Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

[aroya]

I have now established beyond reasonable doubt that ADAMS , E Private 27474 26/10/1920 35 The 7th Bat Loyal North Lancashire Regiment buried in Hanley Cemetery IS my great uncle. Though the grave is in Stoke on Trent, the only death certificate that fits with his age is not him.

On the Great War Forum I noticed a case that might have relevance:

An Arthur Albert Coulton enlisted into the 6th (Reserve) Battalion of the North Staffordshire Regiment in1914 (which would be the first likely signing on regiment for Edwin).  On 3rd September 1916, Coulton was transferred to the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment for overseas duty, being allocated a new Loyal North Lancashire number of 27349. This is very close to that of Edwin Adams. He joined the 4th Reserve Battalion of the LNL Regiment, but this was only for records purposes, being almost immediately transferred to the 7th battalion on 21st September 1916 for active service in France

It is likely that he did die back in England so I now have to find out where to get a death cert!
I still have found no service record or medal card either for the North Staffs or the LYN. Are there any instances of missing medal cards?

[mmm45]

Hi
maybe an idea to confirm the burial date is correct by asking someone to look up the burial on maybe the NBI or other database
If you posted on the Staffs site for a burial lookup you may get a confirmation

Its a confusing one I cant see him on BMDs but he may have been mis-transcribed -yes seen the age on the BMD entry??

Ive just had a DC back for a lad im researching who died away from home in a sanatorium but his body returned to hometown for burial.

He's out there somewhere..keep searching.

Ady

[aroya]

Thanks for the encouragement Ady

Roy

[pikey alan]

hi
i'm trying to find information on my grandad john steven hutchinson bn 1895 in hindley,wigan and  died 1968 in shrewsbury.
i have contacted the resources library in wigan who say that there is a column in the wigan observer dated 15/9/17 stating that a john hutchinson from hindley wigan  was injured but returned to active service.
it states his regimental  number was 240206 and he  was a lance corporal in the loyal north lancashire regiment.
i am guessing this is my grandad.
my mum doesn't know much about his involvement in ww1 but apparently he was in france and was injured twice by gas.
there are no records held by my family.
after the war he ran his own window cleaning business in hindley and later moved to blackpool.
he later moved to crewe then shrewsbury working for the sentinel works-a rolls royce based company producing wagons/trains or similar.
many thanks for any assistance
alan     

[WATTERS2831]

Hi there and welcome

i would try ancestry first , from his name and service number you should be able to find his medal index card , it will show his regiment and medal allocation and depending on when he joined it will tell you which theatre of war he first entered , after that if his service records have survived they will also be on ancestry , this will give you some more info on when / where he joined , his address at the time , his height/weight etc etc
there is also the option of contacting the museum at fulwood baracks , preston who may be even to help you further

my great granfather was also in the loyals and there is a very good book available (see link)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/mn/search/?keywords=loyal%20north%20lancashire&tag=googhydr-21&index=stripbooks&hvadid=10152040126&ref=pd%5Fsl%5F5vy05r7mdl%5Fb&rd=1


regards
watters2831

[Pete51]

I can't find any WW1  info about my Grandfather,Richard Mead Hamer, all I know is that he was in the Lancashire Loyals. He was born in 1899 and was living in Darley Street, Bolton at the outbreak of the great war. I know this because his Brother Harold signed up for the Royal engineers.

[km1971]

The only medal card to a Richard Hamer serving in the Loyals is here - http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?htx=View&r=5538&dbid=1262&iid=30850_A000674-01902&fn=Richard&ln=Hamer&st=r&ssrc=&pid=1065030

Ancestry WW1 records are free until Tuesday so you should try and find his service record or pension record.

Ken

[loyalregiment]

looking for information of my grandmother's brother who died in WWI

John William CLARK
The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, Ist. Bn.
died 06/03/1915

Hi,

John William Clark (4436) died during the typhoid epidemic at Wittenburg POW camp of 1914/15. He had been captured at Givenchy on 22/12/14. http://www.loyalregiment.com/4436-pte-j-w-clarke-l-n-lan-r/

Regards,
Paul

[atina576]

Hi,
Did you ever manage to get the photo loaded on this site?  My father Thomas McLoughlin born Oct 1900 Blackburn. Lancs was in the army towards the end of WW1 but I have never been able to find what the Regiment was. My Thomas was the son of Thomas born 1867 in Chorley & Mary Emma (Snape) - they married in 1891 & had numerous children all born either Chorley or Blackburn.
Cheers,