The bodies of two World War One Wigan borough heroes killed in action have finally been found and identified.
On March 31 1916, Pte Atherton enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force with the 63rd Canadian Infantry Battalion in Edmonton, Alberta.
On August 15 1917, he fought with the battalion during the first day of the Battle of Hill 70 in which claimed 429 casualties, 71 with no known graves. Harry was declared to have been killed in action that day. The CAF has notified descendants and is providing them with support. He will be buried at the earliest opportunity in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Loos British Cemetery, Loos-en-Gohelle, France.Pte Parry from Tyldesley, was in the King’s Own Scottish Borderers regiment and was just 19 when killed in the Belgian trenches.
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