The Hapton War Memorial 1914 - 1918.

The following names appear on the memorial: -

WILLIAM BILLINGTON, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY.

JOHN THOMAS BLADES, EAST LANCASHIRE REGIMENT.

CHARLES BRADBURN, EAST LANCASHIRE REGIMENT.

JAMES BRADBURN, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY.

GEORGE HUNTER BRIGHT, ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS.

WILLIAM EDWARD CHILDS, CHESHIRE REGIMENT.

NORMAN CLAYTON, ROYAL BERKSHIRE REGIMENT.

ROWLAND CLAYTON, ROYAL FUSILIERS (LONDON REGIMENT).

T. W. COLE, CHESHIRE REGIMENT.

HENRY COULTHURST, KING'S OWN (ROYAL LANCASTER) REGIMENT.

ROBIN DICKENSON, EAST LANCASHIRE REGIMENT.

JAMES DURKIN, EAST LANCASHIRE REGIMENT.

JONATHON FLOYD, EAST LANCASHIRE REGIMENT.

HAROLD GREGSON, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY.

JAMES HARRISON, ROYAL AIR FORCE.

JAMES WILLIAM HODGSON, BORDER REGIMENT.

REGINALD HARGEAVES HOLLIS, SOUTH LANCASHIRE REGIMENT.

ABRAHAM HOOK, EAST LANCASHIRE REGIMENT.

GEORGE HUDSON, KING'S OWN (ROYAL LANCASTER) REGIMENT.

JAMES HUDSON, KING'S OWN (ROYAL LANCASTER) REGIMENT.

JAMES KELLY, LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS.

HARRY KERRIDGE, SHROPSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY.

THOMAS HOWARTH LAKELAND, EAST LANCASHIRE REGIMENT.

FREDERICK LANGHAM, UNITED STATES ARMY.

RICHARD LANGHAM, EAST LANCASHIRE REGIMENT.

EDWARD LATHOM, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY.

JOHN JAMES LAWLESS, WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT.

JOHN LEWIS, EAST LANCASHIRE REGIMENT.

ALBERT LOCKWOOD, EAST LANCASHIRE REGIMENT.

ROBERT LOCKWOOD, LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS.

SYDNEY COOKSON LOXHAM, LOYAL (NORTH LANCASHIRE) REGT.

DEREK CECIL MASON, SOUTH WALES BORDERERS.

JOHN WILLIAM MILLER, ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY.

HENRY MULDOON, WELCH REGIMENT.

ANTHONY NEARY, ROYAL DUBLIN FUSILIERS.

FRANCIS EDWARD NUTTER, NOTT'S AND DERBY REGIMENT.

HAROLD PARKINSON, NEW ZEALAND RIFLE BRIGADE.

RICHARD PATE, LOYAL (NORTH LANCASHIRE) REGIMENT.

HAROLD PILKINGTON, EAST LANCASHIRE REGIMENT.

HENRY JAMES PITCHER, ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY.

JOHN WILLIAM PRENDERGAST, EAST LANCASHIRE REGIMENT.

THOMAS SHAKESHAFT, SOUTH WALES BORDERERS.

ARTHUR SIMPSON, LOYAL (NORTH LANCASHIRE) REGIMENT.

WILLIAM STEPHENSON, ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS.

JAMES TODD, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY.

HENRY CHARLES TWOSE, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY.

GEORGE WALSH, NORFOLK REGIMENT.

FRANK WARD, EAST SURREY REGIMENT.

WILLIAM WARD, MM, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY.

EDWARD WHITTAKER, KING'S (LIVERPOOL) REGIMENT.

CECIL C WILDMAN, EAST LANCASHIRE REGIMENT.

THOMAS HERBERT WINGHAM, KING'S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS.

The following Hapton men are known to have lost their lives but do not appear on the memorial: -

RICHARD CRAGG, LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS.

FRANK CUNLIFFE, TANK CORPS.

THOMAS HEWITSON, KING'S OWN (ROYAL LANCASTER) REGIMENT.

JOHN WILLIAM HIRST, ROYAL HIGHLANDERS (BLACK WATCH).

FREDERICK HOLLAND, ROYAL FUSILIERS (LONDON REGIMENT).

BERTIE EUSTON HUTCHINSON, OX'S AND BUCK'S LIGHT INFANTRY.

THOMAS LEE, BORDER REGIMENT.

STEPHEN ROBERT WATSON, ARMY SERVICE CORPS.

JOHN WESTALL, ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY.

The WW2 names on the memorial are to be found by clicking HERE

Hapton is a small village some 3 miles West of Burnley and a similar distance East of Accrington, Lancashire.

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Site launched 19th October 2003.

Latest update 11 July 2010.