Rolls of Honour

The Bollington Parish Roll of Honour

The Bollington Parish Roll of Honour is dated 1 May 1917. It contains a list of names of soldiers who had enlisted and a much shorter list of men known to have died. The main list is grouped into names beginning with the same initial, but the names are not listed alphabetically within each group. Presumably the names were provided by family members. Some names seem to have been repeated erroneously, although there were a number of cases of several Bollington soldiers having the same name. Many men would have enlisted after the Roll of Honour was published. The list of the men who had died includes some who died within the last two weeks of April 1917, but on the other hand there are a number of casualties whose death had presumably not been reported when the Roll was prepared.

Fred AINSWORTH, Wilfred AINSWORTH, John AKED, John ALLEN, John ALLEN, George ANKERS, Horace ANKERS, Alan Clifford ARDEN, Alfred ARDEN, Charles H. ARDERN, John J. ARNOLD, William ARNOLD, Willie ARNOLD, Wilfred ARNOLD, James ASHLEY, William ASHLEY, Charles BAGULEY, Fred BAMFORD, Walter BAMFORD, Alfred BANN, Simeon BANN, William BANN, William BANNISTER, William BARBER, Charles BARLOW, Fred BARLOW, Harold BARLOW, Joseph BARLOW, Joseph BARLOW, Ralph BARLOW, Samuel BARLOW, Adin BARNSHAW, Alfred BARNSHAW, Harry BARNSHAW, Thomas BARNSHAW, William BARNSHAW, Arthur BARROW, Tom BARROW, Arthur BARTON, John BARTON, John BARTON, Albert George BASS, Thomas BASSETT, Harold BAXTER, Frederick Thomas BAYLEY, Harold BEARD, Harold BEARD, Joseph BEARD, Peter BEARD, William BEARD, Harry BERRY, Herbert BERRY, Hubert BERRY, John BERRY, Wilfred BERRY, Edward BETTANY, Herbert BETTANY, Stanley BETTANY, James A BETTELEY, Arthur BEVAN, William BIRCH, Colin BLACKETT, Harold BLACKHURST, Herbert BLACKHURST, Joseph BLEAKLEY, Herbert BLEASE, James BLEASE, Victor BLEASE, Francis BLOOR, Neville BOOTH, Arthur BOWDEN, Joseph BOWDEN (believed drowned), Joseph BOWDEN, John BRADBURY, Fred BRADDOCK, Harold BRADDOCK, Harry BRADDOCK, James BRADDOCK, Newton BRADDOCK, Thomas BRADDOCK, Thomas BRADDOCK, Arthur BRADLEY, Charles BRADLEY, Eli BRADLEY, Harry BRADLEY, Joseph BRADLEY, Oswald BRADLEY, William BRADLEY, William BRADLEY, Frank BRAITHWAITE, Fred BRAY, Walter BRISTOW, Frank BROADHEAD, Alfred BROGDEN, James BROGDEN, Paul BROGDEN, Walter BROGDEN, William BROGDEN, Herbert BROOKES, John BROOKES, John BROOKES, Ernest BROOKS, Herbert BROOKS, Fred BROOME, John BROOME, William BROOME, Albert BROOMHEAD, Harry BROOMHEAD, Harry BROOMHEAD, John BROOMHEAD, Thomas H. BROOMHEAD, Thomas Henry BROOMHEAD, Thomas BROSTER, John BROWN, Joseph BROWN, William BROWN, Alfred BULLOCK, James BUNTING, Percy BUNTING, Tom BUNTING, George BURGESS, Thomas BURKE, Ernest CAMPBELL, Ernest CAPPER, Philip CARLINE, Archibald CARLISLE, Donald CARLISLE, Edwin CARLISLE, William CARLISLE, Fred CARTER, H. W. A. CARTER, Bernard CASEY, Robert CASEY, Thomas CASEY, James CAVENEY, Luke CAVENEY, Thomas CAVENEY, Alan CHALLENOR, Robert CHISHOLM, Harold CLARKE, Richard CLARKE, Herbert S. CLAYE, Arthur CLAYTON, Daniel CLAYTON, Edward CLAYTON, Edward CLAYTON, Herbert Clayton, John CLAYTON, John CLAYTON. Thomas CLAYTON, William CLAYTON, Alfred COE, Arthur COE, Arthur COE, Charles COE, Thomas W. COE, William COE, Bernard COLLIER, Wilfred COLLIER, Joseph COLLIS, John COOKE, Frank COOKE, Thomas COOPER, Fred COPE, Joseph COPE, Henry COWLEY, Walter