MILITARY
Corporal John Thomas Davies VC 11th (Service) Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment – the St Helens Pals. No.20765 He is believed to be one of only two men ever to have been awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross while still alive (the other being Major Herbert Le Patourel of the Hampshire Regiment in World War II).
Driver Benjamin Haygarth Royal Field Artillery 77th Battery Service No: 224473. Died 5 Oct 1918 / 25 Oct 1918 from pneumonia.
Lynn Kerr Kelliher Lynn entered the U.S. Army to provide for veterans. She first worked on the front lines in Vietnam, assisting as a surgical nurse in a number of MASH units. Lynn received the Army Commendation Medal for her service in Vietnam].
Army Pfc. Jason M. Kropat Died March 09, 2010 serving during Operation Enduring Freedom 25, of White Lake, N.Y.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.; died March 9 in Khowst province, Afghanistan, from wounds sustained when insurgents . attacked his unit using small-arms, indirect and rocket-propelled grenade fires. Also killed was Sgt. Jonathan J. Richardson.
Private John Oversby Lister British Army Royal Air Force, Service #78987
Staff Nurse Fanny Mason Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service (Reserve) Lost her life when H.M.H.S. 'Salta' was mined and sank half-a- mile north from Whistle Buoy, Le Havre, 10 April 1917. Commemorated by name and service in St Nicholas' Chapel in the North Transept of York Minster.
Sergeant Harry Lyddington Mason Duke of Wellingtons (West Riding Regiment) 10th (Service) Battalion 23rd Division Service No: 13031. Died 8 Oct 1916 France & Flanders
Private Alfred Obersby British Army Labour Corps, Service #507978
Private Arthur Obersby British Army Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, Service #243322
Frank Obersby Royal Navy, Service #M26188
Private Frederick Obersby British Army Machine Gun Corps, Service #114897
Private Herbert Obersby British Army Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, Service #242245
Private Peter Obersby British Army: Army Veterinary Corps, Service #SE19002
Private Stanley Obersby British Army Welsh Regiment, Service #87497
Private Alfred Oversby British Army Training Reserve Battalion, Service #91754
Private Anthony C Oversby British Army Yorkshire Light Infantry, Service #11301
Private Bryan Oversby British Army Liverpool Regiment, Service #332102
Private E Oversby British Army West Riding Regiment, Service #266498
Edgar Oversby Conscientious Objector
Driver Ernest Oversby British Army Royal Field Artillery, Service #770435
Private Ernest Oversby British Army Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment Service #266498. Medals: Military Medal
Ernest Oversby Royal Navy, Service #M15748
Private George Oversby British Army Labour Corps, Service #12323
Private George Oversby British Army West Riding Regiment, Service #13646
Private George R Oversby British Army Machine Gun Corps, Service #127753
George William Oversby Canadian Expeditionary Force, Service #2208418
Private Harold Oversby British Army North Staffordshire Regiment, Service #48422
James Oversby Royal Navy, Service #K51187
Private James Oliver Oversby British Army Queen's Own (Royal West Kent) Regiment, Service #G/31721. . Died 14 Sep 1918/21 Sep. 1918. Saint Sever Cemetery Extension. Rouen, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
John Oversby Australian Imperial Force, Service #21929
Private John Oversby British Army Labour Corps, Service #445444
Private John Oversby British Army Labour Corps, Service #522263
Private John Oversby British Army York and Lancaster Regiment, Service #47274 Formerly 94012, Manchester Regiment. Killed in action 18 Sep 1918 France and Flanders. . Saint Nicolas British Cemetery. Saint-Nicolas, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, . Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Sapper John Oversby British Army Royal Engineers, Service #21714
Private John Edward Oversby British Army Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment, 2 5th Battalion Service #205635 Killed in action. Died 22 Jul 1918 France and Flanders Soissons Memorial Soissons, Departement de l'Aisne, Picardie, France
Private Joseph Oversby The King's (Liverpool) Regiment 13th Battalion Regimental Number:5590 Killed in action 17 Aug 1916 France and Flanders. Thiepval Memorial Thiepval, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France
Private Michael Oversby British Army Liverpool Regiment, Service #6248
Norman Oversby Royal Navy, Service #M29969
Percy Oversby Member of the British Army. Service #23050. . Conscientious Objector
Second Lieutenant Philip William Oversby British Army Royal Field Artillery, Service #
Private Reginald G Oversby British Army Liverpool Regiment, Service #49962
Private Richard D Oversby British Army West Yorkshire Regiment, . Service #21/985
Private Robert Oversby British Army Regiment King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1st 4th Battalion. Service #T4/2628 Killed in action 15 Jun 1915 France and Flanders / 3 Jul 1915 ? Le Touret Memorial Richebourg-l'Avoue, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de- Calais, France Panel 5.
Private Samuel Oversby British Army Royal Army Medical Corps 129028
Steve Oversby Canadian Expeditionary Force, Service #2378529
Acting Corporal/Lance Corporal
Thomas Oversby British Army Durham Light Infantry, 14th Battalion Service #4/10114 Killed in action 22 Apr 1917 France and Flanders Loos Memorial Loos-en-Gohelle, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Lieut. Thomas Oversby 2/16 Battalion A.I.F.
Killed in Action in Syria
6th July 1941, Aged 20 years
Private Tom Oversby British Army Northumberland Fusiliers, Service #64630
Thomas Edward Oversby Australian Imperial Force, Service #21930
Private Victor Oversby British Army Labour Corps, Service #415391
Private Vincent Oversby British Army East Yorkshire Regiment, Service #51980
Private Walter Oversby British Army Labour Corps, Service #111239
Gunner William Oversby British Army Royal Field Artillery, Service #676720
Private William Oversby British Army Corps of Hussars, Service #270986
Private William Oversby British Army Northumberland Fusiliers, Service #40214
Private William Oversby British Army Labour Corps, Service #596865
William Haygarth Oversby Merchant Navy
Private J Pollock London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles) 15th Bn. Service Number 535295.. . Died 01/04/1917 Croxdale (St. Bartholomew) churchyard.
Private Rainforth Pooley Royal Army Medical Corps 136th Field Ambulance 40th Division Service No: 11567 Died 28 Apr 1917. . . Fins New British Cemetery, Sorel-Le-Grand IV. J. 8.
Captain Richard Oversby Powell Royal Horse Artillery & Royal Field Artillery, 33 Brigade. No. 35322, Died 16 Jul 1916 Buried Laventie, La Gorgue. II C.2.
Sergeant (Nav.)Thomas William Varey (1116187) 9 Sqdn Bomber Command
. Died 11 Apr 1944 France Nantes (Pont-Du-Cens) Communal
Frederick William Wilson Died 2 Oct 1942 H.M.S. Curacoa, North Atlantic)
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