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Pals - Officers and Men
RAWCLIFFE, Felix, 15796; w. 1st July 1916.
Public Record Office, WO339/34554,
Accrington Observer & Times, 23rd February 1915. Company assignment:B
(Accrington & District)
RAWCLIFFE,
Pte. Herbert Charles, 17936; b. Church; k.i.a. 1st July 1916 (23);
comm. Thiepval Memorial.
Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1919. Part 35 - The East Lancashire
Regiment 4
Accrington Observer & Times, 23rd February 1915. Company assignment:
E (Reserve).
Public Record Office, WO329/1181
RAWCLIFFE, Pte. J.
Accrington Observer & Times, 23rd February 1915. Company assignment:
C (Chorley & Blackburn),
RAWCLIFFE,
Pte. John, 15297; s. of Mr. and Mrs. A. Rawcliffe of 50 Mill Hill,
Oswaldtwistle; w. 1st-5th July 1916 (22).
"Accrington Pals" by William Turner, published by Pen &
Sword Books Ltd
Accrington Observer & Times, 23rd February 1915. Company assignment:
B (Accrington & District),
Accrington Observer & Times, 11th July 1916
RAWCLIFFE, Pte. Riley, 15140; lived at 14 Bradshaw Street, Accrington.
"Accrington Pals" by William Turner, published by Pen &
Sword Books Ltd
Accrington Observer & Times, 23rd February 1915. Company assignment:
A (Accrington & District)
Absent Voters' List 1918, Parliamentary Borough of Accrington
RAWCLIFFE, Major Thomas William M.C.; aptd. 2/Lt. 17th September
1914; aptd. Lt. 20th June 1915; awarded M.C. for conspicuous gallantry
on 1st July 1916 when commanding Stokes mortar team; transferred as
Major in 1917 to United States as instructor/advisor to U.S. Army.
"Accrington Pals" by William Turner, published by Pen &
Sword Books Ltd
Monthly Army List, February 1915
Monthly Army List, September 1915
Accrington Observer & Times, 23rd February 1915. Company assignment:
B (Accrington & District)
RAWCLIFFE, Pte. W.
Accrington Observer & Times, 23rd February 1915. Company assignment:
B (Accrington & District) Accrington
Pals - 11th (Service) Battalion (Accrington) East Lancashire Regiment
Absent
Voters 1918 Accrington 1918 Absent Voters List North Ward
Polling District C1 Number : 1479
Forenames : Richard Rawcliffe
Surname : Clarkson
Number : J46458N
Rank : unknown
Unit : R.N.
Address : 91 Dowry Street
Comment : Several Rawcliffe's moved to Dowry Street so this entry may
become useful
Number : 1448
Forenames : William
Surname : Rawcliffe
Number : 145673
Rank : Spr
Unit : R.E.
Address : 23 Derby Street
Accrington 1918 Absent Voters List Central Ward
Polling District B1 Number
: 852
Forenames : Thomas Henry
Surname : Rawcliffe
Number : 78092
Rank : A. Cpl.
Unit : R.A.M.C.
Address : 62 St. James' Street Accrington 1918 Absent Voters List North Ward
Polling District C Number : 1144
Forenames : George
Surname : Rawcliffe
Number : 25328
Rank : S/Sgt.
Unit : R.A.M.C.
Address : 26 Lime Street Number : 1148
Forenames : George
Surname : Rawcliffe
Number : 25328
Rank : S/Sgt.
Unit : R.A.M.C.
Address : 48 Lime Street Accrington 1918 Absent Voters List East Ward Polling
District E1 Number : 2648
Forenames : George
Surname : Rawcliffe
Number : 57041
Rank : Pte.
Unit : King's Liv.
Address : 17 Midland Street Roll
of Honour 1914-1919Oswaldtwistle Roll of Honour 1914-1919 RAWCLIFFE, Cpl. John; lived at Gardeners'
Arms, Oswaldtwistle.
Greater Accrington Roll of Honour 1914-1919, first published in the
Accrington Observer & Times, 1919
Not listed in Accrington Observer & Times, 17th January 1922
RAWCLIFFE, Joshua; lived at 22 Mill Hill, Oswaldtwistle.
