Memorials - Much Hoole - Wesleyan Methodist School WW1 Roll of Honour

Hoole Methodist Church, Moss House Lane, Much Hoole, PR4 4TD
Ordnance Survey Grid Reference - SD 47489 22802
IWM War Memorials Register - 42674
War Memorials Online - Not on site
This memorial is currently in storage within the vestry of the chapel. It displays a neat hand and in each corner the national flowers of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland are displayed. The edges are rough and torn in places. There is some damage from mould and the back of the frame is gaffer-taped up. The new minister, Rev. John Fisher, said that it has been in storage in the vestry for some time. The Roll contains the names of 56 men in total over two columns and displays the full name including regiment or service (excepting 8 cases). The men who died are denoted with a cross to the left of their name.

These Rolls were mass produced by Whitehead Morris & Co. Ltd. The company produced pre-printed lists of names, which caused some problems with errors, or in some cases (as in this one), the names were written in by the parish, church, club or organisation.  Other examples are the Dundee Town Council Roll,  the Drake Battalion Roll, the Reston United Free Church and the Eyemouth Congregational Church.
All images © Charles O'Donnell 2018
Roll of Honour
FOR KING AND COUNTRY
HOOLE WESLEYAN SCHOOL.
Column 1

James Fisher.
Henry Turner.
William H. Vallentine.
Charles Hindle.
William Fisher.
Robert Hart.
John Rimmer.
Richard Wignall.
Matthew Holt.
+Thomas Harrison.
Jack Middlehurst.
Richard Holt.
William Forshaw.
Henry Brackenbury.
+Richard Hunt.
+William Riley
Peter Hunt.
+Job Bentham.
+Alfred Gidlow.
Robert Gidlow.
George Gidlow.
Harold Hunt.
George Sutton.
+Jack Harrison.
Richard Woods.
William Iddon.
Hugh Mayor.
James Jackson.


​Royal Field Artillery.
Kings Royal Rifles.
Royal Engineers.
Loyal North Lancashires.
Kings Royal Rifles.
Royal Field Artillery.
Loyal North Lancashires.
18th Cheshires.
Welsh Fusiliers.
Loyal North Lancashires.
Herefordshire's.
Royal Navy.
Loyal North Lancashires.
Dragoon Guards.
Australian Exp. Force.
Australian Exp. Force.
East Lancashires.
East Lancashires.
Loyal North Lancashires
Machine Gun Company
Loyal North Lancashires.
Cheshires.
Dragoon Guards.
Cheshires.
Royal Engineers.
King's Liverpool.
Loyal North Lancashires.
Royal Garrison Artillery.
Column 2

​William Hewitson.
John Hunt.
Harry Hunt.
Harry Wignall.
John Phillipson.
Nicholas Ball.
Ernest Ball.
William Hunt.
Jack Steele.
+Tom Wignall.
Charles W. Oates.
Fred Dobson.
Arthur Holt.
John Holt.
William Baxter.
Thomas Sutton.
Edward Walmsley.
John T. Walmsley.
Albert Walmsley.
Thomas Mayor.
Walter Valentine.
Thomas Baxendale.
William Bentham.
Jack Hunt.
Ernest Wignall.
Thomas Benson.
John Hunt.
William Barker.


​Royal Navy.
Royal Navy.
Loyal North Lancashires
Royal Field Artillery.
Army Service Corps.
Army Service Corps.
Royal Army Medical Corps.
Royal Field Artillery.
Border Regiment.
Royal Garrison Artillery.
Army Ordnance Corps.
Welsh Fusiliers.
Royal Engineers.
Loyal North Lancashires.
Loyal North Lancashires.

Motor Transport A.S.C.



Kings Liverpool.
Royal Flying Corps.

King's Own Royal Lancasters.


Royal Marines.
Charles O'Donnell
Please email the project with any amendments or corrections
Edited 27 May 2018
Thank you to Reverend John Fisher for access to the Roll
Preston & Central Lancashire WFA
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