Remembrance Day 2018: A lasting tribute to Blackpool's heroes of the Great War

Below is a list of 913 names, featured on Blackpool’s war memorial, of soldiers who died during the First World War.

It gives us some idea of the scale of that sacrifice – but of course the conflict’s death toll across the Fylde coast is even higher.

And, in truth, its full extent may never be known.

The total number of people from the Fylde coast who laid down their lives between 1914 and 1918 is difficult to calculate.

Names are scattered across multiple monuments, bringing the total across the Blackpool area to more than 1,000.

Across Lancashire, according to the Imperial War Museum’s database, the number of names on monuments is close to 25,000 – for the First World War alone.

But some casualties were never identified – like the unknown soldier from the Lancashire Fusiliers buried near Ypres, Belgium, last week – while others may be honoured on memorials elsewhere.

But regardless, it is clear from the names we do have that the Fylde coast, like many areas, paid a high price for this war.

But thanks to these memorials – and the painstaking work to trace those who lost their lives – that sacrifice will not be forgotten.

A list of names on Blackpool War Memorial of those who died in the First World War

ADCOCK Stephen

ADDISON Ernest

AINSWORTH J E

ALLDAY B

ALLEN James Matthew

ALLEN Percy

ALLEN Robert

AMBLER Edmund

AMBLER George Howard

ANDERSON Alban

ANDERSON Thomas Colin

ANDERSON W

ANDREW George

ANDREW Robert

ANDREWS Thomas [Williiam]

ANNAND George H

ARCHER E A

ARMITAGE Brooke

ARMITSTEAD Thomas Clifford

ARMITT George

ARMITT John

ARNOLD A

ARROWSMITH J F

ARTON N

ASHBRIDGE Arthur [Samuel]

ASHBRIDGE Thomas

ASHCROFT Joseph H

ASHFORTH C W Douglas

ASHTON Ethelbert Sumner

ASHTON T

ASHWORTH F

ASHWORTH Herbert

ASPINALL Francis Clifford aka Frank

ASPINALL William Samuel

ATKINSON James

ATKINSON Joseph H

ATKINSON Richard

ATKINSON William Peter

AUDSLEY Jack

AUSTIN Henry Arthur

BAGOT Thomas

BAILEY Ernest

BALDERSTONE Henry Hargreave

BALL Jack

BAMBER, MM Frederick William

BAMBER Robert

BANCROFT W H

BARKER James

BARLOW James [Mark]

