Birtenshaw lost twenty-two men. The church has now been demolished, but the stained glass window which commemorates these men, as well as an interesting tiled memorial remembering the one hundred and thirteen other men from the church who served are preserved in Bolton Museum stores. These links are to a description and photographs.
Go to https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/43706 to view window
Go to https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/162593/ to view tiles.
The baptismal registers of this chapel have been transcribed as part of the Lancashire Online Parish Clerk Project, and these include the baptisms of Brown, Cooper, Corless, Harry Hardy, Hetherington and Martin.
Cpl. Herbert A. Brown Border Regt.
Cpl. Walter Charnock Canadian Expeditionary Force
Pte. George A. Cowley 3827 Seaforth Highlanders
Pte. Cyril Cooper 4626 Loyal North Lancashire Regt.
Pte. Robert Corless Loyal North Lancashire Regt.
Pte. William H. Gilliver Loyal North Lancashire Regt.
Pte. Ernest Hargreaves Canadian Expeditionary Force
Pte. Herbert Hargreaves Loyal North Lancashire Regt.
Pte. John Hargreaves Loyal North Lancashire Regt.
Pte. Alfred Hardy Seaforth Highlanders
Pte. Harry Hardy Lancashire Fusiliers
Pte. William Hetherington 3519 Loyal North Lancashire Regt
Pte. John Horrocks 2948 Loyal North Lancashire Regt
L/Cpl. Thomas Hulme Loyal North Lancashire Regt
Pte. Joseph Maden 241435 Loyal North Lancashire Regt
Pte. William Martin 2736 Loyal North Lancashire Regt
Pte. Ernest Pike 706527 Canadian Expeditionary Force
Cpl. Charles Ratcliffe Loyal North Lancashire Regt.
Gunner Harry R. Taylor 243853 Royal Field Artillery
Rifleman Thomas Taylor 11473 Rifle Brigade
Pte. George Warburton 10599 King’s Royal Rifle Corps
Pte. H. Wolstencroft Loyal North Lancashire Regt.
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