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Driver Walter Travis Walter was born in Walsden in 1881 but later lived in Victoria Street, Littleborough being associated with Greenhill Primitive Methodist Chapel’s Memorial...
Date Published 05/12/2018
For the past four years Bernard Pratt from Littleborough History and Archaeological Society has been sending Rochdale Online articles about Littleborough’s fallen soldiers and...
Date Published 22/11/2018
Major Frederick Arthur Harold Bealey Frederick was born in Eccles in 1880 and had moved to Rochdale by 1901.
Date Published 13/11/2018
Private William Arthur Gledhill William was born in Littleborough in 1889 and lived at 1 Back William St by 1911. He lived with his parents Joseph W (a lamplighter) and Emily,...
Date Published 04/11/2018
2nd Lieutenant Henry Shuttleworth: Henry was born in Littleborough in 1887, 3rd Quarter.
Date Published 04/10/2018
John William was born in Shrewsbury in 1890 and when aged 21 was lodging with Annie and John Hill at 2 Deanhurst Fold, Littleborough. He was a Labourer in a Calico Print Works,...
Date Published 03/09/2018
Driver John Hulton John was born in Bolton in 1897 and by 1901 was living with his widowed mother Sarah Ann, 37, a Charwoman, and his sister May seven, at 6 Frederick Street,...
Date Published 01/08/2018
Pioneer Gilbert Uttley Gilbert was born in Sowerby Bridge on 7 April 1899 and lived in the town for some years.
Date Published 11/06/2018
One hundred years after the Great War began, the borough of Rochdale is ensuring those who lived, fought and served during the years 1914-18 are remembered.
Date Published 10/05/2018
Senior Reserve Attendant William S Harrison: William was born in Rochdale and having lived at 432 Halifax Road with his mother Ann and siblings in 1901, a year later he married...
Date Published 01/05/2018
Sergeant Samuel Lomas: Samuel was born in Glossop, Derbyshire about 1896 but soon moved to Littleborough. In 1911 Samuel was a labourer in a Dyeing Works and lived at 10 Back...
Date Published 06/04/2018
Private Stanley Bamford Stanley was born in Wardle in 1898 and lived at 4 Bk Chapel Street, Wardle with his parents Abraham (a Cotton Weaver) and Fanny.
Date Published 05/03/2018
Private Wilfred Lawson Sager Wilfred was born in Littleborough in 1887 and in 1911 was living at 35 Halifax Road with his parents Henry and Sarah and family.
Date Published 08/01/2018
Gunner John McNamara (MacNamara) John was born in Todmorden in 1896. By 1901, he was living at 6 Taylor Street, Littleborough with his parents Jerimiah and Margaret and sisters...
Date Published 04/12/2017
Private James Hugh Buckley James was born in Shaw in 1889 but subsequently moved to 474 Halifax Road, Wardle in 1901 where he lived with his parents, John and Elizabeth,...
Date Published 07/11/2017
Battle of Poelcapelle From the 9 - 11 October 1917 the 2/6th and 2/8th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers took part in the battle south east of Passchendaele along the railway line...
Date Published 02/10/2017
Sergeant 241432 Owen Crossley Owen was born in Littleborough during 1895 and in 1911 Owen, a Cotton Weaver, was living at 7 Smith Street, Barehill and was with his parents Fred...
Date Published 01/09/2017
Private William Barcroft In 1901, five years after being born in Littleborough, William lived with his grandmother, Mary, at 86 William Street, together with his father Thomas...
Date Published 31/07/2017
Lance Corporal Archie Middleton Rowell Archie was born in Littleborough in 1884 and in 1891 was living at the Red Lion Hotel with his parents John and Frederica and his...
Date Published 01/07/2017
Bombardier Charles Louis Whittaker Charles was born in Sowerby Bridge and in 1901 was recorded as living at 2 Higher Calderbrook with his parents John and Martha and his...
Date Published 01/06/2017
The Arras Battlefield lies some 20 to 30 miles north of the Somme Battlefield where so many local soldiers fell between July and November 1916. It stretches from the Vimy Ridge in...
Date Published 06/05/2017
During the battles around Arras, some 25 Littleborough soldiers lost their lives including 13 during April 1917. Their stories are told below.
Date Published 10/04/2017
Private Charles E Strawson (Ernest Spinks) In 1911 Manchester born, 1895, Ernest Spinks, a Bleaching Labourer, was living with his family at 25 Frederick Street, Whitelees Road,...
Date Published 28/03/2017
Private John Edmund Holt John Edward was born in Littleborough in early 1881 and for many years lived with his family in Calderbrook.
Date Published 01/03/2017
Private Fred Stead 20-year-old Private 3/10390 Fred Stead 2nd. Bn Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regt) had joined the army as a regular soldier in December 1913 and had...
Date Published 01/02/2017
Private Samuel (Sam) Kershaw Although born in Shawforth in 1897 by 1911 he was living with his family at 4 Clegg Street, Littleborough.
Date Published 03/01/2017
Two local soldiers fell during December 1916, one from injuries received during the last days of the Somme and the other in Iraq.
Date Published 01/12/2016
Plaques commemorating Corporal Jack Stanley and Private Fred Stead have been added to Littleborough’s War Memorial. The specially-designed plaques pay a lasting tribute to the...
Date Published 17/11/2016
Driver Frank Collinge - 31st Div. Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery and Royal Horse Artillery Driver Collinge was born in Ramsbottom in late 1899. He and his family...
Date Published 11/11/2016
In December 1915 tentative plans were laid for a major Somme offensive by the French with close support from the British to breach the German defences and bring to an end the...
Date Published 08/07/2016
