Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

British War Medal 1914-20 (10) (7841 Pte. F. Beeston. Lan. Fus.; 235628 Pte. W. H. Taylor. Lan Fus.; 45109 Pte. J. Bell. Lan. Fus.; 202713 Pte. A. Shepherd. Lan. Fus.; 15208 Pte. E. Casey. Lan. Fus.; 52829 Pte. H.S. Dennett. Lan. Fus.; 9393 Pte. J. Maguire. Lan. Fus.; 4311 Pte. J. Hornby. Lan. Fus.; 70328 Pte. W. Roadnight. Lan. Fus.; 464 Pte. A. Ashton. Lan. Fus.) very fine or better (10) £140-180

Frederick Beeston first enlisted into the Lancashire Fusiliers in 1900, serving with the 4th, 3rd and 2nd Battalions in Malta, the West Indies and South Africa. During the First World War he landed in France with the 2nd Battalion on 19 September 1914. He was later transferred to the 18th (Service) Battalion (3rd City), Manchester Regiment before being posted to the 24th (Service) Battalion (Oldham)(Pioneers). He was taken prisoner at Notre Dame on 28 May 1918 while attached to the Royal Army Medical Corps and was incarcerated in Langensalza prisoner of war camp. He was repatriated in January 1919 and the following July transferred to the Inland Water Transport branch, Royal Engineers, serving in Iraq. He was awarded the General Service Medal with Iraq clasp and was discharged from the army in February 1921.

William Horace Taylor served on the Western Front with the 16th (Service) Battalion (2nd Salford), Lancashire Fusiliers.

John Bell served on the Western Front with the 18th (Service) Battalion (2nd South East Lancashire) and 20th (Service) Battalion (4th Salford), Lancashire Fusiliers.

Alfred Shepherd, a native of Unsworth, Manchester, served with the 3/5th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers and was killed in action on 13 July 1917 when his battalion came under active artillery fire near Coxyde. He is buried in Coxyde Military Cemetery, Belgium.

Edward Casey, at native of Ashton-Under-Lyne, originally served with the 9th (Service) Battalion (Pioneers), Border Regiment, transferring to 16th (Service) Battalion (2nd Salford), Lancashire Fusiliers and landing in France on 22 November 1915. He was later posted to the 21st and 3rd (Reserve) Battalions and then the 11th (Service) Battalion. He died of wounds on the 16 June 1918, just before his battalion was disbanded after their fighting at the 2nd Battle of the Somme and the Battle of Lys. He is buried in Perreuse Chateau Franco British National Cemetery, France.

Harry Stoddart Dennett served in the First World War with the 1/7th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers.

James Maguire served with the 9th (Service) Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, serving at Gallipoli (via Mudros), landing on 5 July 1915. The battalion later served in Egypt and on the Western Front. He later transferred to the Labour Corps, being discharged from the Northern Command Labour Centre (ex. 68th Training Reserve Battalion) on 13 March 1918, due to wounds.

James Hornby, a native of Wigan, Lancashire, served on the Western Front with the 10th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, landing in France on 15 July 1915. He was killed in action on the 7 September 1915, while his battalion were in the trenches on the Ypres Salient. He is buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium.

Walter Roadnight served with the Lancashire Fusiliers, before transferring to the Labour Corps and then the Royal Engineers.

Arthur Ashton, a native of Bury, Lancashire, served in Gallipoli from the 5 May 1915 with the 1/5th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers. He was killed in action on the 5 June 1915 during Turkish counter-attacks the day after his battalion had captured part of Krithia Nullah. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Turkey.