This page lists the men from Chorley and district who were known to have served in the Chorley Pals Company – from its beginning in 1914 as ‘C’ Company, 7th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, through to going over the top on the Somme during the morning of the 1st July 1916 as ‘Y’ Company of the 11th (Service) Battalion (Accrington) East Lancashire Regiment.
This list details the men named on the Chorley Pals Roll of Honour now in Astley Hall; those marked * were taken mainly from local newspapers in 1914 and 1915.
We’ve recently added details about every Chorley Pal on the list – click on the surname for information and photographs (if available).
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 in addition to the information listed here, we would be pleased to hear from you.
A
AINSCOUGH, Thomas William Pte. 15839
AINSWORTH, Eli Cpl. 15156 Kia 13/5/1917
ALLSUP, James Cpl. 15525
ALLSUP, Percy Sgt. 15524
ASTLEY, Robert L/Cpl. 15433 Kia 1/7/1916
ATKINSON, William Cpl.
B
BAMBER, Thomas Cpl. 15640
BARKER, James Pte. 15157
BARRON, Richard Pte. 16056
BARROW, Richard Pte. 15841
BENNETT, Thomas Cpl. 15953
BERRY, John CQMS 15842
BERRY, Thomas Pte. 15526 Kia 1/7/1916
BLACKBURN, Seth Cpl. 15263
BLACKSTONE, John L/Cpl. 16057 Kia 1/7/1916
BLAND, John Francis Cpl.
BOLTON, William Pte. 15641 Kia 1/7/1916
BRADY, Harry Sgt. 15158
BRETHERTON, Arthur Pte.
BRETHERTON, William Pte. 16070 Kia 1/7/1916
BRINDLE, Francis Pte. 15159 Kia 1/7/1916
BRINDLE, William Cpl. 15954
BROMLEY, James Pte. 16004
BROWN, Harry Pte. 16005
BROWNE, Henry Pte. 15527
BROWNLEY, John Pte. 15844
BRYERS, Daniel Pte. 15955
BUCKLEY, Frank L/Cpl. MM 15528
BULLEN, Thomas Pte. 16058
C
CALDERBANK, Henry Pte. 15845 Kia 3/8/1917
CANNON, William Pte. 15160
CARR, William Pte. 16006 Kia 1/7/1916
CARRIGAN, James Pte. 15847
CATTERALL, Ralph Pte. 15264
CATTERALL, Thomas Pte. 15435
CLARKSON, William Cpl. 15956 Kia 1/7/1916
CLAYTON, George Pte. 15847
CLAYTON, Thomas Pte. 15642
CLITHEROE, Thomas Cpl. 15265
COCKER, Joseph Pte. 17932*
COLLIER, George A/Sgt. 15161
COOKSON, Robert Pte. 16007
CORNWELL, Thomas Cpl. 15643
COTTAM, James Pte. 15266
COWELL, John William Pte. 15644 Kia 1/7/1916
CREAPS, James *
CRITCHLEY, James Herbert Pte. 15848
CROMPTON, Arthur Pte. 16008
CUERDON, Austin Pte. 15850
CULSHAW, George Pte. 15849
CUTLER, Ernest Sgt. 15645 Dow 6/10/1917
D
DALTON, Hugh Pte. 16060
DERBYSHIRE, Joseph Pte. 15851
DERBYSHIRE, William Pte. 15436
DICKINSON, James Pt. 15957 Kia 1/7/1916
DONNOLLY, James M Acting CSM 11/7154
DRINKWATER, Thomas William Henry Pte. 16009
DRINNAN, John Pte.
DURKIN, John Pte. 15853
E
ELLIS, Walter Pte. 16061
ELLISON, Wilfred Pte. 15267 d. 25/5/1916 (Illness)
ENDERBY, Joseph Pte. 15646 Kia 1/7/1916
ENTWISLE, Carswell L/Cpl. 15437 Kia 1/7/1916
F
FADDEN, Michael Cpl. 15958 Kia 9/4/1917
FAIRWEATHER, Ormound Pte. 20971 *
FARNWORTH, Daniel Cpl. 15268
FINAN, Thomas Pte. 15269
FRANCE, Albert Pte. 15647
G
GASKELL, James Sgt. 15162
GASKELL, Thomas Pte. 15438 Dow 18/7/1916
GENT, John Pte. 15529
GENT, Walter Sgt.
