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M ARK C RONIN was born and reared on Dublin Hill in Blackpool. He gained a great love of history at the North Monastery School. A member of the Blackpool Historical Society and the Western Front Association, his other interests include literature, theatre, cinema and music. His grandfather, Gus Birmingham, was one of the Blackpool men who survived the First World War. (The author is donating his royalties to Cork Foyer).

C ORK F OYER in Blackpool provides safe and affordable accommodation, support and training under one roof for up to eighteen young adults aged 1825, who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.

To the soldiers and sailors from Blackpool who participated in the First World War

Contents

Maps

North Blackpool

Blackpool

1. Walshes Avenue

2. Thomas Davis Avenue

3. Bullens Alley

4. Slatterys Lane

5. Blackpool Bridge

6. St Nicholas Church

7. Maddens Buildings

8. Murphys Brewery

9. North Infirmary

10. Quarry Lanes

11. North Monastery & St Vincents Convent

12. Seminary Road

13. Narrow Lane

14. Farranferris College entrance

15. Hattons Alley

North Blackpool

16. Shandon Chemical Works (Harringtons)

17. Flax Factory and Millfield Cottages

18. Kilbarry Train Depot

19. Goulding Ltd

20. Spring Lane

21. Dublin Street

22. Dublin Hill

23. Bride River

24. Commons Road

25. Spangle Hill

The Western Front Lines

Gallipoli

Gallipoli (Y, X, W, V, S are the five beaches assigned for the Helles attack on 25 April 1915, conducted mainly by the 29 th Division of the British army, which included battalions of the Royal Munster and Dublin Fusiliers).

Dublin Hill

T IMOTHY OL EARY Private

No. 8059, 2 nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment

Son of Timothy and Kate OLeary of 16 Upper Dublin Hill

Killed in action on the Western Front, 19 October 1914, aged 32

Commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France

T HOMAS W ILLIAMS Company Sergeant Major

No. 553, 15 th Battalion Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force

Husband of Ellen Williams of 12 Lower Dublin Hill

Died of wounds en route to Egypt received during the Gallipoli Campaign, 12 August 1915, aged 37

Buried in Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt

Millfield Cottages and Kilbarry

J OHN D OUGLAS B ANKS Private

No. 10225, 2 nd Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers

Son of Mary Banks of Millfield Cottages, brother of Patrick who died at Aubers.

Killed in action on the Western Front, 4 October 1918, aged 23

Buried at Templeux-Le-Guerard British Cemetery, France

P ATRICK B ANKS Private

No. 6781, 2 nd Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers

Son of Mary Banks of Millfield Cottages, brother of John, who died at the Western Front.

Killed in action at the Battle of Aubers, 9 May 1915, aged 22

Commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France

J AMES G LEESON Private

No. 7321, 2 nd Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers

Son of James and Margaret Gleeson of 1 Millfield Cottages

Killed in action at the Battle of Aubers, 9 May 1915, aged 24

Commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France

W ILLIAM H IGGINS Sergeant

No. 2445, 2 nd Battalion Irish Guards

Son of John and Kate Higgins of Kilbarry

Killed in action during a raid on enemy trenches, 21 October 1915, aged 27

Buried in Vermelles British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France

D ENIS J ONES Private

No. 7633, 2 nd Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers

Son of Henry and Annie Jones of Millfield Cottages and brother to James Jones, Royal Munster Fusilier, who was killed in Gallipoli.

Killed in action on the Western Front, 4 November 1918, aged 24

Buried in Fontaine-au-Bois Communal Cemetery, France

J AMES J ONES Private

No. 1953, 7 th Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers

Son of Henry and Annie Jones of Millfield Cottages and brother to Denis Jones, Royal Munster Fusilier, killed on the Western Front.

Killed in action at Gallipoli, 9 August 1915, aged 21/22

Commemorated on Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey

M ICHAEL M cA ULIFFE Private

No. 9918, 1 st Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers

Son of Jeremiah and Kate McAuliffe of 4 Millfield Cottages

Killed in action at Gallipoli, 25 April 1915

Buried in V Beach Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey

Spring Lane and Ballyvolane Road

M ICHAEL H EGARTY Stoker 1 st Class

No. 299877, HMS Recruit, Royal Navy

Husband of Mary, of 16 Ballyvolane Road and son of John and Margaret Hegarty of Glenville, County Cork

Died at sea after his ship struck a mine, 9 August 1917, aged 36

Commemorated on Plymouth Naval Memorial, Plymouth, England

P ATRICK M URPHY Private

No. 3075, 5 th Battalion Connaught Rangers

Son of Ellen Murphy and resided at 45 Spring Lane

Died of wounds at Gallipoli, 23 August 1915, aged 39

Commemorated on Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey

D ENIS O'C ONNELL Private

No. 9318, Depot, Royal Munster Fusiliers, formerly, 1 st Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers

Son of Michael OConnell of Spring Lane and brother to Michael OConnell who died on the Western Front.

Died of illness in Ireland on 1 November 1916 after being wounded at Gallipoli

Buried in Rathcooney Cemetery, County Cork.

M ICHAEL O'C ONNELL Corporal

No. 2962, 2 nd Battalion Leinster Regiment

Son of Michael OConnell of Spring Lane and brother to Denis OConnell who died in Ireland after being wounded in Gallipoli

Killed by sniper fire while aiding fellow soldier to First Aid Station, 2 August 1915

Buried in New Irish Farm Cemetery, Ieper (Ypres), Belgium

R OBERT S PILLANE Private

No. 1335, 2 nd Battalion Royal Marines, Royal Naval Division

Son of John and Minnie Spillane of 85 Spring Lane

Killed in action at the Third Battle of Ypres, 26 October 1917, aged 22

Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium

Dublin Street

J EREMIAH P ATRICK B ALDWIN Private

No. TF292878, 3 rd /10 th Battalion Middlesex Regiment

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