andalucia Posted 22 January , 2008 Share Posted 22 January , 2008 Not much information here, it is still in its early days. But its online now and hopefully lots more will be added http://www.freewebs.com/huytonww/index.htm It relates to both world wars cheers Anthony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggers Posted 22 January , 2008 Share Posted 22 January , 2008 Well done! I look forward to seeing more. Perhaps for the benefit of those who are not lucky enough to live near the Mersey, you might describe the locality. Daggers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Nulty Posted 22 January , 2008 Share Posted 22 January , 2008 Nice one, Anthony. My Prescot site is coming along behind you I have some of your named men on my pictures of the BICC War Memorial, currently in storage with KMBC prior to re-siting at the new cemetery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andalucia Posted 22 January , 2008 Author Share Posted 22 January , 2008 Well done! I look forward to seeing more. Perhaps for the benefit of those who are not lucky enough to live near the Mersey, you might describe the locality. Daggers Thanks Daggers Huyton is a town a few miles to the East of Liverpool, situated within the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley. Details of the area can be found on the Wikipedia web site by using the following link. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huyton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andalucia Posted 22 January , 2008 Author Share Posted 22 January , 2008 Nice one, Anthony. My Prescot site is coming along behind you I have some of your named men on my pictures of the BICC War Memorial, currently in storage with KMBC prior to re-siting at the new cemetery. Hi Stephen When is the re-siting? So i assume that some of the men on the Huyton memorial worked at BICC That is a fine memorial in Prescot, correct me if i am wrong, but was that memorial erected before the end of the first world war? Nice place prescot, I am getting married there in June. cheers Anthony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Nulty Posted 23 January , 2008 Share Posted 23 January , 2008 Anthony Yes, the memorial was unveiled on 9th September 1916 in Church Street. It was relocated to the current site behind the church in the urban redevelopment of the late 1960's. The BICC Memorial was moved to the Pirelli plant in Carr Lane when the factory was demolished in the mid-1990's. However, when I went to take some pictures of it, it had gone! I managed to find that the council have taken it to re-site, but there is no date for this yet. I'm not sure what the reasons are. I have a few appointments in Prescot this morning and might find out some more, so I'll keep you in touch with that. I'll try to dig out the two pictures I do have and you'll see some of your Huyton men named. A few of your men are included in the research that I'm doing, as they were born in Prescot. I'll compare the names in detail and let you have what information I have on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce Posted 23 January , 2008 Share Posted 23 January , 2008 Prescot rings a bell here, since a number of men from Maghull joined the Liverpool Pals, some of which were biletted in the clockworks in Prescot Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggers Posted 23 January , 2008 Share Posted 23 January , 2008 Bruce You probably know that the 17th Bn (1st City) KLR were the occupants of the watch factory at Prescot. The 18th were housed at the Hooton Park Racecourse, and the 19th & 20th in huts erected on Lord Derby's Knowsley Park estate. Source: The History of the 89th Brigade 1914-1918 by Brig-Gen F C Stanley. Daggers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bts1970 Posted 23 January , 2008 Share Posted 23 January , 2008 Anthony Nice site , hopefully mine will be up & running in a couple of monthes from now. Best Regards Bob lloyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier75 Posted 1 February , 2008 Share Posted 1 February , 2008 Hi, Thought you would like to know, the Prescot War Memorial was constructed by a Widnes Stonemason. Jones75 Harry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Baker Posted 1 February , 2008 Share Posted 1 February , 2008 If you are interested I have the complete story (from service record) of James Hayes RE, who lived at 41 Columbia Road in Prescot. He was a BICC employee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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