Notes
An extract from De Ruvigny’s Roll of Honour states:- Entwistle, John, Private, No. 240084, 5th (Territorial) Battalion, The King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment), 2nd son of John Thomas Entwistle, of Poulton-le-Fyde, Bricklayer, by his wife, Margaret, daughter of Elijah Simmons, Schoolmaster; and brother to Private H. Entwistle; born Poulton View, Carleton-le-Fyde, 5 December 1890; educated Christ Church School, Bolton; was a Labourer; joined the Royal Lancaster Territorials 6 May, 1910; was called up on mobilisation 5 August 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from February 1915; was wounded at the Meuse 23 March following, and again at Loos 23 October 1915; was reported wounded and missing after the fighting at St. Quentin 26 September 1917, and is now assumed to have been killed in action on or about that date.