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FRYERS William Harold Died 12 May 1917 Age 19 Buried Haute-Avesnes British Cemetery France
FRYERS William Harold Service Record
Private 36764 East Lancaster Regiment 1st Battalion.
Son of John Charles and Jane Fryers of Warton, Carnforth
The 1911 Census shows him aged 13 living on Main Street, Warton and that he was born in Wigan. He was living with his parents and his brother John Edwin (16) who was employed as a railway clerk, while his father was an insurance agent.
GARDNER Henry Died 31 October 1917 Age 21 Buried Solferino Farm Cemetery Belgium
GARDNER Henry Service Record
Sapper 265578 Royal Engineers 22nd Light Operating Railway Company. Son of Edward and Ann Gardner of 14 King St Carnforth, Lancashire. 1911 census has him living with his parents and siblings, Richard, Wilfred, John, Robert, Edward, William, Ellen and Jane.
GARDNER Joseph Died 17 October 1916 Age 24 Buried Lahana Military Cemetery Greece
GARDNER Joseph Service Record
Driver 121842 Royal Field Artillery 84th Small Arms Ammunition Company
Son of Robert and Grace Gardner. The 1911 Census shows that he has moved to Horton in Ribblesdale and is working as a farm labourer and is boarding with the farmer William Redmayne. Robert (65) and Grace (63) on the 1911 census Robert and Grace are still living in Warton but have moved to Warton Top, all the children have left.
The 1901 census shows Grace as head born in Lytham, Lancashire with her sons who were all born in Warton John (23), Richard (21), William (12) and Joseph (9) living at Crag Foot. John and Richard were working in the quarry.
Joseph enlisted in Settle, Yorkshire.
GARDNER William Died 21 July 1917 Age 28 Buried Bard Cottage Cemetery Belgium
GARDNER William Service Record
Private 56460 Royal Welsh Fusiliers 16th Battalion
Son of Robert and Grace Gardner of The Almshouses, Warton, Carnforth, Lancashire. He enlisted in Padiham Lancashire.
GARTH Thomas Colin Died 24 June 1941 Age 21 Buried Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery, Syria
GARTH Thomas Colin Service Record
2nd Lieutenant 124707 of Kings Own Royal (Lancaster) Regiment 2nd Battalion
He lived at Towlyn, Annas Bank, Carnforth with his parents Christopher and Sarah Annie Garth (1921 census). When France surrended to Germany, the German forces now had access to Lebanon and Syria, meaning that another front could be opened. Due to the sensitivities of now fighting French soldiers in the Middle East the battles were heavily censored.
Thomas died in the Battle of Merdjayoun.
GASKELL Fred
Died 25 October 1918 Age 23
Buried St Johns Church, Yealand ConyersService Record
Private 241380 King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1st Battalion. or Lance Corporal (shown on his gravestone)
Son of Margaret Gaskell of Yealand Redmayne. The 1901 census shows Fred is 6 years old and is living with Margeret Gaskell and his grandparents Matthew Gaskell (68) and Ellen (63). The 1911 census moved to a nearby property as a farm labourer (servant) and is shown as Frederick. He died of his wounds in Dover, Kent.
GILBERT Vernon William Henry Died 20 September 1918 Age 19 Buried Brie British Cemetery, France
GILBERT Vernon William Henry Service Record
Private 22533 Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1st Battalion
Son of Mr and Mrs George Gilbert, of A/1 Jail Road, Lahore, Punjab, India.
The Lancaster Gazette explains that Vernon died after being shot in the head, the explanation as to why he is on the Carnforth War Memorial is that in the article, it says that Vernon was the nephew of Dr Moss of Carnforth. It goes on to say that Vernon was born in India and was being educated in Devonshire, England when he signed up last year.
GLAISTER William Alexandra Died 2 May 1918 Age 22 Buried Houchin British Cemetery France
GLAISTER William Alexandra Service Record
Private 241422 King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1st/5th Battalion.
Born in Whitehaven and was the son of Mark and Elizabeth Glaister of 36, Hill St, Carnforth. He enlisted at Carnforth.
GRAHAM Thomas Abba Died 9 February 1917 Age 29 Remembered at Basra Memorial Iraq Panel 7
GRAHAM Thomas Abba Service Record
Private 22193 Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 6th Battalion. Killed in action at Kut al Amara Mesopotamia (now Iraq).
