9th Battalion of the Manchester Regiment
(Ashton Territorials or Ashton Pals)
Men from Denton who served with the 9th Battalion
Documented in 1919
This roll of Denton men who served with the 9th Battalion of the Manchester Regiment (Ashton Pals) during the Great War is based on the Roll of Honour compiled by Denton Urban District Council in 1919. In that year council enumerators toured the district collecting as many names as possible of those who served. Although the list is incomplete, every effort has been made to ensure that the information is as accurate as possible but it cannot be guaranteed that it is so in every instance.
During the Great War each battalion could actually consist of up to three discrete battalions and in order to avoid confusion these were numbered, for example, the 1/9th, 2/9th and 3/9th. In principle the 2/9th and 3/9th were assigned as reserves for the 1/9th. However, casualty records show that the 2/9th battalion, and sometimes the 3/9th battalion, was deployed on the front line whenever a demand arose. Often, these were not identified in official records, so none are shown in this roll.
Abbreviations:
Private, Pte; Acting Lance Corporal, A/L/Cpl; Lance Corporal, L/Cpl; Corporal, Cpl; Acting Serjeant, A/Sjt; Serjeant, Sjt.
| Name | Rank | Service No. |
Died/ Demobilised/ Discharged |
Residence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADSHEAD Arthur MM | Pte | 1644 then 350336 | Demobilised | Manchester Rd |
| ADSHEAD George Willie | Pte | 4796 then 352289 attd 12th Bn, The King's (Liverpool Regt) |
3 September 1916 | Catherine St |
| ADSHEAD William | Pte | 1863 | 15 August 1915 | Manchester Rd |
| ANDREWS John William | Pte | 1314 | 29 August 1915 | Frederick St |
| ARTINGSTALL Arthur James | Pte | 351468 | Discharged | Tib St |
| ARTINGSTALL William Gardner | Pte | 3303 then 351467 | 9 October 1917 | Bowden St |
| BANCROFT Charles Ernest | Pte | 352684 then 604664 in Labour Corps |
Demobilised | Booth St |
| BIRKBY Edward Eric | Pte | 352457 | 9 October 1917 | Manchester Rd |
| BOON Fred | Pte | 1459 | Demobilised | Milton St |
| BOOTH Clarence | Pte | 3340 | 8 December 1915 | Pearl St |
| BOOTH John | Pte | 351764 | Demobilised | Lyndhurst Ave |
| BOSWELL George | Pte | 1566 | Discharged | Stockport Rd |
| BRADBURN Anthony | Pte | 4441 | 9 September 1916 | Market St |
| BRADY John William | Pte | 1457 | 9 July 1915 | Born in Denton in 1883 |
| BRIERLEY John William | Pte | 2222 then 62433 in Machine Gun Corps |
Demobilised | Nield St |
| BROTHERTON Harold | Pte | 352473 then 378593 in Labour Corps |
Discharged | Ashton Rd |
| COLLINS John | Pte | 3421 then 277727 in Durham Light Infantry |
Demobilised | Palatine St |
| COOKE John Wright | Pte | 1462 then 350228 | 23 March 1918 | Ashton Rd |
| COWPERTHWAITE Richard | Pte | 352246 then 87873 in Royal Defence Corps |
Demobilised | Wilton St |
| DALEY William Joseph MM & Bar |
Sjt | 4611 then 303461 in 7th Bn, Manchester Regt |
21 October 1918 | Haughton Hall |
| DAVENPORT Charles | Pte | 352122 | 9 October 1917 | Manchester Rd |
| DICKIN Frank | Pte | 352142 | Discharged | Holland St |
| DUNKERLEY John | Pte | 3365 then 351511 | Demobilised | Bowden St |
| EARNSHAW James | L/Cpl | 1000 | 9 June 1915 | Mount Pleasant Rd |
| EASTWOOD John | Pte | 1664 then 238341 in Herefordshire Regt |
Demobilised | Ashton Rd |
| EVANS Thomas Lewis | Pte | 1384 | 7 June 1915 | Highfield St |
| FELL Frank | A/Cpl | 2771 then 141754 in Machine Gun Corps |
Demobilised | Royle St |
| FELL Herbert | Pte | 350912 then 235723 in East Lancashire Regt |
Demobilised | Royle St |
| FIDLER Samuel | Pte | 350833 | Discharged | Stockport Rd |
| FIELDING Arthur | Pte | 353010 | Demobilised | Elizabeth St |
| GALLIMORE John Henry | Pte | 352347 | Discharged | Seymour St |
