world war 1 centenary

Firwood Waterloo Rugby Club

World War 1 Centenary

commemorationSunday 11 November 2018

Firwood Waterloo Rugby Club

Here we remember those individuals connected with our clubwho gave their lives for our freedom.

Please give five minutes of your time to pause, reflect and to remember

Norman BarkRoyal Air Force and 6th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers

Died 1st October 1918Aged 22

Lieutenant

Only son of Arthur Septimus Bark, J.P., and Annie Louise his wife, of Stanley Cottage, 101, Sefton Rd., Litherland, Liverpool.

Eustace BonsfieldQueen's Own Worcestershire Hussars (Worcester Yeomanry)

Died 23rd April 1916

Ralph Lester Breckell3rd Battallion South Lancashire Regiment

Died 9th July 1915Aged 25

Second Lieutenant

Son of Edward J. B. and Emilia M. Breckell, of 12, Alexandra Rd., Waterloo, Liverpool.

Ernest Pearson Breckenridge

Private

The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

Died 9th December 1914 Aged 20

Son of John and Annie Breckenridge, of St. Fillans the Park, Waterloo, Liverpool.

Geoffrey Bunnell BurtonThe King's (Liverpool Regiment)

Died 3rd August 1917Aged 21

Lieutenant

Son of George Lewis Burton and Katharine Mary Burton, of Blundellsands, Liverpool.

Kenrick Hammond BurtonThe King's (Liverpool Regiment)

Died 16th June 1918

Lieutenant

Son of George Lewis Burton and Katharine Mary Burton, of Blundellsands, Liverpool.

Colin ChappellThe King's (Liverpool Regiment)

Died 23rd March 1915Aged 26

Private

Son of George and Emily Chappell, of Storrs Hill, Windermere.

Coulson Tregarthen Coulson

Captain

546th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery

Died 8th September 1918 Aged 31

Son of William Craze and Susan Coulson Tregarthen, of "Moor Grove," Lelant, Cornwall. Born at Kenegie, Gulval, Penzance.

Walter Duncan

Lieutenant

Son of John and Emma Duncan of 20 The Esplanade, Waterloo, Liverpool.

Died 19th December 1918 Aged 28

The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

William Ritchie FairbairnLincolnshire Regiment

Died 5th May 1915Aged 25

Rifleman

Son of George E. and Jessie F. Fairbairn, of "Rowallan," Blundellsands, Liverpool.

Bertram Knott FinnieLincolnshire Regiment

Died 1st October 1915Aged 25

Captain

Son of Thomas and Florence Finnie, of 73 Worcester Rd., Bootle, Liverpool

Wallace Fraser

Captain

The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

Son of William and Eliza Fraser, of 48 Balliol Rd., Bootle, Liverpool

Died 30th July 1916Aged 40

James Henry GoodyearThe King's (Liverpool Regiment)

Died 13th April 1915Aged 35

Rifleman

Son of James Henry an Elizabeth W. Goodyear, of "Willowbank," Blundellsands, Liverpool.

Alfred Grensted

Private

Son of Rev F. and Mrs Gertrude Grenstedof Egerton Hall, Victoria Park, Manchester

Royal Fusiliers

Died 15th September 1916 Aged 40

Douglas Morley Griffin

Died 16th July 1916Aged 26

Second Lieutenant

The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

Son of Emily and the late William Griffin of 7 The Esplanade, Waterloo, Liverpool.

William Marsh Higson8th Battalion, King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

Died 19th April 1917Aged 36

Second Lieutenant

Son of John Hewitt Higson, and Annie Higson, of Marshfield, Blundellsands, Liverpool.

Maxwell Hood-RowanThe King's (Liverpool Regiment)

Died 12th August 1916Aged 35

Son of William and Eleanor Hood-Rowan of Rowan Tree, Warren Rd., Blundellsands, Liverpool

Second Lieutenant

James Charles Jack150th Bde., Royal Field Artillery

Son of the late Alexander Jack, of Liverpool. Indian Civil Service, 1899 (Director of Land Records, Bengal, 1912). On specialleave from I.C.S. for duration of the war.