Son of Albert C and Mary Graham of Ye Neste, Silverdale, Lancashire
GRAVESON George Died 22 January 1945 Age 19 Buried Nederweert War Cemetery, Netherlands
GRAVESON George Service Record
Driver 14562082 Royal Engineers 7 Field Squadron
Son of George and Helen Graveson of Windsor House, Warton. An email was received in 2025, from a lady in the village of Nederweert, who explained that every soldier in the cemetery has someone looking after it and on the anniversary of the death, that person puts flowers on the grave. She had contacted us as she looked after George’s grave and wondered if there were any living relatives.
SMITH Harry Graham
Died 10 April 1917 Age 54
Buried Noordwijk General Cemetery C.43 NetherlandsPhotograph of his grave and in uniform
Service Record
Captain Royal Army Medic Corp Son of Dr John Smith MD and Elizabeth Smith, husband of M. Graham Smith of Yealand Conyers, Lancashire, born in Edinburgh
HALES Walter Died 20 January 1920 Age 43 Buried St Oswald’s Church Warton
HALES Walter Service Record
Aircraftman 2nd Class 265465 husband of Jane Hales and father of Frances, Ethel, Merion and Dorothy.
Walter was born 14 September 1876, the RAF papers shows his service date as 5 July 1918.
The 1911 census shows that he was living in King Street, Carnforth with his wife Jane Elizabeth (35) and their children Frances (9) and Marion (5). His occupation was a traveller and he was born in Newcastle, Staffordshire.
He is buried along with his son Walter Dockray Hales who died 22 July 1903 aged 3 days, his parents were living at King Street, Carnforth.
HALL Edgar Died 8 August 1916 Age 26 Remembered Thiepval Memorial Pier and face 5D, France
HALL Edgar Service Record
Private 3760 King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1st/4th Battalion
1911 Census shows he lived at The Laurels, Bolton-le-Sands with his parents John and Jane and two sisters. Employed as a bank clerk and was educated at the Royal Grammer School, Lancaster
HARPER John Hirst Died 13 April 1915 Age 21 Remembered Ypres Memorial Gate Panel 12 Belgium Family grave – scroll photographs to show father’s grave at Scotforth Cemetery Lancaster
HARPER John Hirst Service Record
Lance Corporal 999 Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment C Company 1st and 5th Battalion
He was the son of Alexander and Ellen Harper of 29 Wellington Road, Lancaster, prior to signing up he worked as a porter at Carnforth Railway station.
On the 1901 census it shows him living at Aberdeen Road, Lancaster with his parents and siblings Elsie Palmer Harper (9) James Palmer Harper (5), Alexander (1).
The 1911 census shows that his occupation was a warehouseman and living with his parents at Wellington Road with his siblings as the 1901 census with the addition of a brother Arthur who was 6.
His brother James Palmer Harper was also killed in the WW1 he was with the Black Watch and died of wounds on 25th October 1915 aged 20.
On his war pension record it shows next of kin as his mother but his guardian as Ellen Drake.
His father died in 1926 and the gravestone references the death of his two sons.
The Barrow News on 24 April 1915, references that there were around 12 soldiers injured at Ypres and that John Harper was the only 1 killed.
HAYCOCK James Died 12 September 1917 Age 28 Buried Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery Belgium
HAYCOCK James Service Record
Gunner 157772 Royal Garrison Artillery 352nd Siege Battery
Son of Thomas and Martha Haycock of 15 Grange View, Millhead, Carnforth. He enlisted in Warrington.
1911 Census shows that James was 22 years old and living at 15 Grange View with his parents Thomas (52) and Martha (51) and his siblings Nora (14) Thomas (12). His occupation was grocers assistant. He also had an older brother Richard who was 24 but not living at home on the day of the census.
The newspaper report states that he was killed in France, after three weeks at the front.
HAYTON John Died 24 October 1916 Age 34 Buried Etaples Military Cemetery France
HAYTON John Service Record
Private 446784 Canadian Infantry 50th Battalion (Alberta Regiment)
Son of James and Agnes Hayton of Silverdale
Born 20 December 1882 in Silverdale. He signed up to the Canadian Infantry on May 11 1915 and showed his next of kin as Miss A.M. Hayton of Main Road Halton, Lancashire
HAYTON John William Died 26 February 1917 Age 21 Remembered Thieval France Pier 4A
HAYTON John William Service Record
Private 55752 Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Battalion
Son of William and Margaret A Hayton of the Row, Silverdale, Lancashire.