COWSILL, Fred CROSS, William DALE, Joseph DALY, Alan DANIELS, George DANIELS, Wilfred DANIELS, William DANIELS, Fred DAVENPORT, Percy DAVENPORT, Joshua DAVIES, Robert DAVIES, William DAVIES, Fred DEAN, Amos A. DEARNALEY, Alan M. G. DEBENHAM, Clifford DEVENPORT, Harold DEVENPORT, Van Martin DIXON (DRABBLE), Fred DRABBLE, George DRABBLE, James DRABBLE, John DRABBLE, John DRABBLE, William DRABBLE, Ernest DUGDALE, Cyril EGERTON, Norman EGERTON, Jesse FAIRBROTHER, Frank FEW, James FIELDSTEAD, John FIELDSTEAD, Charles FINCH, John FINCH, Harry FLEET, Herbert FLEET, George FLINT, Frederick FORD, Frank FOX, Harold FOX, Jim FOX, John FURNESS, Thomas FURNESS, Albert GALGANI, Ellis GARDINER, John F. GARDINER, Alfred GASKELL, Frederick GASKELL, Harry GASKELL, Harry GASKELL, John James GASKELL, Joseph GASKELL, Percy GASKELL, John GAY, Albert GIBBON, Charles GIBBON, Harold GIBBON, Robert GIBBON, James GIBSON, Walter GIBSON, Harry GLEAVE, Herbert GLEAVE, James GLEAVE, Lawrence GLEAVE, Norbert GLEAVE, Norman GLEAVE, Thomas GLEAVE, Arthur GOODWIN, Arthur GOODWIN, Arthur GOODWIN, Arthur GOODWIN, George GOODWIN, Harry GOODWIN, Harry GOODWIN, Harry GOODWIN, John GOODWIN, Joseph GOODWIN, Joseph GOODWIN, William GOODWIN, Frank GOSLING, George A. GOSLING, Amos GOULD, George GOULD, Henry GOULD, Kenneth Stuart GRANT, Frank GRATTON, John GRATTON, Arthur GREEN, Frank GREEN, John GREEN, Robert GREEN, Angus Needham GREG, Osbert Manning GREG, Harry HALEY, Harold HALL, William HALLOWELL, Rupert HAMSON, John HANDFORTH, William HANKINSON, John HARDING, John HARDING, John Cornelius HARDING, Alfred Henry HARDY, Tom HARDY, John HARNOTT, Edwin HARRISON, James HARRISON, Wilfred HARRISON, Charles HARROP, John W. HARROP, Percy HARROP, Hugh HART, Hugh HARVEY, Bertram HATTON, John HATTON, George HAWLEY, George HAWLEY, George HAWLEY, Harry HAWLEY, Philip HAWLEY, Wilfred HAWLEY, Harold P. HAWORTH, James HAYMAN, John HAYMAN, William HAYMAN, Albert HEALD, Thomas HEAPS, Walter HEAPS, Oliver HEATHCOTE, Robert HENSHAW, Alfred Duncan HEYS, Walter HEYS, Tom HILL, William HILL, Arthur HINDLEY, William HINDLEY, George HOBSON, Harry HOBSON, Herbert HOBSON, John HOBSON, Tom HOBSON, Arthur HOLDCROFT, Albert HOLMES, Walter W. HOLMES, Charles HOLT, Charles HOLT, Richard HOLT, Joseph HOOLEY, Joseph HOOLEY, Frank HOPPER, Joseph HOPPER, William HORTON, Frank HOUGH, Herbert HOWARD, Norman HOWARD, Herbert HOWARTH, Arthur HOWE, Frank HOWE, Dennis HUGHES, John Patrick HUGHES, Richard HUGHES, George HULME, Herbert HULME, Simon HUNT, Albert INGHAM, William INGHAM, William INGHAM, Albert JACKSON, Arthur JACKSON, Charles JACKSON, Fred JACKSON, Fred Wheeldon JACKSON, Harold JACKSON, Harry JACKSON, Herbert JACKSON, James JACKSON, Joseph JACKSON, Percy JACKSON, Thomas JACKSON, William JACKSON, Walter JACKSON, Frank JEPSON, James JEPSON, William JONES, Harry KELLY, Albert KING, Benjamin KING, James KING, Oswald KING, Philip KING, Harold KIRKHAM, John KIRKHAM, Walter KIRKHAM, Wilbraham KNIGHT, Fred LAWTON, Thomas LEAH, William LEAH, Alfred LEIGH, Arthur LEIGH, Joseph LEIGH, Samson LEIGH, Fred LEIGHTON, James LEIGHTON, Maurice LEIGHTON, William LEIGHTON, John LEWIS, Charles LOMAS, Charles LOMAS, Charles LOMAS, Harry LOMAS, Harry LOMAS, John LOMAS, Percy LOMAS, Percy LOMAS, John LONG. Harry LOWNDES, John LOWNDES, William LOWNDES, William MAGUIRE, James MANCKTELOW, John MARTIN, Leonard MASSEY, James MAURICE, Albert MAYERS, Arthur