Introduction
Use the links on the left of this page to go to the casualty detail pages and also to find out more about the town's memorials.
In addition, the site reports on those men of Prescot who served in the forces but returned home.
The email address above can be used to contact the author and I would especially like to hear from relatives of any of the men included. I would be happy to include any additional information or photographs which may be provided. A pdf version of the report on each of the casualties is available on request.
Please sign the Guest Book if you wish to simply leave a message. Thank you for visiting the site.
Stephen Nulty
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What's New? - June 2009
30/06/2009 - Headstone pictures added for Charles Critchley Robert Garner and Michael Madden
23/06/2009 - Names of those commemorated on the BICC Memorial Great War panels added. Headstone pictures added for William Robinson Frank Hollihead and William Edwards
19/06/2009 - Updated details of Thomas Chadwick from death certificate
15/06/2009 - Details added of the dedication service for the BICC Memorial in 1922
12/06/2009 - New casualty John Creaghan identified and added
Development History
18/05/2009 - Headstone pictures added for George Parkin
11/05/2009 - Headstone pictures added for James Walton
27/04/2009 - Headstone pictures added for George Wagstaff
22/04/2009 - War Diary added for Harry Garrett Whitaker . Maps and Prescot Churchyard headstone picture added for Benjamin Williams . " Links " page updated with new entries
21/04/2009 - Headstone picture added for James Bridge
20/04/2009 - Document listing burial location added for George Parkin
16/04/2009 - Updated service record for Michael Qualter . Picture added for Walter Leather and his brother James Leather added to "Also Served "
27/03/2009 Richard Ackers, Richard Bevan, Joseph Bray and John WIlliam Burrows added to "Also Served " page. Additional information (from the Reporter) added for H G Whitaker
09/03/2009 Guest Book messages updated. Picture of H G Whitaker added
11/02/2009 Parish Magazine details added for Thomas Burrows John Grogan Robert Stanley Richard Renshall John Platt and William Case . Details of Arthur Hobbins and Peter Hornby added to Also Served . Updates to Acknowledgements . Link to St Anthony’s, Liverpool memorial site added on Links page
30/01/2009 - New page added " Dedication ". Casualty page structure now moved to " Background " page. New " Guest Book " entries
14/01/2009 - Headstone picture for George Lloyd added. New Guest Book entries. Picture of “Kendal Castle” ( Harry Vercoe ) added. Added names to “ Acknowledgments ” – Rian Wilmott., Paul Griffin, David Smith. Images of Frank Hayes memorial in Prescot Churchyard added. Census details added for John Moss Minor change to service details for George Parkin Pictures of Thomas Prescott’s memorial inscription at Prescot Churchyard added
19/12/2008 - Service details for Thomas Davies added and those for Charles Rowed updated. Photographs added of Thomas Davies Charles Berry Fred Finney and Bertie Taylor
10/12/2008 - Picture of Joseph Bray added
05/12/2008 - Photographs added of Richard Greenall Frederick Hitchcock Thomas Smith James Thomas and James Walton
02/12/2008 - Headstone pictures and service details added for Fred Eaton Photographs of Norman Beardmore Harry Cropper and Thomas Cundill added
19/11/2008 - Minor changes to Service details for William Critchley Henry Moorfield Thomas Stonehouse Daniel Cullen Herbert Foster and Robert Hamilton
18/11/2008 - Service details updated for Wilfred Hyde and Ivor Williams
12/11/2008 - Updates to the service details for John Moss James Kilgallen Benjamin Leo Jones and Thomas Lloyd
05/11/2008 - Picture of Methodist Church Memorial added to the Memorial Page Headstone/Memorial pictures added for Fred Finney Edward Fowler Frank Platt James Prescott Albert Pye Isaac Stott George Underwood William Welsby and John Dixon-Nuttall Narratives for Horace Inman and William Vidler updated. Additional entries on the " Also Served " page
02/11/2008 - Images added for Pte. Francis Brookes Sgt James Cundill Sjt. Alfred Eaves Pte. WIlliam Eccleston Pte. Albert Finney Pte. John Gilgannon Pte. William Hulme Pte. John King Pte. Henry Lea Sapper Harry Leyland Pte. James Prescott Pte. Albert Preston Pte. Michael Qualter 2/Lt. David Roberts Pte. William Robinson Pte. Robert Stanley Sgt. Joseph Travis Pte. John Warbrick Pte. Ivor WIlliams and Pte. Thomas Roscoe
24/10/2008 - Service details of John Warbrick updated
14/10/2008 - New page added "Also Served". This page will show details of those men of Prescot who served at some point during the war and survived.