Killed in action by shellfire near Serre in the Somme battlefield
HEBDEN Reginald Robert Hope Died 9 April 1917 Age 28 Remembered Vimy Memorial France
HEBDEN Reginald Robert Hope Service Record
Private 147476 Canadian Infantry 78th Battalion (Manitoba Regiment), he previously served in the 100th Winnipeg Grenadiers Militia. He signed up for the army on 3 July 1915 at Manitoba.
Reginald was born on 11 December 1887 at Silverdale and at the time of his death it shows he was the son of the late Silvester and Emma Latimer Hebden. His occupation was shown as farmer
1891 Census shows Reginald (aged 3) was living at Sunnyside with his parents Silvester (aged 43) retired master cotton spinner, Emma Latimer Hebden (aged 43) and his siblings John (aged 16) Emma (aged 13) Silvester (aged 10) Gladys (aged 8). They also had a servant Elizabeth Hunter (aged 47).
The 1901 census shows he is still living in Sunnyside with his parents and his two sisters Emma and Gladys along with his grandma Jane Hope widowed (aged 80).
The probate for Reginald shows of Sunnyside, Silverdale His will left £698 7 shillings and 3d to Maud Hebden spinster.
HELM Harold Edward Died 27 February 1945 Age 24 Buried Reichswald Forest Cemetery, Germany
HELM Harold Edmund Service Record
Lieutenant 302873 Lancashire Fusiliers Regiment
He lived with his wife Margaret at 3 Alexandra Road, Carnforth with their son
HEWITSON Kenneth Died 22 September 1943 Age 21 Buried Hanover War Cemetery
HEWITSON Kenneth Service Record
Flight Sergeant 1266114 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 218 Squadron
Shot down over Neustadt-am-Rubenberge while on a bombing raid on Germany
Son of Richard and Emma Hewitson of Silverdale
HIGGINSON Harry (Henry) Died 3 August 1916 Age 22 Remembered Thiepval Memorial Pier 5D
HIGGINSON Harry Service Record
Private 3700 King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1st/5th Battalion, on his military record he is Henry Higginson.
Census 1911 shows he was living with his mother Harriet at 6 Stanley St. Carnforth and his brother James Samuel and James’s wife Evelyn and their son Robert.
HISOM James Newman Died 1 August 1917 Age 30 Remembered Ypres Menin Gate Memorial Panel 34 France
HISOM James Newman Service Record
Private 36925 East Lancaster Regiment 7th Battalion.
Husband of Bessie Hilsom of 101 Lynwood Avenue Darwen Lancashire, on the 1911 census he was showing as a house painter and his wife was a weaver. There daughter Ellen was 1 year old.
The 1901 census shows James living in Warton with his parents and siblings Thomas (52), Lucy (47), John W (28), Thomas (26), Joseph (24), Richard (22) Arabella (20) George (18) and Ellen (16)
HODGSON Martin Died 16 January 1917 Age 19 Buried Tancrez Farm Cemetery Belgium
HODGSON Martin Service Record
Private 49402 Cheshire Regiment 10th Battalion
Son of Thomas and Sarah Ann and has a sibling Arthur,
1901 Census shows that he and his father were born in Silverdale. Sarah was born in Wigan and the family by the 1901 census had moved to Cheadle in Cheshire. His father’s ocupation was coachman domestic. By 1911 the family had increased to include Jessie and Ernest. Arthur is not recorded on the 1911 census. His father’s occupation was now club steward.
HOLDEN Thomas Henry Died 4 August 1917 Age 24 Remembered Ypres Memorial Gate Panel 43
HOLDEN Thomas Henry Service Record
Private 28009 Loyal North Lancaster Regiment 8th Battalion.
Killed in action on the Westhoek Ridge during the 3rd Battle of Ypres
Son of Robert and Sarah Holden of 2 Station Cottages Silverdale.
HOLDEN Richard
Died 25 November 1914 Age 36
Remembered Ploegsteert Panel 1 BelgiumHOLDEN Richard
Service Record
Private 2599 Scots Guard 2nd Battalion
He was married to Mary Holden and son of George and Elizabeth Holden of Boot Farm, Alston, according to Lancashire Evening Post dated 22 December 1914.