GIDLOW-JACKSON, Charles William Capt.
GILLETT, Harry Sgt. 15763
GREEN, William Pte. 15164 Kia 1/7/1916
GREENWOOD, William Pte. 15854 Dow 8/9/1917
GRIMSHAW, Thomas Sgt. 16011 Kia 1/7/1916
H
HAILWOOD, William Pte. 15959
HALL, William Sgt. 15439
HALTON, Samuel Pte. 15531
HARDMAN, Harry Pte. 15855 Kia 1/7/1916
HARRISON, Evan Pte. 15270
HARRISON, Harry Cpl. 15530
HARRISON, Robert Alan Sgt.
HART, James Pte. 15440 Kia 27/9/1918
HARTLEY, Joseph Pte. 15118
HATCH, Albert Pte.
HAYES, Thomas Cpl. 15441
HAYES, Thomas Pte. 15442
HEATON, William Sgt. 15532
HIGGINSON, Henry Pte. 20965
HIGHAM, Alfred Pte. 15443
HILTON, Charles Pte. 15444
HODSON, John Pte. 15649
HOLDING, Arnold James Pte. 15856
HOLGATE, Stanley Pte. 15650
HOLMES, William Cpl. 15507
HORROCKS, William Pte. 16012
HULL, Charles Cpl. 15165
HULL, Jack Pte. 15857 Kia 1/7/1916
HUNT, Peter Pte. 15348
HUNTER, Henry Pte. 15651 Kia 21/4/1918
HUNTON, Joseph Sgt. 15272
HUNTON, Thomas Pte. 15273
HURST, John Pte. 15862 Kia 26/8/1916
HUSTINGS, Edward Pte. 15653
I
IDDON, Richard Cpl. 15445
IDDON, Richard Pte. 16059 Kia 1/7/1916
IDDON, Thomas Pte.
IDDON, Thomas Pte. 15654
J
JOHNSON, Jonathan Pte. 16062
K
KENNEDY, George Pte. 15655
KERSHAW, William Pte. 15858
KINLOCH, Charles Pte. 15534
L
LANCASTER, James Pte. 15656 Kia 2/10/1916
LANG, Austin Leo Sgt. MM 15657 Kia 1/7/1916
LAWRENSON, John Pte. 15658 Dow 4/7/1916
LEACH, Thomas Arthur Pte. 15274
LEAP, James Pte. 15535
LEONARD, Thomas Pte. 15659
LORD, Alfred Hopkinson Pte. 16015 Kia 1/7/1916
LOVELESS, Stephen Sgt.
LOWE, James Pte. 15660 Dow 21/10/1917
LUCAS, John J Sgt. DCM 15859
M
MAGRATH, Andrew Pte. 15860 d. 21/11/1918 (Illness)
MAKINSON, James Pte. 15960 Dow 9/7/1916
MARSDEN, William Pte. 15537
MARTIN, James Pte.
MATHER, Thomas Pte.
McDERMOTT, John Pte. 20964 *
MILTON, George Pt. 15538 d. 1/2/1915 (Illness)
MILTON, James Clymo Maj. OBE, MBE
MOORCROFT, Albert Pte. 15662
MOORE, James Johnson Sgt. MM 16013
MORRIS, James Pte. 15727
MURPHY, James Sgt. 16014
N
NIGHTINGALE, Joseph Pte. 15447
NOWELL, Esmond Cpl. DCM, MM 15961
O
O’MALLEY, Peter Pte. 16016 d. 3/12/1918 (Illness)
P
PARKER, James Herbert Pte.
PARKER, William Pte. 15962
PARRY, Owen Thomas Cpl. 15539 Kia 1/7/1916
PARTINGTON, Adam Pte. 20954
PEARCE, Benjamin Pte. *
PEMBERTON, Peter Pte. 15664
PENDLEBURY, James Pte. 15861 Kia 1/7/1916
PENDLEBURY, Richard Pte. 15448 Kia 1/7/1916
PERKINS, Osborn Pte. *
PILKINGTON, George William Pte. 15862 Dow 20/12/1917
PILKINGTON, Joseph Pte. 15166
PRESSLER, Arthur Pte. 20963
R
RAINFORD, Herbert Cpl. 16018
RAINFORD, Ralph L/Cpl. 15863
RATCLIFFE, Frederick Sgt. 16019
RATCLIFFE, William Pte. 15540 Kia 1/7/1916
RICHARDSON, James Pte.
