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Acknowledgements The pictures contained within this web site, and much of the supporting information such as war diaries, unit histories, etc., have mainly been provided by the Pals of the Great War Forum. Their names are listed below and I hope that none have been missed, although I am happy to make any requested corrections. I must especially thank Aurel Sercu who provided me with the first of my headstone pictures after I started this research. Seeing them made me realise that the work should be undertaken. And a special thank you to Hans Lesage who provided many, many high quality pictures for me when I was beginning to think that I wouldn’t get any more. Receipt of those pictures “kick started” my research when I was flagging a little.
Any omissions are purely accidental and the result of my (at times) poor record keeping Much of the detailed information contained within this work is in the public domain, however the following acknowledgments are made. · Commonwealth War Graves Commission, for information on the casualties, the memorials and the cemeteries in their care · National and Military Press, for information contained within the "Soldiers Died in the Great War" publication · Prescot Reporter and other local publications for pictures of many of the men discussed · Knowsley Digital Archive, owners of the copyright of old pictures of the memorial · The National Archives for Census records and Medal Index Cards (MIC’s) · The Western Front Association, who provided scanned images of the MIC's · The Generations Network (owners of "Ancestry") for provision of Birth, Marriage and Death records · "Pals" of the Great War Forum at www.1914-1918.net for helping with information on actions and general support · The assistance of John Yates of Prescot, grandson of Private 2842 John Yates of the South Lancashire Regiment, for the research into the Parish Magazine and BICC’s “Link” magazine during the war years, many extracts of which are included in this work. Ownership and copyright is acknowledged where it could be determined. Any errors in this work are entirely the fault of the author and can be corrected upon request. Much of the information for the actions of the men who served with the South Lancashire or King’s (Liverpool) Regiments was extracted and summarised from the following books:- · “Ich Dien – The Prince of Wales Volunteers”, by Captain H. Whalley-Kelly, p. Gale & Polden, Aldershot, 1935 · “The History of the King’s Regiment (Liverpool), 1914-1919” by Edward Wyrall, p. 1935 Internet Links
The table below shows links to some web sites which you may find of interest. Many of them have been used to provide support to the research undertaken for this site. Please email me at the above address if you would like a link to your own site to be included
The Long, Long Trail Chris Baker’s superb web site about the British Army in the Great War Roll of Honour The work of Martin Edwards, this site reports on literally hundreds of memorials across the whole country and is backed by detailed research into many of them. A "must" for all serious research into Great War Casualties The Great War Forum the internet’s premier discussion area for all matters relating to the Great War Prescot Forums A discussion area on the "St Helens Connect" web site which is dedicated to discussions of Prescot related topics; History, People, Places, etc. http://www.sthelens-connect.net/forums/index.php/forum/341-prescot-forums/ Huyton War Memorial Tony Hogan’s site, telling the tale of the men of Huyton who fell in the Great War The men of created by Paul Nixon who provided me with much appreciated help in the area of Army service numbers http://www.chailey1914-1918.net/ created by John Hartley General Genealogy superb national and international source for details of census, births, marriages, deaths, etc. Knowsley Local History for details of the townships within Knowsley, their people and history site showing details of exhibitions, events and displays The Western Front Association www.westernfrontassociation.com Commonwealth War the body which cares for the cemeteries and memorials of the world wars The the official newspaper of the British government. Lancashire Online Parish Clerk a 'must visit' site for those with an interest in Lancashire family history The Prescotian Trevor Powell’s site for pupils and ex-pupils of St Anthony's Memorial, Scotland Road Anthony Hogan's Research into tthe men commemorated at St Anthony's Burtonwood Memorial Lee Layland's memorial to the men of Burtonwood http://burtonwood-roll-of-honour.co.uk/ St Helens History a Local history site for St Helens, authored by Lee Layland Liverpool History Projects A facinating site with lots of detailed research pulled together from many years of research at Liverpool Records Office and from local newspapers Golborne memorial Lee Layland's work on Golborne http://golborne-rollofhonour.co.uk/ the website of the church with details of history, current affairs, church services, etc. |
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