Men of Ormskirk who fell at the Somme

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On the 98th anniversary of the opening of the Battle of the Somme on 1st July, 1916 we remember the men of Ormskirk and district who were amongst almost 20,000 men of the British army who died on that date, the worst day in the history of the British Army:
Isaac Allman, of Aughton (Liverpool Pals)
Clifford William Bales, of Alty's Lane, Ormskirk (Liverpool Pals)
James Campbell, born Ormskirk (Lancashire Fusiliers)
Francis Culgan, born Ormskirk (East Lancashire Regiment)
Edgar Hampson, (Lancashire Fusiliers)
James Hignett, of Ormskirk (Army Service Corps)
Edward Hopkins, born Ormskirk (Northumberland Fusiliers)
Harold Prestwood, born at Burscough (York & Lancaster Regiment)
Robert Rogers, of Ormskirk (King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment)
William Roughley, born Ormskirk (Lancashire Fusiliers)
Albert Rothwell Woods, of Ormskirk (Liverpool Pals)
"We will remember them"