Died 12th August 1916Aged 35

Major

George Jardine

Died 12th October 1916

Private

1st Bn., Royal Irish Fusiliers

Samuel Jones

Private

4th Bn., The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

Died 22nd April 1917

Arthur Kyrke-SmithKing's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

Died 23rd September 1914 Aged 36

Captain

Son of Henry Kyrke-Smith and Anna Crosthwaite of Kirkstone, Harbord Rd., Waterloo, Liverpool, husband of Catherine Mabel Kyrke-Smith, of Fishers' Way, Walberswick, Suffolk.

Arthur Leighton3rd Bn. attd. 7th Bn.,South Lancashire Regiment

Died 14th November 1916 Aged 26

Second Lieutenant

Son of Thomas and Emma Leighton of 3 Victoria Avenue, Crosby, Liverpool.

William Somerville LimrickRoyal Navy, HMS "Arlanza" and HMS "Carmania", Royal Naval Reserve

Assistant Paymaster

Died 23rd March 1918

Victor Comley McKiever

Died 18th May 1916

Lieutenant

2nd Bn., Manchester Regiment

Wilfred Heard Miller

Second Lieutenant

Died 4th July 1916 Aged 21

Son of Charles and Marian Miller of ‘Torrisholme’, St. Anthony’s Rd, Blundellsands, Liverpool.

7th Bn., South Lancashire Regiment

Lawrence Frank Milner

Lieutenant

9th Bn., The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

Died 25th September 1915 Aged 22

Son of Christopher Shepherd Milner and Agnes Milner, of "Bowscale", Linden Avenue, Blundellsands, Liverpool.

Malcolm MorhamIndian Army Reserve of Officers

Died 7th March 1916 Aged 35

Second Lieutenant

Son of the late Robert Morham and of Anne Isabella Cunningham Morham, of "Netherlea," Dirleton, East Lothian.

Oswald Wright Parkinson3rd Bn. attd. 6th Bn., East Lancashire Regiment

Died 1st February 1917

Second Lieutenant

Reginald Clive Purvis1st/6th Bn., The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

Died 5th May 1915Aged 19

Rifleman

Son of Thomas and Helen A. Purvis, of 7, Courtenay Rd., Waterloo, Liverpool.

Harold Ross5th Bn., Lancashire Fusiliers

Died 8th April 1918Aged 37

Second Lieutenant

Son of William and Mary Ross of 31 Sandringham Rd., Waterloo, Liverpool.

David Rowatt"A" Bty. 10th Bde., Royal Field Artillery

Son of Mr. and Mrs. David Crawford Rowatt, of 23 Esplanade, Waterloo, Liverpool, England and The Coppice, Abbey Rd.,Rhos-on-Sea, husband of Sadie Williams (formerly Rowatt, née Harvey-Gibson.)

Died 1st July 1916Aged 26

Second Lieutenant

Edmund Rowatt17th Bn., The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

Died 30th July 1916

Private

Son of David Crawford and Eleanor Rowatt, of 23 Esplanade, Waterloo, Liverpool, England.

Fraser Morton SheardThe King's (Liverpool Regiment) and 18th (Lancashire Hussars) Bn.

Captain

Eldest son of Theodore Senior Sheard and Mabel Sheard, of The Croft, Thornwood, Epping, Essex.

Died 2nd April 1918Aged 23

Allan Wenman Smith

Private

No. 1 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps

Son of Frank T. and Jeanie B. Smith, of Crosby, Liverpool.

Died 18th March 1917Aged 20

William Stockdale

Lieutenant

6th Bn., Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

Died 3rd May 1917 Aged 23

Son of Sara Cole (formerly Stockdale), of Aireville, Blundellsands, Liverpool, and the late Richard Stockdale.

Thomas Brown Stowell3rd Bn. attd. 8th Bn., South Lancashire Regiment

Died 19th November 1917 Aged 27

Second Lieutenant

Rutland House and Grangefield, Blundellsands Road East, Blundellsands, Liverpool

James Sumner1st Bn., The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

Died 8th August 1916 Aged 37

Lance Corporal

Son of Richard and Margaret Sumner; husband of Ellen Sumner, of 20, Gladstone St., Darwen, Lancs.

