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Private William Harold Fyles 46820
The Cheshire Regiment
Later transferred to 38514 Labour Corps. Lived at
number two Coach Road, Barrow Nook, Bickerstaffe, until the death of his parents
William and Ruth Fyles. He then moved next door at the age of sixteen, to live
with the Shaw family.
William Harold worked at Rainford Colliery in the
lamp shop, until he volunteered and was drafted into the Cheshire Regiment.
Whilst serving on the Western Front he was gassed
and shell-shocked and returned to Whittingham Hospital, North of Preston where
he survived until 1921. He died on the 19th of April, at the age of
23.
He is interred in Bickerstaffe Church Yard. Grave
S 5 N 8