10/10/1008 - Links added between memorial pages and casualty pages (where appropriate) 05/10/2008 - Personal details of William Hamecher corrected.
05/10/2008 - Headstone pictures added for James Cowell and William Critchley. Service narrative added for Robert Donnelly.
03/10/2008 - Service details updated for Robert ANDERTON, John BRENNAN, Walter COULSON, Alberyt PYE, Kenneth PYE and Joseph TAYLOR
26/09/2008 - Personal details for William Wycherley updated
17/09/2008 - Minor redesign of Home Page
15/09/2008 - Additional information added for Pte. Gordon Downie and Pte. Henry Norris
08/09/2008 - All remaining service details and images added
06/09/2008 - CWGC Headstone pictures added for Pioneer William Case, Pte. Thos. Farrell and Rfn. Fred Hitchcock
06/09/2008 - Service deatils "RAN - ROB", "ROO - ROW" and "SCO - SMA" added
05/09/2008 - Service details "PRE - PRE" AND "PRI - QUA" added
30/08/2008 - Service details "MEL - MOR", MOS - NUL", "ORR - PEM" and "PER - PLU" added
29/08/2008 - Service details "KEN - LEA", "LEY - LOW", "LYO - MAL" and "MAN - MCD" added
23/08/2008 - Service details "HEF - "HIT", "HOL - HYD" and "INM - JON" now online
19/08/2008 - Service details of WIlliam Case and WIlliam Gray updated
06/08/2008 - Service details now added for Pte Fred Chesworth and Pte Joseph Donnelly
05/08/2008 - Details added for "GAL - GOR", "GRA - GRE" and "GRI - HAM"
04/08/2008 - Corrections made to Alfred Eaves data and headstone photograph added
02/08/2008 - Details of "FOR - FRA" added
30/09/2008 - All remaining basic casualty details now added, but narratives & pictures not yet loaded beyond "FLE"
29/07/2008 - Basic details for "Forshaw" through to "Hyde" added but narratives and pictures for these not yet added
28/07/2008 - Cosmetic changes to page structures and pages "EAT - ELL", "EVA - FIL" and "FIN - FLE" added
20/07/2008 - Surnames "DAV - DEA", "DEN - DOL" and "DON - DRY" added
17/07/2008 - Minor cosmetic changes, "Links" page added
17/07/2008 - Casualties "CHE - COF" , "CON - COU", "COW - CRI" and "CRO - CUN" added
13/07/2008 - Surnames "CAD - CAR" and "CAS - CHA" added
11/07/2008 - Additions to ensure completion of the "Acknowledgments" page
09/07/2008 - Surnames "AVI - BEA", "BEE - BIR", "BIS - BRI", "BRO - BUR", "BYR - BYR" loaded
04/07/2008 - First Casualties added - surnames "ACK - ASH"
01/07/2008 - "Memorials" and "Layout" pages added
30/06/2008 - "Acknowledgments", "Not Identifed", "Prescot Burials" and "Guest Book" added
25/06/2008 - "Background" Page added
23/06/2008 - Initial loading of web site
This web site is dedicated to the men of Prescot, Lancashire, who gave their lives for King and Country in the Great War 1914-1919. Use the links on the left of this page to go to the casualty detail pages and also to find out more about the town's memorials. 