Main CPGW Record
Surname: HAWORTH
Forename(s): Gilbert
Place of Birth: Blackburn, Lancashire
Service No: 202894
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Lancashire Fusiliers
Battalion / Unit: 1/5th Battalion
Division: 42nd (East Lancashire) Division
Age: 25
Date of Death: 1917-10-15
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: IV. G. 11.
CWGC Cemetery: COXYDE MILITARY CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Gilbert Haworth was the son of John and Frances Ellen Haworth, née Riding and brother of L/Corporal Harry Haworth (266206) (q.v.). Both parents were born at Blackburn, Lancashire.
1901 Blackburn, Lancashire Census: 107, Hancock Street - Gilbert Haworth, aged 8 years, born Blackburn, son of John and Frances E. Haworth.
1911 Bury, Lancashire Census: Wellington Barracks, 3rd Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers - Pte Gilbert Haworth, aged 18 years, born Blackburn, Lancashire.
The British Army Service Record for Gilbert Haworth (10972) exists but may be incomplete.
Gilbert deserted from the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) in January 1915, but he was arrested and awarded 21 days’ detention by his C.O. On the 20 July 1915 he deserted again and joined the Lancashire Fusiliers as Private John Mather, 202894.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte John Mather, 202894, Lan. Fus.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte John Mather, 202894, 1/5th Lancs Fus.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte John Mather alias Gilbert Haworth, 202894, 5th Bn Lancas. Fus. Date and Place of Death: 15.10.17. In action. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - John Haworth. £16 15s. 2d.
A short biography of Gilbert is included in: ‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
HOWARTH, Gilbert, aged 25 years, Lancashire Fusiliers, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Howarth, 19, Clifford Street, [Barnoldswick], killed in action Oct. 15, 1917.
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Private Gilbert HAWORTH
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Lancashire Fusiliers
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 42nd (East Lancashire) Division
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