hugh Pt. 16060
DERBYSHIRE, Joseph Pt. 15851
DERBYSHIRE, William Pt. 15436
DICKINSON, James Pt. 15957 Kia 1.7.1916
DONNOLLY, J M Co. Sgt. Major
DRINKWATER, Thomas William Henry Pt. 16009
DRINNAN, John Pt.
DURKIN, John Pt. 16087

E

ELLIS, Walter Pt. 16061
ELLISON, Wilfred Pt. 15267 d. 25.5.1916 (Illness)
ENDERBY, Joseph Pt. 15646 Kia 1.7.1916
ENTWISTLE, Carswell L/Cpl. 15437 Kia 1.7.1916

F

FADDON, Michael Cpl. 15958 Kia 9.4.1917
FAIRWEATHER, Ormound Pt. 20971 *
FARNWORTH, Daniel Cpl. 15268
FINAN, Thomas Pt. 15269
FRANCE, Albert Pt. 15647

G

GASKELL, James Sgt. MM 15162
GASKELL, Thomas Pt. 15438 Dow 18.7.1916
GENT, John Pt. 15529
GENT, Walter Sgt.
GIDLOW-JACKSON, C W Cpt.
GILLETT, Harry Sgt. 15763
GREEN, William Pt. 15164 Kia 1.7.1916
GREENWOOD, William Pt. 15854 Dow 8.9.1917
GRIMSHAW, Thomas Sgt. 16011 Kia 1.7.1916

H

HAILWOOD, William Pt. 15959
HALL, William Sgt. 15439
HALTON, Samuel Pt. 15531
HARDMAN, Harry Pt. 15855 Kia 1.7.1916
HARRISON, Evan Pt. 15270
HARRISON, Harry Cpl. 15530
HARRISON, Robert Alan Sgt.
HART, James L/Cpl. 15440 Kia 27.9.1918
HARTLEY, Joseph Pt. 15118
HATCH, Albert Pt.
HAYES, T Cpl. 15441
HAYES, Thomas Pt. 15442
HEATON, William Sgt. 15532
HIGGINSON, Henry Pt. 20965
HIGHAM, Alfred Pt. 15443
HILTON, Charles Pt. 15444
HITCHON, James Foldys Lt. Kia 1.7.1916 *
HODSON, John Pt. 15649
HOLDING, Arnold James Pt. 15856
HOLGATE, Stanley Pt. 15650
HOLMES, William Cpl. 15507
HORROCKS, William Pt. 16012
HULL, Charles Cpl. 15165
HULL, Jack Pt. 15857 Kia 1.7.1916
HUNT, Peter Pt. 15348
HUNTER, Henry Pt. 15651 Kia 21.4.1918
HUNTON, Joseph Sgt.
HUNTON, Thomas Pt. 15273
HURST, John Pt. 15862 Kia 26.8.1916
HUSTINGS, Edward Pt. 15653

I

IDDON, Richard Pt. 15445
IDDON, Richard Pt. 16059 Kia 1.7.1916
IDDON, Thomas Pt.
IDDON, Thomas Pt.

J

JOHNSON, Jonathan Pt. 16062

K

KENNEDY, George Pt. 15655
KERSHAW, William Pt. 15858
KINLOCK, John Charles Pt.

L

LANCASTER, James Pt. 15656 Kia 2.10.1916
LANG, Austin Sgt. MM 15657 Kia 1.7.1916
LAWRENSON, John Pt. 15658 Dow 4.7.1916
LEACH, Thomas Arthur Pt. 15274
LEAP, James Pt. 15535
LEONARD, Thomas Pt. 15659
LORD, Alfred Hopkinson Pt. 16015 Kia 1.7.1916
LOVELESS, Stephen Sgt.
LOWE, James Pt. 15660 Dow 21.10.1917
LUCAS, John J Sgt. DCM 15859

M

MAGRATH, Andrew Pt. 15860 d. 21.11.1918 (Illness)
MAKINSON, James Pt. 15960 Dow 9.7.1916
MARSDEN, Frank Sgt. 15939 Kia 1.7.1916
MARSDEN, William Pt. 15537
MATHERS, Thomas Pt.
McDERMOTT, John Pt. 20964
MILTON, George Pt. 15538 d. 1.2.1915 (Illness)
MILTON, James Clymo Major OBE, MBE
MOORCROFT, Albert Pt. 15662
MOORE, James Johnson Sgt. MM 16013
MORRIS, James Pt. 15727
MURPHY, James Sgt. 16014

