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Prescot Churchyard holds a number of servicemen's graves from the Great War. Some of them are marked by CWGC stones whilst others are private family stones.

The table below lists details of those casualties of the Great War who are buried at Prescot and who are commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Each of these men is included in the “Casualties” section of this web site..

Name	The name of the casualty
Type	Indicates whether a commission headstone or private gravestone
Maintained	shows whether CWGC are responsible for grave maintenance
Remarks	Comments on the grave, including location references for Private Memorials in relation to the nearest CWGC stone

Name	Type	Commission Maintained	Remarks
Fred Ashcroft	Private Memorial	No	5 ft white marble headstone. Kerbs, soil centre. 2 forward and 4 right of STANLEY. Casualty 1^st inscription
Thomas Henry Briscoe	Private Memorial	No	Recumbent stone ledger, no planting. 6 right and 2 behind FILLINGHAM. Casualty last inscription
Henry Burrows	Private Memorial	No	White marble cross, tiered sections only. Level turf. 2 behind and 4 right of DISLEY.
Harry Cropper	Commission Headstone	Yes	Turf Mound
Richard Disley	Commission Headstone	Yes	Stone kerb, soil centre, with stone vase. Headstone at head of grave
George Fillingham	Commission Headstone	Yes	Level turf, Small iron fence surround
John Edward Forshaw	Private Memorial	No	5 ft stone headstone and kerb. Soil centre. Casualty 1^st inscription. 1 behind and 6 right of CROPPER.
John Grogan	Commission Headstone	Yes	Level Turf
James Valentine Hale	Commission Headstone / Private Memorial	No	18 in marble headpiece. Kerbs with grass centre. Commission Headstone recumbent on grave. 2 behind and 2 left CROPPER.
William Hall	Private Memorial	No	5 ft sandstone headstone, kerbs, green chipping centre. Casualty 1^st inscription. 2 forward and 19 right of STANLEY
Thomas Hefferon	Commission Headstone	Yes	Level Turf. Also commemorates Francis Hefferon, beloved husband of Nancy, died Jan 14 1927 aged 37 years
Michael Henry	Commission Headstone	Yes	Level Turf
James McCracken	Commission Headstone	Yes	Level Turf
James Morris	Private Memorial	No	6 ft granite headstone, marble kerb, soil centre planted. Casualty 1^st inscription. 2 forward and 6 right of STANLEY
Redvers Samuel Pemberton	Private Memorial	No	5 ft sandstone headstone, kerbs, grass centre. Casualty 2^nd Inscription. 1^st inscription to brother who died during Great War in Belgium. 1 forward and 1 left of STANLEY.
John Platt	Private Memorial	No	Granite cross, laying recumbent on grave, kerbs, soil centre. Casualty on top recumbent tier. 1 forward and 12 right of STANLEY
Frederick Stanley	Commission Headstone	Yes	Turf Mound
Ernest Taylor	Commission Headstone	Yes	Level Turf
Percy Frederick Wallis	Special Memorial	Yes	“Buried Elsewhere In This Churchyard” located top of centre path on right
Harry Garrett Whitaker	Private Memorial	No	White marble cross (tiered sections only remain), kerbs, soil centre. Casualty 1^st inscription. 35 paces right and 15 paces behind FILLINGHAM. Against west boundary wall. 4^th grave up from corner.
Thomas Yates	Commission Headstone / Private Memorial	No	6 ft stone headstone and kerbs. Soil centre. 1 behind and 2 right of CROPPER. Commission Headstone at foot of grave.
Robert Woods	Commission Headstone	Yes	Level Turf