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Oldham Local Studies and Archives has a number of sources of information on soldiers who lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars. We also have some information on volunteers from Oldham who died in the Spanish Civil War.
These resources are listed below, including the location within the collection for books.
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| Mitchinson, K W Amateur Soldiers: A History of Oldham’s Volunteers & Territorials, 1859 - 1938 Jade, 1999 (Lists men of the 10th Manchesters who were killed in action, died of wounds or disease) |
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| Mitchinson, K W Saddleworth 1914 - 1918: The experience of a Pennine Community during the Great War Saddleworth Historical Society, 1995 (pp178 - 237 biographies & photographs of men named on the memorial on Pots & Pans, Saddleworth) |
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| Mitchinson, K W & McInnes, Ian Cotton Town Comrades: The story of the Oldham Pals Battalion 1914 - 1918 Bayonet, 1993 (pp183-290 biographies of Comrades) |
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| Oldham War Roll of Honour (Portraits of Soldiers & Sailors of the Oldham District from the Oldham Chronicle) |
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| Our Local Heroes: Portraits of Soldiers and Sailors of the Oldham
District Oldham Chronicle Supplement January 1915 - December 1916 |
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| Pendlebury, Mary Our Local Heroes: Portraits of Soldiers and Sailors of the Oldham Distict. A name index to the 14 supplements published by the Oldham Chronicle in 1915 and 1916 |
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| Rogers, DC Waterhead War Memorial (Lists names on the Roll of Honour in Waterhead Parish Church) |
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| Rogers, DC Waterhead War Memorial Part Two. Includes the Roll of Honour of those who died in the Great War (Lists Roll of Honour Waterhead and District with biographical information) |
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| Soldiers Died in The Great War 1914 - 1918 Part 59. The Manchester Regiment Hayward, 1989 (Lists soldiers killed, place of birth and date of death) |
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| Thomas, Freda Crompton War Memorial: Names of the Fallen World War One (Lists names on Crompton War Memorial) |
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| Wilde, Herbert (Editor) The Oldham Battalion of Comrades (24th Battalion Manchester Regiment) Book of Honour. Sherratt & Hughes, 1920 (Honours awarded, photographs of each Platoon & Rolls of Honour of some Companies in Oldham) |
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| The National Roll of the Great War 1914-1918 : section X1 Manchester | LRF |
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| Campbell, Capt. G. L. The Twenty-four Battalions of the Manchester Regiment 1915 (List of Honours & Casualties of the War 1914 - 15) |
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| Campbell, Capt. G. L. The Manchesters 1916 (List of Oldham Soldiers) |
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| Crompton Urban District Council Unveiling & Dedication of Crompton War Memorial April 1923 (Names of Fallen from Crompton/Shaw) |
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| Failsworth War Memorial: Unveiling of the Cenotaph 1923 (Roll of Honour of Failsworth Men) |
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| Imperial War Graves Commission War Graves of the British Empire: register of names of those who fell in the Great War and are buried in Cemeteries & Churchyards in S.E. Lancashire 1930 |
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| Oldham Chronicle 28th June 1915 Dardenelles Death Roll: Losses in the Oldham Battalion |
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| Oldham Chronicle January 1915 - December 1916 Our Gallant Heroes: Portraits of Soldiers and Sailors of the Oldham District who have been killed and those who have gained distinction on the battlefield |
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| Oldham Corporation Tramways ‘Welcome Home’ to our returned ex-servicemen. Christmas Day 1919 (Roll of Honour 1914 - 19) |
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| On the Heights of Pots and Pans: Unveiling of Saddleworth War Memorial by Viscount Lascelles (Lists names on Pots and Pans War Memorial) |
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| Royton War Memorial: Description of Memorial and Names of Fallen in Varley’s Royton Annual 1923 |
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| Trinity Wesleyan Church and Sunday School ‘In Remembrance’ (List of soldiers killed and those who served) |
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| Unveiling Ceremony by Viscount Lascelles Saddleworth War Memorial. October 1923 (Lists names on Pots & Pans) |
