The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 2,018 recorded WW1 deaths for the 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment.
CLARKE, H. Private, 7831. 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Lancashire Cottage Cemetery, Hainaut, Belgium. 02-11-1914, Husband of Mrs. S. Foley, (formerly Clarke) of Harris Street, Deane Road, Bolton, UK.
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CLARKE J. Private, 5452. 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Hamel Military Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel, Somme, France. 04-01-1916.
CULGAN, F. Private, 5646. 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Redan Ridge Cemetery No.2, Beaumont-Hamel, Somme, France. 01-07-1916.
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PEARSON, Richard. Private, 36772. 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Highland Cemetery, Roclincourt, Pas-de-Calais, France. 09-04-1917. Age 32. Son of Nanny Pearson of Pollard Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, UK. & the late Henry Pearson.
Stone Inscription :- "Until The Day Break And The Shadows Flee Away".
SCHOLES, G. Private, 6517. 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Lancashire Cottage Cemetery, Hainaut, Belgium. 03-11-1914. Son of Mr. J. Scholes of Artillery Street, Blackburn, Lancashire UK.
TAYLOR, W. Private, 5886. 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Talana Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. 07-07-1915. Age 27. Son of William & Sarah Taylor of Rising Bridge Road, Baxenden, Accrington, Lancashire, UK.
Stone Inscription :- "Memory Clings With Many A Silent Thought".
THOMAS, H.W.M. Captain. 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Munich Trench British Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel, Somme, France. 01-07-1916. Age 24. Son of M. & Elena Thomas of Wolseley Road, Crouch End, London, UK.
Stone Inscription :- "He Was But Words Fail To Say What Think What A Good Son Should Be, And He was That".
TURNER, R. Lance Corporal, 6571. 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Hamel Military Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel, Somme, France. 04-01-1916.