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'THE GREAT WAR', 'THE WAR TO END WAR', 'WORLD WAR 1'
'What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
- Only the monstrous anger of the guns.'
from 'Anthem for Doomed Youth'
by Wilfred Owen
31st MAY - 1st JUNE 1916
THE NAVAL SEA BATTLE
OF JUTLAND
Local Casualties on HMS Defence
![First Class Stoker, George Giblin](photos/giblin-george.jpg)
First Class Stoker, George Giblin
of 11 Myrtle Street, Oldham
He was a single man of 24
and before joining the navy in 1913
was a piecer at Castle Mill, Hathershaw.
CWGC
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![Ordinary Seaman, Henry Kershaw](photos/kershaw-henry.jpg)
Ordinary Seaman, Henry Kershaw
of 19 Freeman Street
He was 22 years of age and before enlisting
worked in the ring room at the Lamb Mill.
He was a single man and had been in the navy
since 1 April 1916
CWGC
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![Stoker, Stephen Edward Ackroyd](photos/ackroyd=stephen-edward.jpg)
Stoker, Stephen Edward Ackroyd
of 181 Glodwick Road, Oldham
He was only married three weeks before his death
when home on a short leave.
He joined the navy in 1910, before which he
worked as a piecer at the Acorn Mill, Lees.
CWGC
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![Seaman, James E Metcalfe](photos/metcalfe-e.jpg)
Seaman, James E Metcalfe
of 125 Ashton Road East, Failsworth.
He was 18 years of age and had been in the
navy fifteen months.
Before enlisting he was a piecer at the Ivy Mill.
His father was serving with the Royal Engineers
in France.
CWGC
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.![Stoker, James Thomas Fitton](photos/fitton-james-thomas.jpg)
Stoker, James Thomas Fitton
of Cowlishaw Lane, Shaw
He was 43 years of age and left a wife and
nine children. He joined the navy in 1915.
The week before his death his wife received a letter
in which he expressed the hope that the next time
they had to put in to refit the war would be over
CWGC
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![Boy 1st Class, Joseph Rothwell](photos/rothwell-joseph.jpg)
Boy 1st Class, Joseph Rothwell
of 21 Garforth Street, Chadderton.
Age 17
CWGC
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