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| Unveiling Ceremony at St. Chad’s, Uppermill, October 1921 (Lists men of Saddleworth who gave their lives in the Great War 1914 - 19) |
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| Varley’s Royton Annual 1916-1919 Roll of Honour of Royton men 1915-1918 and photographs of Soldiers killed in World War I (Lists soldiers killed, home address and age) |
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| ARCHIVES | |
| Oldham Pals 24th Battalion Manchester Regiment | D - M2 |
| CD-ROM | |
| Soldiers Died in the Great War : a complete and searchable
digital database The Naval and Military Press Ltd, 1998 |
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| NEWSPAPERS | |
| Oldham Chronicle | |
| Oldham Standard | |
| OTHER SOURCES | |
| Commonwealth War Graves Commission 2 Marlow Road Maidenhead Berkshire SL6 7DX Website address: www.cwgc.org (Records of all graves of Commonwealth Servicemen anywhere in the world) |
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| Tameside Local Studies & Archives Centre Central Library Old Street Ashton Under Lyne OL6 75G |
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| Records of the Manchester Regiment see :-Tameside Local Studies Library Archive Collection Guide No. 10 Records of the Manchester Regiment |
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| BOOKS | |
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| Failsworth Historical Society and Failsworth Memories of War and Peace 1995. (Includes names of the men and women of Failsworth who gave their lives in the Great War 1939-1945). |
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| First Battalion: The Manchester Regiment Malaya, Thailand, Burma, 1939-1945. Reprinted from The Manchester Regiment Gazette (Roll of Honour of soldiers killed in action or died of wounds). |
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| Oldham County Borough: Roll of Honour 1939-1945. (Transcript of the Book of Remembrance located inside the War Memorial in front of Oldham Parish Church). |
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| Oldham County Borough: Roll of Honour 1939-1945. Surname Index. R. Moses, 1995. (Surname Index to Roll of Honour). |
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| Roll of Honour Land Forces World War 2 (Vol. 2) J. Devereux and G. Sacker, 2000 |
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| PAMPHLETS | |
| Primitive Methodist Sunday School, Waterhead. Roll of Honour. (Printed list of soldiers of the Parish who died in World War II). |
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| CD-ROM | |
| Army Roll of Honour - World War II - Soldiers Died in the Second
World War 1939-45 The complete Roll preserved in the Public Record Office under reference WO304. Software allows searching of every element in each record. |
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| OTHER SOURCES | |
| Commonwealth War Graves Commission 2 Marlow Road Maidenhead Berks SL6 7DX Website address: http://www.cwgc.org/ (Database of the graves of the members of the Commonwealth who were killed in the two World Wars). |
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| Roll of Honour (Class WO 304) for the War of 1939-1945 is held
at the :- Public Record Office Ruskin Avenue Kew Richmond Surrey TW9 4DU (Lists Army servicemen and women who died, giving details of rank, regiment, place of birth & domicile). |
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| BOOKS | |
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| Crompton, Harry The Oldham Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War: A short history Unpublished dissertation. 1987 (Includes Oldham Volunteers Roll of Honour) |
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| Greater Manchester Men Who Fought in Spain: Collection of Essays by local writers 1983 (Includes list of Oldham men killed in Spain and and an account of the War) |
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| PAMPHLETS | |
| Kenneth Bradbury - Oldham Volunteer in the International Brigade Killed in defence of Teruel, 20 January 1938 Oldham Dependants’ Aid Committee (Biographical account) |
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| Joe Lees - Oldham Volunteer in the International Brigade Killed in action at Brunette, 18 July 1937 Oldham Dependants’ Aid Committee (Biographical account) |
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| Oldham Libraries, Art Galleries, and Museums Oldham Men Who Fought in Spain 1936-1938 Oldham Local Interest Centre, 1986 (Booklet to mark 50th anniversary of the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. Accounts of the ten men from Oldham who volunteered) |
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| Spanish Civil War: Newscuttings from the Oldham Chronicle (Memories of former members of the International Brigade and list of names of the six men from Oldham who died) |
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