MAYERS, Harold MAYERS, Harold MAYERS, Harold MAYERS, Harry MAYERS, Hugh MAYERS, Joseph MAYERS, Edward MCGUIGAN, Evan MCGUIGAN, Frank MCKERNAN, Lewis MILLWARD, Oliver MILLWARD, John MONKS, Harry MOORE, Robert MOORE, Robert MOORES, Thomas Richard MOORES, James MOSELEY, John Thomas MOSS, Harry MOTTERSHEAD, John MOTTERSHEAD, John MOTTERSHEAD, Arthur Gordon NEEDHAM, Fred NEEDHAM, Samuel NEEDHAM, William Henry NEEDHAM, Abraham NEWTON, Alfred NEWTON, Ernest NIELD, Henry NOCKTON, Ronald NOCKTON, Albert NOLAN, Bernard NOLAN, George NOLAN, Leonard NOLAN, Luke NOLAN, Michael NOLAN, Oswald NOLAN, Terrence NOLAN, Thomas NOLAN, William NOLAN, Horace OAKES, Fred OATES, William O'BRIEN, Ellis OLDFIELD, Frank OLDFIELD, Fred OLDFIELD, Harry OLDFIELD, James Edward OLDFIELD, Ian OLIVER, R. Leslie OWEN, Charles PAGE, Harold PARROTT, Peter G. PARROTT, Charles PAUL, Wilfred PAYNE, James PEGG, Harry PENNINGTON, James PERKIN, Arthur PICKFORD, Charles PICKFORD, Daniel PICKFORD, Fred PICKFORD, John William PICKFORD, John PLANT, William PLANT, Harry PLATT, Leslie POTTS, William POTTS, Benjamin PRESS, John C. PRESS, Cecil PRICE, Francis W. PRICE, Robert QUINN, Alfred RATCLIFFE, Joseph RATCLIFFE, Thomas READ, William READ, Jack REDFERN, Lister REID, Norman REID, Edward RILEY, Thomas RILEY, Stanley ROBERTS, Arthur ROBINSON, Rankine ROWBOTHAM, Robert K. ROWBOTHAM, John ROWSON, Walter SCHOFIELD, Wilfred SCRAGG, John SEDDON, John Henry SHARPLEY, Arthur SHATWELL, H. SHATWELL, Harry SHATWELL, Joseph SHATWELL, Nathaniel SHATWELL, Wilfred SHATWELL, Samuel SHILTON, Charlie SHIRES, William SHUTT, Joseph SIGLEY, Thomas SIGLEY, Sydney SKIRVIN, George Henry SMITH, Tom SMITH, Alan SNAPE, Alfred SNAPE, Cecil SNAPE, Harold SNAPE, Harold SNAPE, Harold SNAPE, James SNAPE, William SNAPE, John SPOONER, Henry STANESBY, William STANESBY, William STEVENSON, Gordon, A. STEWART, Norman, A. STEWART, Alan STRINGER, Albert Ernest STRINGER, Ernest STRINGER, Fred STRINGER, Harry STRINGER, Wright STRINGER, Herbert STUBBS, Percy STUBBS, Oswald SUTTON, Albert SWINDELLS, Geoffrey Hillier SWINDELLS, James SWINDELLS, John SWINDELLS, William SWINDELLS, Albert TAYLOR, Albert Edward TAYLOR, Frank TAYLOR, George TAYLOR, George TAYLOR, Harold TAYLOR, Charles THOMPSON, Ernest THOMPSON, Harold THOMPSON, John Harold THOMPSON, William THOMPSON, Benjamin THORLEY, Herbert TIMPERLEY, Arthur TINSLEY, George Albert TINSLEY, William TINSLEY, George TOMLINSON, Arthur TRAFFORD, Walter TRAFFORD, Frank TRUEMAN, Frank TRUEMAN, Herbert TRUEMAN, James TRUEMAN, John TRUEMAN, Tom TRUEMAN, John TURNER, Alan TURNER, Arthur Lewis TURNER, Fred UNWIN, George UNWIN, Samuel UNWIN, John USHER, James VARE, Ernest VERNON, Herbert VERNON, Albert WAINWRIGHT, George WAINWRIGHT, Fred WALTON, Herbert WALTON, Percy WALTON, Alfred WARD, Joseph WARREN, Richard WARREN, Thomas WATSON, Harry WEBSTER, Arthur WEST, Joseph WEST, Stanley WETTON, Harry WHISTON, Allen WHITE, Daniel WHITE, Arthur WHITEHURST, Herbert WHITEHURST, James WHITEHURST, Percy WHITEHURST, Walter WHITEHURST, Wilfred WHITEHURST, Samuel WILCOX, Joe WILDGOOSE, Frank WILLIAMSON, George WILLIAMSON, Harry WILLIAMSON, John WILLIAMSON, Arthur WILSON, Ernest WILSON, Elijah WOOD, George WOOD, Harold WOOD, John Norman WOOD, Thomas WOOD, Herbert WOOLLEY, Alfred WRIGHT, Fred WRIGHT, Hedley WRIGHT, James WRIGHT, James WRIGHT, Newton WRIGHT, Stephen WRIGHT, William WRIGHT, Edward WRIGLEY, Hedley WRIGLEY, Frank WYLDE, Moses YOXALL

