INDENT Second Lieutenant Edward R. Coar, of Burnley joined the 7th Liverpools at the outbreak of war and was drafted to France 7 March, 1915. A Lance Corporal Lewis Gun Instructor, he was present at Festubert, Loos, the Somme and Arras; was gazetted to the East Lancashire Regiment July, 1917 and was appointed Lewis Gun Officer and later Inspector of Transport. He died of wounds 8 January, 1918

3416 Private William Chew, of Blackpool, Lancashire was killed in action at Suvla, Gallipoli 9 August 1915 (incorrectly shown in Soldiers Died as Egypt.) On the 8th and 9th August, 126th Brigade (which included the 1/4th East Lancs.) relieved the 125 Brigade and continued the struggle - a trench held by men of the 126th Brigade was fiercely attacked by enemy bombers (42nd Divisional History refers)