Simister RoH

The following is a list of names that appear on the WWI Roll of Honour of St George's Church in Simister.
In most cases the named person lived in Simister.

Select "info" to read more about the person's ultimate sacrifice, click a column heading to sort the table, or click on the photos, medals or regiment name for more.

In some cases the individual is also mentioned on other Rolls of Honour, or is memorialised on family gravestones elsewhere.

Many thanks to Martin Harper and Anne McGee

Read more about the Fallen of Prestwich at Prestwich Remembers

Surname	Forename(s)	Date of death	Age		UK Burial/Memorial Location	Rank	Regiment	Burial/Memorial Location
BEDFORD	FRANK GORDON	1916/07/03	25	Info Thomas was killed when a shell hit his dugout while in a rest camp behind the front lines.	-	Private	Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)	Thiepval Memorial
BLAKE	EDWARD JACKSON	1918/11/21	31	Info Edward served in 7th Bn of The Kings Liverpool Regiment from June 1918, but never served abroad.Edward was admitted to Military Hospital in Whitchurch in August 1918, discharged as unfit for active duty on 4th November, and died 17 days later.	St Margaret's Ext. CWGC	Private	The King's (Liverpool Regiment)	PRESTWICH (ST. MARGARET) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION
BOCOCK	JOSEPH LACKLAND	1918/10/14	18	Info James, served with the 2/23rd London Regiment, and died near Hooge Crater,Ypres.	-	Private	East Surrey Regiment	HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY
CLAY	ARTHUR	1916/07/01	38	Info Alfred died on the first day of The Battle of The Somme	-	Private	Manchester Regiment	DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ
CROSS	GEORGE	1917/11/16	22	Info George was released from the army in September 1917 as unfit for active service. He died 2 months later in a military Hospital in Bradford, and is buried in Moston aged 22.	MOSTON (ST. JOSEPH'S) ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY	Private	The King's (Liverpool Regiment)	MOSTON (ST. JOSEPH'S) ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY
FOSTER	HAROLD	1918/10/28	?	Info Harold was taken prisoner in the summer of 1917, and died of pneumonia the following October.	-	L/Corporal	Lancashire Fusiliers	BERLIN SOUTH-WESTERN CEMETERY
GEE	JOHN HENRY	1916/09/14	32	Info John died in conflict with Bulgarian forces on the Macedonian front(Macukovo) and was postumously awarded the Military Medal.	-	Corporal	Lancashire Fusiliers	DOIRAN MEMORIAL
JAGGARD	JESSE	1917/10/12	35	Info Jesse was reported missing at the crossing of the Boermbeek near Ypres, confirmed dead the following July.	-	Private	Grenadier Guards	CEMENT HOUSE CEMETERY
KNIGHT	ARTHUR	1917/04/26	?	Info Arthur died during a repulse of a counter attack near Monchy le Preux.Arthur is presumed to be a relation of Henry Knight, who was a Schoolmaster in Simister.	-	Private	King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)	ARRAS MEMORIAL
MANSERGH	ARTHUR JAMES	1918/10/20	29	Info Arthur died in France of Pneumionia, while working with the Royal Engineers, railways division	St Mary's	Sapper	Royal Engineers	LES BARAQUES MILITARY CEMETERY, SANGATTE
PORTER	ALBERT	1915/02/16	20	Info Albert died in the build up to the Actions of St Eloi Craters near Ypres	Weaste Cemetery	Rifleman	King's Royal Rifle Corps	DICKEBUSCH OLD MILITARY CEMETERY.
RATHBONE	THOMAS SMITH	1918/07/09	42	Info Thomas had been awarded the Military Medal for "heroism in action and devotion to duty on 9th April on the Western front and for conspicuous gallantry". The Battalion had been involved in Battle of Estaires in April as the enemy launched Operation Michael. Thomas died during the build up to the Battle of Pilkem Ridge. He was killed by the blast from a shell. A family photo dates to about 1915/16, which is when his last son (the baby) was born.	All Saints Church Boardman Lane Rhodes	Serjeant	King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)	HOUCHIN BRITISH CEMETERY
SANDERS	HARRY	1918/10/12	27	Info Harry was reported missing & assumed dead as the allies pushed the enemy East of Cambrai in the last months of the war.	-	Private	Manchester Regiment	NEUVILLY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
WILLIAMSON	GEORGE ALFRED	1917/06/14	35	Info George, a member of St George's Choir, and died to the West of Ypres, where the very large seige artillery was deployed.	-	Gunner	Royal Garrison Artillery	VLAMERTINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY.
WOLSTENHOLME	SYDNEY	1918/03/27	26	Info Sydney was wounded during the German Spring offensive operation Michael, on 26th March 1918, and died the following day .	-	Corporal	Royal Field Artillery	ST. HILAIRE CEMETERY, FREVENT.