The Manchester Employers' Rolls of Honour

"The Manchester City Battalions Book of Honour" was published in 1916. As well as details about the Manchester soldiers, it contained Rolls of Honour for many Manchester Employers, including the firms belonging to the Fine Cotton Spinners and Doublers Association Ltd. Among these were George Swindells & Son Ltd (owners of the Clarence and Adelphi Mills), Thomas Oliver & Sons (Bollington) Ltd (owners of the Waterhouse Mill). Henry & Leigh Slater Ltd (owners of the paper staining works) also provided a Roll of Honour. Some of these had employees in locations other than Bollington (particularly Slater's), so not all of the names are necessarily connected to Bollington.

For each firm, there were Rolls of Honour "...Wherein are recorded the names of those who at the first call voluntarily placed their services at the disposal of their King and Country for the defence of Liberty and Civilisation" and an Appendix of "...Names of Men who have attested under the Group System". (See the section on Terminology for an explanation of the Group System).

So in each case, the first list included "patriotic volunteers" who had joined up before there had been any suggestion of conscription being needed. But there were of course those who enlisted later who were equally patriotic, but had been too young to have joined up before, or for whom health or other circumstance had delayed voluntary enlistment.
To fully understand the reason for this distinction, it should be noted that the foreword to this book was written by the Earl of Derby, who had been one of the most successful campaigners for Kitchener's Army in 1914, and later introduced the "Derby Scheme", which was a relatively unsuccessful attempt to boost recruitment in October 1915. Compusory conscription was introduced in 1916.