RIGBY, Ernest Pte. 15864
RIGBY, William Geoffrey Morris Lt. Dow 7/7/1916
RILEY, James Acting Sgt. 241355
RILEY, Robert Pte. 16021 d. 16/11/1916 (Illness)
RILEY, Thomas Sgt. 15666
RIMMER, James Pte. 15541
ROBERTS, Peter Cpl. 16020
ROBINSON, James Pte. 15667
ROBINSON, Joseph Pte. 15963
ROBINSON, Thomas Pte. 15449 Kia 1/7/1916
RODEN, John Acting Cpl. 15668
ROLLINS, Seth Pte. 15964 Kia 1/7/1916
ROSCOE, James Pte. 15669
ROSTRON, Joseph Pte. 15965
ROSTRON, W Pte.
S
SALT, Harold Cpl.
SAUNDERS, James Sgt. 16022
SAUNDERS, Leonard L/Cpl. 15966 Kia 1/7/1916
SCOTT, Sylvester Pte. 16023
SHARP, Edward Sgt. 15761
SHARPLES, John Pte. 15359
SHARPLES, Joseph Pte.15542
SHARROCK, Henry Pte. 16063
SHERRINGTON, James Ashley Pte. 15672
SINGLETON, Lawrence Cpl. 16064
SLATER, John Pte. 15967
SNAILHAM, James Cpl. 15349
SNAPE, Richard Staines Pte. 20970 *
SPEAK, Thomas Sgt. 15450
SPEAKMAN, James Pte. 15673 Kia 1/7/1916
SQUIRES, Charles Henry Pte. 15674
STRINGFELLOW, Gilbert Cpl. MM 16024
SUTTON, Joseph Pte. 15350
SWIFT, Joseph CQMS
T
TAYLOR, John Thomas Cpl. 15544
THISTLETHWAITE, Richard Cpl. 15451
THOMPSON, John CQMS 15046
THOMPSON, John L/Cpl. 15675 Kia 31/3/1918 *
THOMPSON, Joseph Alexander Cpl. 18971 Dow 7/9/1918
TOOTELL, William Pte. 15676 Kia 1/7/1916
TOWERS, Thomas Pte. 15545
U
UNSWORTH, Herbert Pte. 15866 Kia 1/7/1916
W
WALMSLEY, Edwin Pte. 15865
WALSH, John Pte. 15452
WARD, John Edward Pte. 15351 Kia 1/7/1916
WARING, Daniel Cpl. 15677
WARING, William Pte. 15678
WATMOUGH, Richard Pte. 15968 Kia 28/6/1918
WATSON, Robert Henry Pte. 16025
WESTHEAD, Wilfred Pte. 15679
WHITELEY, James Pte. 15680
WHITTLE, Harry Pte. 16065
WHITTLE, James Pte. *
WHITWORTH, Joseph Henry Sgt. 22144
WIDDOP, Clarence Pte. Kia 1/7/1916
WIGGANS, McIntyre John Pte. 15167
WILDING, Herbert Pte. 15681
WILDING, Jack Pte. 15454
WILDING, Thomas Pte. 16067
WILSON, Henry Pte. 15736
WILSON, Thomas Pte. 15683
WOODS, Alfred Cpl. 15546
WOODS, James Henry Sgt. 15684
WOODS, James William Pte. 15168
WOODS, Stephen Pte. 15547 Kia 17/1/1917
Y
YATES, George H Pte.
Guide to Abbreviations
A/Sgt. – Acting Sergeant
Capt. – Captain
Cpl. – Corporal
CSM – Company Sergeant Major
CQMS – Company Quartermaster Sergeant
DCM – Distinguished Conduct Medal
Dow – Died of wounds
Kia – Killed in action
L/Cpl. – Lance Corporal
Lt. – Lieutenant
Maj. – Major
MBE – Member of the Order of the British Empire
MM – Military Medal
OBE – Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Pte. – Private
Sgt. – Sergeant
* – Not on the Scroll but served in the Chorley Pals Company