Accrington Observer & Times, 17th January 1922
RAWCLIFFE, Pte. P. T. (The Loyal North Lancs. Regt.); lived at
27 James Street, Oswaldtwistle.
Greater Accrington Roll of Honour 1914-1919, first published in the
Accrington Observer & Times, 1919
Accrington Observer & Times, 17th January 1922
RAWCLIFFE, Pte. Thomas (The Loyal North Lancs. Regt.); lived
at 27 James Street, Oswaldtwistle.
Greater Accrington Roll of Honour 1914-1919, first published in the
Accrington Observer & Times, 1919
Accrington Observer & Times, 17th January 1922
Church Roll of Honour 1914-1919
RAWCLIFFE,
Pte. Herbert Charles, 17939 (11th Bn., East Lancs. Regt.); lived
at 41 Lion Street, Church; k.i.a. 1st July 1916; comm. Thiepval Memorial.
Greater Accrington Roll of Honour 1914-1919, first published in the
Accrington Observer & Times, 1919
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register
Officers and Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1919
Accrington Observer & Times, 18th September 1923
RAWCLIFFE,
Pte. James, 63526 (24th (Denbighshire Yeomanry) Bn., Royal Welsh
Fusiliers); husband of Mary Alice Rawcliffe; lived at 12 Grimshaw Street,
Church; d. at sea 15th April 1917 (41); comm. Mikra Memorial, Greece.
Greater Accrington Roll of Honour 1914-1919, first published in the
Accrington Observer & Times, 1919
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register
Officers and Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1919
Accrington Observer & Times, 18th September 1923
RAWCLIFFE, Driver William John, 96981; (1st "B" Reserve Bde., Royal Field Artillery); s. of Felix and Nancy Rawcliffe; lived at 41 Lion Street, Church; d. 24th November 1918 (30); bd. Oswaldtwistle (Immanuel) Churchyard.
Greater Accrington Roll of Honour 1914-1919, first published in the Accrington Observer & Times, 1919
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register
Officers - and Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1919
Accrington Observer & Times, 18th September 1923
Accrington Roll of Honour 1914-1919 RAWCLIFFE,
Pte. Arthur, 03450 (78th Service Coy. (York), Royal Army Ordnance
Corps); s. of William and Emily Rawcliffe of 41 Robert Nuttall Street,
Accrington; d. 18th June 1917 (23); bd. Accrington Cem.
War Memorial, Oak Hill Park, Accrington
Greater Accrington Roll of Honour 1914-1919, first published in the
Accrington Observer & Times, 1919
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register
Officers and Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1919
Commonwealth War Graves CommissionARTHUR
RAWCLIFFE
Private
03450 78th Service Coy. (York), Royal Army Ordnance Corps
who died on Monday 18 June 1917 . Age 23
Cemetery : ACCRINGTON CEMETERY Lancashire, United Kingdom
Grave or Reference Panel Number: E.H. 103A.
Son of William and Emily Rawcliffe, of 41, Robert Nuttall St., Accrington.
HERBERT
CHARLES RAWCLIFFE
Private
17936 11th Bn., East Lancashire Regiment
who died on Saturday 1 July 1916 Cemetery : THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Somme, France
Grave or Reference Panel Number: Pier and Face 6 C
Location : The Thiepval Memorial will be found on
the D73, off the main Bapaume to Albert road (D929). Each year a major
ceremony is held at the memorial on 1 July.
Brief Information : On 1 July 1916, supported by
a French attack to the south, thirteen divisions of Commonwealth forces
launched an offensive on a line from north of Gommecourt to Maricourt.
Despite a preliminary bombardment lasting seven days, the German defences
were barely touched and the attack met unexpectedly fierce resistance.
Losses were catastrophic and with only minimal advances on the southern
flank, the initial attack was a failure.
JOSHUA
RAWCLIFFE
Corporal
17119 11th Bn., Lancashire Fusiliers
who died on Friday 10 August 1917 . Age 23 .
Son of William and Jane Rawcliffe, of 14, Straits,
Oswaldtwistle, Accrington.
Cemetery : YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Grave or Reference Panel Number:
Location : Ypres (now Ieper) is a town in the Province
of West Flanders. The Memorial is situated at the eastern side of the
town on the road to Menin (Menen) and Courtrai (Kortrijk). Each night
at 8 pm the traffic is stopped at the Menin Gate while members of the
local Fire Brigade sound the Last Post in the roadway under the Memorial's
arches.
