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Originally Posted by steve2qec

Thomas was born in Blackburn according to the census. Does appearing on the ROH mean he died in the war? Because this Thomas survived.
This is the story I've managed to uncover so far: John Shearon b. 1857 in Ireland and lived in Blackburn had 4 sons; John, William, Thomas and James. John and William were both killed in the war (John, you know about as he's on the Oakhill memorial and you sent me his obituary. William was Sgt in the ELR and is mentioned in the Rishton ROH but apparently not on the memorial because he enlisted in Blackburn, although I can't find any mention of him on th Blackburn ROH) Thomas is 18 in 1911 and a private in the East Lancs and James you also know about (my father-in-law remembers James telling him he was a stretcher-bearer) I'll do a bit more digging regarding Thomas and let you know if I turn anything up. Thanks again for your info, Steve

A Roll of Honour is just a list of names, some places have two, a R-O-H., and a Roll of Glory, that one is a list of those who died, enlisting in Blackburn has no bearing on his eligibility to be on a memorial. Blackburn was one of the main recruiting stations, 1000's of men enlisted in places nowhere near their main residence, several came from abroad, Canada & America to enlist in the British Army, those that survived were granted free passage back to their homes after the war.
Of all the war memorials in Hyndburn, which in WW1 was known as Greater Accrington, there are 158 names missing, including 10 names from Rishton.
On Accrington's Memorial there are 11 double entries, 13 errors in spelling, and the names of 83 men who should qualify are missing.
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