N

NIGHTINGALE, Joseph Pt. 15447
NOWELL, Esmond Cpl. DCM 15961

O

O'MALLEY, Peter Pt. 16016 d. 3.12.1918 (Illness)

P

PARKER, James Herbert Pt.
PARKER, William Pt. 15962
PARRY, Owen Thomas Cpl. 15539 Kia 1.7.1916
PARTINGTON, Adam Pt. 20954
PEARCE, Benjamin Pt. *
PEMBERTON, Peter Pt. 15664
PENDLEBURY, James Pt. 158031 Kia 1.7.1916
PENDLEBURY, Richard Pt. 15448 Kia 1.7.1916
PERKINS, O Pt. *
PILKINGTON, George William Pt. 15862 Dow 20.12.1917
PILKINGTON, Joseph Pt. 15166
PRESSLER, Arthur Pt. 20963

R

RAINFORD, Herbert Cpl. 16018
RAINFORD, Ralph L/Cpl. 15863
RATCLIFFE, Fred Sgt. 16019
RATCLIFFE, William Pt. 15540 Kia 1.7.1916
RICHARDSON, James Pt.
RIGBY, Ernest Pt. 15864
RIGBY, William Geoffrey Morris Lt. Dow 7.7.1916
RILEY, Robert Pt. 16021 d. 16.11.1916 (Illness)
RILEY, Thomas Sgt. 15666
ROBERTS, Peter Cpl. 16020
ROBINSON, James Pt. 15667
ROBINSON, Joseph Pt. 15963
ROBINSON, Thomas Pt. 15449 Kia 1.7.1916
RODEN, John Pt. 15668
ROLLINS, Seth Pt. 15964 Kia 1.7.1916
ROSCOE, James Pt.
ROSTRON, Joseph Pt. 15965
ROSTRON, W Pt.

S

SALT, Henry Cpl.
SAUNDERS, James Cpl.
SAUNDERS, Leonard L/Cpl. 15966 Kia 1.7.1916
SCOTT, Sylvester Pt. 160123
SHARPE, Edward Sgt.
SHARPLES, John Pt. 15359
SHARPLES, Joseph Pt.15542
SHARROCKS, Henry Pt. 16063
SHERRINGTON, James Pt. 15672
SINGLETON, Lawrence Cpl. 16064
SLATER, John Pt. 15967
SNAILHAM, James Cpl. 15349
SNAPE, Richard Staines Pt. 20970 *
SPEAK, Thomas Sgt. 15450
SPEAKMAN, James Pt. 15673 Kia 1.7.1916
SQUIRES, Charles Henry Pt. 15674
STRINGFELLOW, Gilbert Cpl. MM 16024
SUTTON, Joseph Pt. 15350
SWIFT, Joseph CQMS

T

TAYLOR, John Thomas Cpl. 15544
THOMPSON, John CQMS 15046
THOMPSON, John L/Cpl. 15675 Kia 31.3.1918 *
THOMPSON, Joseph Alexander Cpl. 18971 Dow 7.9.1918
TOOTELL, William Pt. 15676 Kia 1.7.1916
TOWERS, Thomas Pt. 15545

U

UNSWORTH, Herbert Pt. 15866  Kia 1.7.1916

W

WALMSLEY, Edwin Pt. 15865
WALSH, John Pt. 15452
WARD, John Edward Pt. 15351 Kia 1.7.1916
WARING, David L/Cpl. 15677
WARING, William Pt. 15678
WATMOUGH, Richard Pt. 15968 Kia 26.6.1918
WATSON, Robert Henry Pt. 16025
WESTHEAD, Wilfred Pt. 15679
WHITELEY, J Pt.
WHITTLE, Harry Pt. 16065
WHITWORTH, Joseph Henry Sgt. 22144
WHITTLE, James Pt. *
WIDDOP, Clarence Pt. Kia 1.7.1916
WIGGANS, McIntyre J Pt. 15167
WILDING, Jack Pt. 15454
WILDING, Thomas Pt. 16067
WILSON, Henry Pt. 15736
WILSON, Thomas Pt. 15683
WOODS, Alfred Cpl. 15546
WOODS, James Henry Sgt. 15684
WOODS, James William Pt.
WOODS, Stephen Pt. 15547 Kia 17.1.1917

Y

YATES, George Henry Pt.

* Not on the Scroll but served in the Chorley Pals Company