1st / 8th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers
Marseilles,
then Western Front

Died on 27/03/1918
Private Frederick Harridine
1/8th Lancashire Fusiliers.

Private Fred Harridine, of the Lancashire Fusiliers, was killed in action on March 27th, 1918. He resided at Radclyffe Street, Middleton, and was 32 years of age.
He enlisted at the outbreak of war and went to Egypt in September 1914, he was wounded on June 6th, 1915, during the Dardanelles campaign, and was sent to France in 1917. He left a widow and two children. The late soldier was formerly a card room jobber at the Irk Mill. He was connected with the Wesleyan Church, Middleton Junction, and was a member of the Clarion Cycle Club.

Private Harridine has no known grave, and his name is on the Arras Memorial, France.


Died 27/03/1918
Private Frederick Harridine
1/8th Lancashire Fusiliers.

Private Fred Harridine, of the Lancashire Fusiliers, was killed in action on March 27th, 1918. He resided at Radclyffe Street, Middleton, and was 32 years of age.
He enlisted at the outbreak of war and went to Egypt in September 1914, he was wounded on June 6th, 1915, during the Dardanelles campaign, and was sent to France in 1917. He left a widow and two children. The late soldier was formerly a card room jobber at the Irk Mill. He was connected with the Wesleyan Church, Middleton Junction, and was a member of the Clarion Cycle Club.

Private Harridine has no known grave, and his name is on the Arras Memorial, France.


Died on 06/06/1915
Private Thomas Emery
Lance Corporal Fred Tetlow
1/8th Lancashire Fusiliers

Another two Middleton lads died today at Gallipoli, rather than the 1/6th, these two were in the 1/8th, which was raised in Salford, most probably the 1/8th were undermanned and were transferred from the 1/6th.
It was still the Third Battle of Krithia, but where it was the 1/6th who attacked on the 4/5th June, it was the 1/8th turn to try and take the Turkish trenches.

Lance Corporal Fred Tetlow, of the 1/8th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, was killed in action at the Dardanelles, on June 6th, 1915. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Tetlow, Suffield Street, Middleton. This young soldier who was only 25 years of age, had been in the Territorials about six years. He was mobilised early in the war, at which time he was engaged at the Fire Station.

Another two Middleton men, who have no known grave, and are commemorated on the Helles Memorial.


"Pte Gawthorpe-one who did not come home"

 

Died 07/05/1915
Private Albert Revington
1/8th Lancashire Fusiliers

Private Albert Revington, aged 21, of 30, Yates Street, Rhodes, was killed whilst fighting in the Dardanelles on May 7th, 1915. This soldier enlisted on September 1st 1914.

Two other Revington's from Rhodes were killed in the war, Joseph and Fred. Fred who is Albert's brother and Joseph who's listed as living on Manchester Old Road.
In fact, only 5 Revington's were killed in the war, three were from Middleton, one from New Zealand, while another was from Ireland.

Albert has no known grave and his name is on the Helles Memorial in Turkey.