East Lancs War Graves
at Blackburn Cemetery
by Gordon Hartley
Blackburn Cemetery contains 261 graves that are in the care of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Many of them contain soldiers from the East Lancashire Regiment who fought in both World Wars.
Gordon Hartley has photographed and recorded the graves of these brave men.
Private D. Abbott
Private William Henry Bradley
Private W. Brandwood
Private J. Briggs
Private A. Burton
Lance CPL. James Cafferty
Private A. Calder
Private W. H. Catterall
Private E. Cooke
Private John Cottam
Sergeant H. H. Eccleston
Private John James Emmett
Private Norman Thornton Fielding
Private James Gavigan
Private Albert Grundy
Private Albert Hacking
Private J. Hargreaves
Private H. Harman
Private Steven Harrison
Private H. Ingham
Captain Frank Johnston
Private William Kenyon
James Cecil Baddeley Knowles
Private James Laxton
Private Stanley Marshall
Private Amos Mather
Lance Corporal P. McCaffrey
Private William Miller
Private William Miller
Frank Ormerod
Private Samuel Enoch Payton
Private H. Pemberton
Private P. Reynolds
Private John William Salmon
Sergeant B. Smith
2nd Lieut. Richard Thomas Smith
Private Robert Southworth
C. SJT Leonard Stevens
Private R. Thompson
Private James Varley
Private Thomas Walsh
Private J. E. Ward
Private R. Whittaker
Private R. Woods
October 2005
Gordon Hartley has recently discovered a grave at Blackburn Cemetery of a soldier from the East Lancashire Regiment who has not been commemorated previously. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission had no record of him. We are pleased to add his name to the list.
Private Richard Parrington
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