St. John the Divine Churchyard, Lytham Alice Knowles is the only lady in this cemetery whose grave is listed as a war grave as she was in the Womens Royal Naval Service when she died. Alice Knowles Telephonist Womens Royal Naval Service Service Number: G6630 Died: 29th November 1918 Age: 24 Grave located in: St John The Divine Churchyard, Lytham, Lancashire According to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), there are 13 graves from the First World War period in this cemetery, including one from 1921. We only found 10 of them when we were there, although it was the first time that we had tried to find any and we did not have the benefit of this list at the time. They are listed here below, with their ranks, dates of death and regiments. BAYLISS, D Private 12/09/1915 Kings Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) BRIDGES, C H Corporal 26/02/1921 Royal Corps of Signals GASKELL, H Driver 26/03/1915 Royal Field Artillery HEYWOOD, J Private 31/01/1915 Kings Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) KNOWLES, ALICE Telephonist 29/11/1918 Womens Royal Naval Service PARKINSON, ROBINSON Private 02/11/1914 The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment PRITCHARD, ALFRED Private 02/02/1921 Kings Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) RILEY, FRANK RODNEY Private 13/10/1918 Kings Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) SLOUGH, ARTHUR Battery Serjeant Major 21/05/1915 Royal Garrison Artillery TIPPING, E Colour Serjeant 01/08/1916 The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment TIPPING, THOMAS HENRY Private 21/02/1916 The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment WAKEFIELD, JOSEPH Private 30/10/1918 Yorkshire Regiment WHITESIDE, P Deck Hand 02/12/1917 Royal Naval Reserve You can find out more about individual war casualties, war graves and cemeteries at the CWGC website : cwgc.org
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