Rainhill’s Soldiers
The Fallen
The Great War claimed the lives of 53 local men, whose names are on Rainhill memorials. Please also visit our pages on about the Battles of the Somme and Passchendaele, and their effect on Rainhill.
Arthur Denham AVISON
Alfred BALL
Charles Edward BALL
Thomas James BALL
Walter BALL
William Percival BALL
Edward Martin BARDGETT
Henry Robert BOTHAMLEY
John Nisbet BROMILOW
Arthur George Henry BROWN
Richard BURROWS
George BYRON
Frederick CARTMEL
Edward CHARNOCK
George CHESTERS
William Alfred CHESWORTH
George Horace DANBY
George DUNN
James EVANS
Herbert FITZHUGH
Henry Robert FOSTER
Samuel GILLINEY
Robert William GORST
Thomas Herbert GRUNDY
Frank HANKINSON
Robert Douglas HERMAN
James HIGHCOCK
Albert HOUGHTON
John HUNT
Arthur HUNTER
Thomas Alfred JONES
William James LOWE
Vincent David LYON
John Saggerson NAYLOR
Matthew Kennedy O’BRIEN
Alexander RAMAGE
William RANDELL
David ROBERTS
Charles Henry ROWED
William Arnold SHEARIM
Osmund Frederick Joseph STAPLETON-BRETHERTON
Wilfred Stanislaus STAPLETON-BRETHERTON
James STOTT
Joseph Cuthbert SUTTON
Robert Augustine SUTTON
Joseph SWIFT
William TITTERINGTON
Henry TRAVERS
Joseph TYRER
Joseph Saxon WAINWRIGHT
Frederick WARBURTON
Samuel WELSBY
William WELSBY
Reginal WRIGHT
Survivors
Although the First World War claimed the lives of 53 Rainhill men, many more returned, albeit often with traumatic memories and horrific injuries. Discover more about the surviving soldiers below (links forthcoming).
George Henry ABRAHAM
Ernest John ACKERS
Ernest ATHERTON
John ATKINSON
Clifton BALL
Edward BALL
Lot BALL
Charles BARNETT
Henry BEAN
William BEECH
Harold BEESLEY
Walter BIRCHALL
Edward BLACK
John BLACK
Peter BLACK
William Arthur BOTHOMLEY
William BRADY
H A BROMILOW
Wood BROUGH
Walter Charles BROWN
William BURROWS
Joseph CAHILL
Luther CARR
David CLARKE
James COEN
Brothers CORCORAN
Donald James CRITCHLEY
John William CRITCHLEY
Thomas CRUISE
Herbert CUBBIN
Charles DAVIES
John Herbert DICKINSON
Patrick DUFFY
Fred EASTWOOD
Thomas EDWARDSON
John ELLIS
Ralph Fisher EVANS
Alfred FINNEY
Walter FORBES
Robert FRITH
Thomas GILLENEY
Henry GOODBAN
Thomas GORE
Patrick GROARKE
Ernest HANKEY
Arthur Theodore HARRIS
William HARRIS
Joseph Patrick HENNIN
Fred HILTON
Charles HOLDEN
Adam HOUGHTON
James HOUGHTON
William HOUGHTON
John HOWELL
Edward HYDE
Ernest Arthur JONES
Samuel JONES
Thomas Ramsden JOWETT
Harry KINSLEY
Albert LEE
Ernest LEE
William LEE
John LLOYD
Thomas LUCAS
Phillip LYNCH
Kenneth LYON
Maurice LYON
Thomas LYON
Percy Herbert McDONNELL
George E MATHER
Rueben NORMAN
Harry OWEN
William Nathaniel OWEN
John PARKINSON
Albert POINTON
Ralph POINTON
Charles Aloysius POWELL
John POWELL
Thomas PRICE
Michael Henry REED
William Wallace ROBY
Oswald SEDMAN
Joseph Henry SHARPLES
James SHAW
Edward Kendrick SKITT
Frank SMITH
George STEWARD
Arthur Edward STONE
William Osbourne STONE
William STRETTLE
George SUMNER
James TALBOT
David Geoffrey TAYLOR
Frederick Henry TAYLOR
William Edward TAYLOR
John Moffatt THOMSON
George Lowe TOWNSEND
Thomas TURLEY
Percy Grey WARBURTON
John Joseph WEBB
John Hesketh WELSBY
Layton WELSBY
Henry WHARTON
Arthur WHEELER
Cuthbert WHITEHEAD
Andrew WILSON
Bertie WILSON
Richard WRIGHT
Thomas YATES
James YOUNG