Brief Information : The Menin Gate is one of four
memorials to the missing in Belgian Flanders which cover the area known
as the Ypres Salient. The Salient was formed during the First Battle
of Ypres in October and November 1914, when a small British Expeditionary
Force succeeded in securing the town before the onset of winter, pushing
the German forces back to the Passchendaele Ridge. The Second Battle
of Ypres began in April 1915 when the Germans released poison gas into
the Allied lines north of Ypres. There was little more significant activity
on this front until 1917, when in the Third Battle of Ypres an offensive
was mounted by Commonwealth forces to divert German attention from a
weakened French front further south. The initial attempt in June to
dislodge the Germans from the Messines Ridge was a complete success,
but the main assault north-eastward, which began at the end of July,
quickly became a dogged struggle against determined opposition and the
rapidly deteriorating weather. The campaign finally came to a close
in November with the capture of Passchendaele.
ABRAHAM
RAWCLIFFE
Private
1714264 2nd Bn., The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)
who died on Thursday 19 April 1945 . Age 35 .
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Rawcliffe, of Oswaldtwistle,
Lancashire; husband of Grace Rawcliffe, of Oswaldtwistle.
Cemetery : BOLOGNA WAR CEMETERY Italy
Grave or Reference Panel Number: II, C, 4.
Location : The War Cemetery lies in the suburb of
San Lazzaro (Parco dei Cedri) in the Commune and Province of Bologna.
It stands on the north side of the SS9, between Bologna and Forli, at
Via Dozza, about 5 kilometres south-east of the town and about 200 metres
before the road crosses over the River Savena.
EDWIN RAWCLIFFE
Private
57588 149th Coy., Machine Gun Corps (Inf)
who died on Tuesday 14 November 1916 . Age 19 .
Son of Henry and Jane Rawcliffe, of 37, Dunelt Rd., South Shore, Blackpool.
Cemetery : THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Somme, France
Grave or Reference Panel Number: Pier and Face 5 C and 12 C
Location : The Thiepval Memorial will be found on
the D73, off the main Bapaume to Albert road (D929). Each year a major
ceremony is held at the memorial on 1 July.
JAMES
RAWCLIFFE
Private
63526 24th (Denbighshire Yeomanry) Bn., Royal Welsh Fusiliers
who died on Sunday 15 April 1917 . Age 41 .
Husband of Mary Alice Rawcliffe, of 47, Maden St.,
Church, Accrington.
Cemetery : MIKRA MEMORIAL Greece
Grave or Reference Panel Number:
Location : Mikra Memorial can be found at the south
end of Mikra British Cemetery, which is situated approximately 8 kilometres
south of Thessaloniki, on the road to the airport, in the municipality
of Kalamaria. Access is via the main entrance on Vryoylon Street, directly
opposite the communal cemetery of Kalamaria. CWGC signposts have been
erected at appropriate points.
HT "Arcadian" was torpedoed and sunk on 15 April 1917, 41.5
kilometres north east from the island of Milo (Melos), carrying reinforcements
for Egypt.
THOMAS
RAWCLIFFE
Private
31341 1st Bn., The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
who died on Thursday 24 October 1918 . Age 38 .
Son of Thomas and Mary Ann Rawcliffe, of 27, James St., Oswaldtwistle
Accrington.
Cemetery :ST. SOUPLET BRITISH CEMETERY Nord, France
Grave or Reference Panel Number: III. E. I.
Location : St Souplet is a village about 6 kilometres
south of Le Cateau, which is a small town approximately 20 kilometres
south-east of Cambrai. St Souplet British Cemetery lies to the south-west
of the village after the village of St. Benin.
There are now nearly 750, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this
site.
WILLIAM
JOHN RAWCLIFFE
Driver
96981 1st "B" Reserve Bde., Royal Field Artillery
who died on Sunday 24 November 1918 . Age 30 .
Son of Felix and Nancy Rawcliffe, of 41, Lion St.,
Church, Accrington.
Cemetery : OSWALDTWISTLE (IMMANUEL) CHURCHYARD Lancashire, United Kingdom
Grave or Reference Panel Number: 45. 6.
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