Scarisbrick Roll of Honour on Facebook

[PaulC78]

Hi folks, I've recently started a page on Facebook for the men and women of Scarisbrick, Lancashire (near Ormskirk and Southport):

https://www.facebook.com/scarisbrickrollofhonour

Although I'm no military historian I hope my work on this page does justice to the subject matter. It covers both WW1 and WW2, and while my posts so far have mostly been about the casualties, I also hope to include some material about those who survived as well.

Any contributions from other people - whether it's information, photos or just comments & crits - will be most welcome.

I'm well aware that the page will only have a limited appeal given that Scarisbrick is just a small village, but if anyone is interested and likes what they see then I'd be most grateful to receive a "like" or two.

Cheers,

Paul

[delta]

Well done - this is the first memorial of its kind I have seen on Facebook.

[KevinBattle]

It may do you well to Google the "In From The Cold" project.

(They are also active here) in respect of

The grave of Sergeant James Edward Marshall of Dam Wood Lane, who is buried at St Mark's with his mother and sister. Although his name is included on the war memorial, he is not recognised by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

James was born in 1890 and was the son of John Marshall and Ann Leatherbarrow who married soon after. Prior to the war he worked as a goods clerk for the L&Y Railway. He volunteered in the early months of the war and served overseas with the Royal Engineers until he was hospitalised with tuberculosis in 1918.

James was discharged from the army on 28 October 1918, and he died at home from his illness on 21 February 1919, age 28. He was unmarried with no children

If you have James's Death Certificate then follow the instructions on their website and if TB is directly the cause of James's death, they may be able to persuade the CWGC to include him in the Debt of Honour database.

You may already have these, but just in case, you may want to investigate if any of these are also Scarisbrick residents or families

CHARNOCK JAMES J 27 09/05/1944

CLARKSON WILLIAM COATES W C 32 03/12/1917

CULSHAW JOSEPH J 20 30/09/1917

DAVIS JOHN HENRY J H 21 26/04/1917

FEARNHEAD JOHN HAYES J H 21 13/08/1916

FORSHAW JOHN J 26 28/09/1915

GRAHAM ROBERT JOHN R J 31 17/04/1918

HIGNETT CHARLES C 22 22/11/1917

HIGNETT WILLIAM W 27 22/01/1916

HUNT WILLIAM T. W T 38 25/09/1917

HUYTON EDWARD E 37 15/03/1917

HUYTON JOHN ROYLE J R 23 27/03/1917

JOHNSON JAMES J 20 17/09/1944

LANGTON EDWARD E 22 13/08/1916

MARSDEN THOMAS T 23 04/08/1917

MARTIN BESSIE B 58 09/01/1941

MASSAM T 29 18/09/1918

MATHIESON JOHN JOSEPH J J 22 25/08/1942

MEREDITH HUGH GORDON H G 21 08/10/1917

PARR HERBERT RICHARD H R 23 15/02/1944

RIMMER JAMES J 32 12/10/1917

ROBINSON JOHN ERNEST J E 30 08/03/1945

SCARISBRICK HAROLD (AL) H 36 03/07/1944

SCARISBRICK JOHN J 30 03/05/1917

SHARROCK EVAN E 23 17/09/1917

SHARROCK PETER P 26 26/08/1918

SHELDON THOMAS FREDRICK T F 36 05/11/1917

SYKES LESLIE HINDLE L H 23 03/10/1918

THOMAS A S 19 09/04/1918

THOMAS WILLIAM HAROLD W H 22 12/09/1916

TWIST ROBERT (BOB) R 32 21/06/1918

WILSON DONALD CORBETT D C 26 07/05/1942

WRIGHT RICHARD R 21 07/11/1915

[PaulC78]

Thanks for the comments, chaps!

Kevin: Already ahead of you with regard to James Edward Marshall, his case was put forward by IFCP about a year ago. Thanks for the list of names - are they taken from the CWGC? I'll take a look at them.

[KevinBattle]

OK, Paul, hoped you were ahead of me!

Yes, just using Scarisbrick, so you'll have Scarisbrick Road/Avenue/Street etc, so may not be relevant, but you'll know whether Scarisbrook Road applies or not!

These were omitted from previous post

ACKERS JOHN WILLIAM J W 19 22/02/1917

ALLEN JOHN LESLIE J L 19 29/11/1940

BANKS JAMES J 23 28/09/1918

BANKS RICHARD EDWARD R E 34 30/04/1918

CAMPBELL FLORENCE MARY F M 52 03/05/1941

CHARLES G 28 21/12/1917

[Ken Lees]

Paul,

I have already 'liked' your page.

I have quite a lot of information on Ormskirk men and those of the surrounding villages who served in WW1, which I will be happy to share.

My Facebook pages - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ormskirk-Great-War-100/342151079226561?ref=hl

https://www.facebook.com/9thKings?ref=hl

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Explore-1914-18/408608689222266?ref=hl

And the website - http://www.9thkings.co.uk

Ken

[PaulC78]

Cheers Ken - you sent me some info on John Halewood a year or two ago, right? I think there are a few other Scarisbrick men who served in the 9th Kings, I'll have to see what I've got.

I've seen your Ormskirk page before, in fact it was one of the things that prompted me to have a go myself! Is that page still being maintained? I'll have a look at your other pages too.