BARLOW Sidney John

BARNES Alfred

BARNES Harry

BARNES Will

BARRACLOUGH Harwood

BARRETT Frederick

BARRETT G E

BARROW Ernest

BARROW John

BARROW Ralph

BARROW W

BARTON John

BARTON John Willie

BATES Donald

BATES Norman

BAYLIS A E

BEAUMONT George

BEAUMONT Harold

BELL Charles

BELL William Ewart

BELL William

BELLARBY H

BENNETT James Arthur

BENNETT R E

BENNETT William

BENSON Jack William Seymour

BENTLEY Charles

BENTLEY Frederick H

BENTLEY Oscar

BERNHARDT A

BERRIE C

BEST Robert James

BEZLEY R

BIBBY William

BICKERSTAFFE J E

BIDEN L

BILTCLIFFE P

BINNS Thomas

BIRCHALL Harry

BISHOP Arnold

BLACKHURST C

BLACOW Richard

BLANE S T

BLAYLOCK William

BLEZARD Thomas

BLUNDELL Alfred Gresham

BOARDMAN Harry

BOARDMAN John

BOARDMAN Richard

BODEN L

BOLTON Joseph Henry

BONE Samuel

BOOTHROYD William

BOTTOMLEY B

BOTTOMLEY Edgar

BOWDEN Herbert

BOWMAN Leonard James

BOYER Herbert

BOYLE George

BRADLEY Edward Thomas

BRADLEY R

BRADLEY W

BRAITHWAITE John

BRAMWELL J P

BRIGGS Ambrose S

BRIGGS Vincent Joseph

BROADLEY William

BROOKE William

BROOKES John Robert

BROOKMAN Charles Henry

BROUGH J

BROUGHTON J B

BROWN Alfred Heaton

BUCKLEY E

BUCKLEY Louis

BULLOCK, MC Walter John

BURNS William

BURY C

BUTCHER H

BUTCHER John

BUTLER E

BUTLER John

BUTLER S

BUTTERWORTH David V

BUTTERWORTH Howard

BYWATER G

CALLAGHAN Joseph

CALLOW F Edward

CALVERT Harold Bailey

CALVERT James Noel

CALVERT Richard

CAMERON John Gordon

CAMPBELL Thomas Alfred

CAPSTICK Walter

CARDWELL Albert Stafford aka John Stafford

CARDWELL Cornelius

CARDWELL Edward Wallace

CARDWELL Fred

CARDWELL Frederick John

CARDWELL H

CARDWELL John William

CARDWELL Tom

CARDWELL William

CARDWELL William Henry

CARNEY Thomas

CARR Robert

CARTER John

CARTMELL G

CARTMELL James

CARTMELL John

CARTMELL Joseph

CARTMELL Robert

CARTMELL T

CARTMELL T

CARTWRIGHT Joseph Harry

CAVENEY John

CAVENEY William

CHADWICK Thomas Louis

CHEETHAM William

CLARK Duncan James Sidney

CLARK George Frederic

CLARKSON Albert

CLARKSON Robert E

CLEARER J R D

CLEGG John Herbert Birtwistle

CLEGHORN John

CLEMENTS Joseph William

CLINCH John Loton

CLITHEROE John James

CLITHEROE James Norman

CLOUGH Mary

CLOW Arthur

COLES Alfred Henry

COLSTON, MiD John Percy

COLSTON Norman

COMOR M

CONNOR M

CONWAY T

COOKSON Frank

COOKSON John

COOPER A R

COOPER James

COOPER, MiD John Albert

CORBET E

CORNALL, MM Harry

COTTAM Lawrence Alfred

COULSTON Leonard aka Len

COULTON John William

COULTON Thomas

COUPE A

COURTMAN James

COWELL E G

COWPER Harry Pearson

COWPERTHWAITE Hugh C

COX Frank Edwin

COX, MM Harold

COX William J

CRABTREE John Morgan

CRAGG Fred

CRAIG Harry

CRAIG William Frederick

CRANE Arthur Rye

CRANE John

CRAWSHAW C

CRAWSHAW Robert

CROASDALE Henry [Hargreaves]

CROFT George

CROOKALL Jack

CROMPTON Harold

CROMPTON Thomas

CROMPTON W V

CROSLAND N F

CROSS Arthur Moulter

CROSS James

CROSS J

CROSSLEY Claude Edward

CROWTHER James

CRYER James Arthur

CUMMINS James

CURWEN James Richard

CURWEN Robert

DAGGER Thomas

DAGNALL O

DAKIN John

DALEY E

DANN Philip Whitley

DAVIDSON Cyril

DAVIES Alan Cunliffe

DAWSON William

DEANE Joseph Henry Freeman

DENNEY J

DENNEY J R

DENNISON Ernest William

DEWHIRST John [Purcell Bristowe Helouan]

DEWHURST Ernest

DEWHURST Joseph

DEWHURST J

DEWHURST James Joseph

DEWHURST Preston Fletcher

DICKIE Herbert

DIXON John Alfred

DIXON S

DOCHARD Alfred Archibald

DODD Stanley

DOLMAN, MiD Harold Edward

DONALD Josiah Alfred

DONOGHUE James

DORAN William Henry

DOUGLAS Frederick

DOUGLAS Harry

DOUGLAS William [Fairlamb]

DOYLE Stanley V

DREW Albert E E

DRURY Alfred Aloysius

DUCKWORTH Harry

DUCKWORTH Joseph

DUGDALE, DCM, MM James

DUNN Daniel

EASTHAM Bert

EASTHAM C V

EASTWOOD Frederick

EASTWOOD James

EASTWOOD Sam

EASTWOOD Will

EAVES Edward

EAVES George

EAVES John

ECCLES Frank

ECCLES Victor

EDMONDSON A

EDMUNDSON William David

EDWARDS David George

ELLIOT Harry Vincent

ELLIS George

ELSTON P

EMBY Charles Henry

ENGLISH George William

ENTWISTLE John

EVANS John Henry

EVANS J W

EVANS Maden

EVERETT George Francis

FAGEN Thomas

FAIRCLOUGH William Whittaker

FAIRHURST Jack Dixon

FARNWORTH Ben

FARRAND Hubert Percival

FAWCETT Fred

FEARNLEY G

FECITT George Hardman

FENTON James

FIDLER Harry

FIELDEN Richard Watson

FIELDHOUSE William Edwin

FIELDING Joseph Henry

FIRTH Joseph Oliver

FISH Edwin

FISH Harold

FISHER Charles

FISHER James

FISHER William

FISKE William

FLANAGHAN Francis

FLETCHER Charles Edward

FLETCHER Ernest [Norris]

FLETCHER Edward Corston

FLOOD James

FLOYD Granville

FOLDS William Robert

FORBES Graham

FORD Thomas

FORSHAW Benjamin

FOTHERGILL C H

FOTHERGILL Frederick Cyril

FOTHERGILL George Edward

FOWLER H

FOX George Ruthven

FOX Horace

FOX W

FRIEND Harry

FRITH John