Edward McPartlin

Age 20        Single

Private 12741
10^th Bn., The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

Killed in action on
Wednesday 11^th April 1917

dward was born and raised in Chorley, residing at 20 Standish Street.  Upon leaving the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic School at the age of 14, he began employment at the Common Bank Bleachworks, Chorley.

At the age of sixteen he moved to Sabden and took lodgings in Whalley Road.  He had secured a post in Messrs Stuttard and Sons Victoria Mill.

At the outbreak of the war Edward enlisted in the Loyal North Lancs serving in France up until his death, when he was killed in action.

Edward's body was never recovered and he is remembered on the Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

 In Sabden he has not been remembered on either the School or Church Plaques.