Simister RoH
The following is a list of names that appear on the WWI Roll of Honour of St George's Church in Simister.
Many thanks to Martin Harper and Anne McGee
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.
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
- Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) Thiepval Memorial
BLAKE EDWARD JACKSON 1918/11/21 31
St Margaret's Ext. CWGC Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) PRESTWICH (ST. MARGARET) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION
BOCOCK JOSEPH LACKLAND 1918/10/14 18
- Private East Surrey Regiment HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY
CLAY ARTHUR 1916/07/01 38
- Private Manchester Regiment DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ
CROSS GEORGE 1917/11/16 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 ?
- L/Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers BERLIN SOUTH-WESTERN CEMETERY
GEE JOHN HENRY 1916/09/14 32
- Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers DOIRAN MEMORIAL
JAGGARD JESSE 1917/10/12 35
- Private Grenadier Guards CEMENT HOUSE CEMETERY
KNIGHT ARTHUR 1917/04/26 ?
- Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) ARRAS MEMORIAL
MANSERGH ARTHUR JAMES 1918/10/20 29
St Mary's Sapper Royal Engineers LES BARAQUES MILITARY CEMETERY, SANGATTE
PORTER ALBERT 1915/02/16 20
Weaste Cemetery Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps DICKEBUSCH OLD MILITARY CEMETERY.
RATHBONE THOMAS SMITH 1918/07/09 42
All Saints Church
Boardman Lane
Rhodes Serjeant King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) HOUCHIN BRITISH CEMETERY
SANDERS HARRY 1918/10/12 27
- Private Manchester Regiment NEUVILLY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
WILLIAMSON GEORGE ALFRED 1917/06/14 35
- Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery VLAMERTINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY.
WOLSTENHOLME SYDNEY 1918/03/27 26
- Corporal Royal Field Artillery ST. HILAIRE CEMETERY, FREVENT.