Edward Staveley Taylor

Second Lieutenant

7th Bn., The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

Died 19th August 1916 Aged 20

Son of Marianne and the late William Taylor of Waterloo, Liverpool.

Basil Every Teague10th Bn., The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

Died 28th February 1915

Private

Thomas Every Teague1st/6th Bn., The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

Died 5th May 1915

Corporal

James Percy Thornton

Gunner

Son of James and Fanny Thornton of 22 Ivanhoe Rd., husband of Joan E. Thornton, of 22, Ivanhoe Rd., Sefton Park, Liverpool.

"B" Bty. 315th Bde., Royal Field Artillery

Died 22nd March 1918Aged 36

Alfred Francis VaughanH.M.S Cordelia, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Died 1st March 1915Aged 21

Sub-Lieutenant

of 4 Regent Rd., Great Crosby, Liverpool.

Leonard John Wakefield

Second Lieutenant

Died 16th June 1917Aged 21

8th Bn., London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)

Thomas Butler Wakefield2nd/6th Bn., West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

Died 8th September 1917 Aged 29

Second Lieutenant

Son of Esther and the late Rev Thomas Wakefield of 14 Oakdale Rd., Waterloo, Liverpool.

Arthur Paton Watson21st Bn., The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

Died 13th October 1916 Aged 26

Second Lieutenant

Only son of Henry Watson and Helen Alice of 17 Alexandra Rd, Waterloo, Liverpool.

Harold Bennett Whinyates2nd Bn., South Lancashire Regiment

Died 14th August 1917 Aged 22

Son of Thomas and Clarissa Whinyates of ‘Ivy Dene’, College Rd., Crosby, Liverpool.

James Pringle White10th Bn., The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

Died 16th June 1915 Aged 35

Second Lieutenant

Son of Mary Pringle White, of 77, Great King St., Edinburgh, and the late Hugh White.

John Vernon White20th Bn., Manchester Regiment

Captain

Son of Mary Louise White, of Bournemouth, and the late Dr. John Hall White of 44 Park Road, Southport.

Died 1st July 1916Aged 24

Henry Thomas Whitson1st/10th Bn., The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

Died 5th September 1918 Aged 24

Captain

Son of Thomas and Edith Whitson of Southesk, Burbo Bank Road North, Blundellsands, Liverpool.

George Wood

Died 1st July 1917 Aged 31

Private

20th Bn., The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

Son of Abraham and Sarah Wood, of Blackburn; husband of Edith Wood, of 29, Barton St., Blackburn.

Herbert Francis Zacharias3rd Bn. attd. 1st Bn., South Wales Borderers

Died 25th September 1916 Aged 31

Second Lieutenant

Son of Ernest and Charlotte Zacharias of Victoria Rd., Waterloo, Liverpool.

We also remember the 57 fallen from WW2

R D Allen R E Hall N M Raven

J H Atkins P N Harvey A J Reynolds

J M Barrell O G Horrigan R A Rhodes

W F Benke G T Jones G C Robinson

N Buchanan W J N Lee G E Russell

A Buckley D V Leighton T Scanlan

E Dickinson J L Lumby J Stead

K C Dransfield R L McCann G G Steele

J Drewson C L McKee I W Sutherland

W J Eastwood A R J Medcalf R S Sykes

E M Fisher R Mitchell B E F Thornton

J C Fitzpatrick M Mumford G W Thorougood

N D Fleming E L Overton W H S Tyrer

G Fraser J H C Pearson J D Watt

D C Garton-Stone H H Pennington S B Whinyates

F D Gates K C Pinnington E A M White

G H Gerrard N S Pinnington A H Whitfield

I M Grant L G Purcell J M Wyse

G R S Heathcote A B Randall J P Zacharias

Our nominated charityfor 2018-19 Crosby

Elgar's Sospiri was premiered on 11th August 1914, less than two weeks before the world

would be changed forever

“For your tomorrow we gave our today”