Notes
An extract from De Ruvigny’s Roll of Honour states:- Entwistle, Albert Herbert, Private, No 241570, 1/5th (territorial) Battalion The King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) youngest son of John Thomas Entwistle, of Poulton-le-Fylde, Bricklayer, by his wife, Margaret, daughter of Elijah Simmons, schoolmaster; and brother to Private John Entwistle; born Mill Hill, Blackburn Lancashire, 26 July 1895; educated St. Chad’s School, Poulton-le-Fylde; was Yardman for Mr. Richards, Ironmonger; joined the Royal Lancaster Regiment 5 November 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 3 April, 1916, and was killed in action at Le Plantin, Festubert, north-west of La Bassee, 3 May, 1918. Buried behind the lines. A short time before his death he had given blood to save a comrade’s life, and had just returned to the front from the hospital where the transfusion had taken place.