| GRICE Wilfred Boden | Pte | 352178 later served in 18th Bn, Manchester Regt |
23 April 1917 | Manchester Rd |
| GRIMSHAW Robert | Sjt | 1202 then 350105 | Demobilised | Fern Bank St |
| HAGERTY Richard Henry (aka HAGERLY) |
Sjt | 350808 | Discharged | Ashton Rd |
| HARDY Walter | Pte | 2293 then 305713 | Discharged | Clare St |
| HARGREAVES Harold | L/Cpl | 1952 then 350505 | 17 March 1918 | Denton resident |
| HEGINBOTTOM John | Pte | 3483 | 27 April 1916 | Seymour St |
| HIRST Herbert | Pte | 352138 | Demobilised | Manchester Rd |
| HOWARTH Harry | Pte | 3173 then 351375 | Discharged | Moorside Ln |
| HULME James | Pte | 3169 | Discharged | Ashton Rd |
| HURLEY Vincent Patrick | Pte | 350770 | 9 October 1917 | Cricket St |
| JONES Henry | Cpl | 352470 | Discharged | Two Trees Ln |
| KELLY Edward | Pte | 1922 | 12 July 1915 | Water St |
| KNOWLES Fred | Pte | 4550 | Discharged | Catherine St |
| LATHAM Archibald DCM | Pte | 1697 then 350367 | Demobilised | Stockport Rd |
| LEE Mark | Pte | 4436 then 268438 in The King's (Liverpool Regt) then 366743 in Royal Engineers |
Demobilised | Gibraltar Ln |
| LOMAS David | Pte | 352692 then 585004 in Labour Corps |
Demobilised | Angel St |
| LOWE Tom | Pte | 2599 then 350949 | Demobilised | Heaton St |
| MARGERISON Edward | L/Cpl | 350900 | 28 November 1917 | Frederick St |
| MARLOR Charles Edward | Cpl | 2322 then 350735 in 6th Bn, Manchester Regt |
26 March 1918 | Ashton Rd |
| MARLOR Nathan | Pte | 10830 then 623821 in Labour Corps, (served in other Manchester Bns) |
Discharged | Booth St |
| MITCHESON William | Cpl | 1920 | 26 June 1915 | Born in Denton in 1884 |
| MOORES George William | Pte | 1422 then 201601 in Labour Corps |
Demobilised | James Court |
| MOSS Harold | Pte | 1628 then 350325 | Demobilised | Lyndhurst Ave |
| MOTTERSHEAD James Thomas | Pte | 1958 then 47347 | Discharged | Seymour St |
| NASH Albert | Pte | 351792 | Demobilised | Ashton Rd |
| PARKIN William | Pte | 39738 | Demobilised | Stockport Rd |
| PARKINS Alfred | A/L/Cpl | 497 then 203481 in Lancashire Fusiliers |
Discharged | Ashton Rd |
| RACKSTRAW Thomas | Pte | 1737 then 39650 in Machine Gun Corps |
Discharged | Ashton Rd |
| RADCLIFFE Thomas | Sjt | 1199 then 350103 & 3516726 |
Demobilised | Wilde St |
| RAMSDALE James William | Pte | 1313 | Discharged | High St |
| RAWSON William | Pte | 4547 then 352196 | 20 June 1917 | Enlisted in Denton |
| RICHARDSON Henry | Pte | 463 | Discharged | Grosvenor St |
| RIDGWAY Samuel | Pte | 352154 | 20 May 1917 | Hyde Rd |
| RILEY Arthur | Pte | 1766 then 350396 | Discharged | Belgrave St |
| ROWLAND William | A/Sjt | 1451 then 350221 | Demobilised | Manchester Rd |
| RUSSELL William Edward | Pte | 2833 then 351121 | Demobilised | Cross St |
| SEDDON George | Sjt | 22215 | Demobilised | Apsley Rd |
| SENIOR George | Pte | 352462 | Demobilised | Tib St |
| SKIRVIN Edward | Pte | 352238 | 9 May 1917 | West St |
| SMITH Whitham | Pte | 21071 | 30 May 1917 | Heaton St |
| STOPFORD Albert | Cpl | 351126 | 20 July 1917 | Moorside Ln (1901) |
| THICKETT Frank DCM | Sjt | 1969 then 350516 | 21 March 1918 | Thornleys Rd |
| THREADGOLD Harry | L/Cpl | 352143 | 9 October 1917 | Stockport Rd |
| VACHER Cyril Bertram | Pte | 75064 | Demobilised | Gibraltar Ln |
| WALKER Lewis | Pte | 4497 | 7 September 1916 | Beatrice St |
| WATSON Percy Lawrence | Pte | 1758 | 25 June 1915 | James Court |
| WHIPP Joseph | Pte | 1629 then 350326 | Demobilised | Pearl St |
| WILKINSON Reuben | Pte | 78453 | Demobilised | Hartford St |
| WILLIAMS James | Pte | 1201 then 350104 | Discharged | Kynder St |
| WINTERBOTTOM Irvine MM | A/L/Sjt | 30356 | Demobilised | Forshaw St |
| WOODRUFF Percy | A/Cpl | 1659 then 350346 | Demobilised | Tame St |
| WOOLFENDEN Edward | Pte | 8983 then 89171 in Royal Defence Corps |
Demobilised | High Bank |
