Influenza Pandemic of 1918

During the Influenza Pandemic of 1918, which struck between January 1918 and December 1920, 500 million people around the world were infected by influenza and died. This was almost 25 times the 8,500,000 soldiers and 13,000,000 civilians who died in World War I.

It was first reported in Kansas, USA in March 1918, and recent reports suggest that the disease was spread by American servicemen coming to fight in Europe.

The disease was known as Spanish Flu because it was first publicised in Spain (which was neutral in World War I), whilst the warring nations kept quiet, fearing that the outbreak would be bad for morale.

Many men & women who survived World War I, died in the epidemic.

The deaths of many of the victims were registered as pneumonia.

The list of local victims included:

Charles Parker Aske Walter Bowes Joseph Lumb Brook Harry Broomhead William Brunt Thomas Arthur Clark George Edward Clayton Sarah, wife of William Crabtree John Crossley Thomas Davies Francis Dews Rev Sydney Dunstan Edward Dwyer Arnold Earless Fred Earnshaw Alfred Eastwood Harold Ellison William Fawcett Thomas Fielding Charles Ronald Firth Sidney Firth Horace Fogg Thomas Haigh Foster Ernest Gilliebrand Dr James Graham Herald Green Edwin Greenwood Ernest Greenwood G. Greenwood Henry Greenwood John Hamer Herbert Hanson John Edgar Hardy Dean Hargreaves Joseph Hargreaves Thomas Harold Hartley John Haslem Henry Percy Valentine Hickman Fred Higgins Thomas Henry Hitchen Eric Hogan Evelyn Holden Norman Holmes Wilfred Holroyd John William Horsfall Peter William Horsfall Henry Horsfield John Edward Hoyle Dr Tom Harold Hunt William Huntriss Fred Ingham Albert Jackson Albert Jackson Arthur Cecil Jackson John W. Kendrew Ernest Mallinson Sam Martin David Gray McKeand Arthur Midgley Jack Mitchell Alfred Nicholl Ernest Nicholl David Parker John Gladstone Pickles John Henry Pickles Joseph Pickles Harry Howard Place J. Pollitt Samuel Priestley James Ramsden Charlie Raven Joseph Robey Arthur Rothery Daniel Shepherd Ernest Hirst Smith Wilfred Smith Frank Reynard Stott James Henry Sunderland Herbert William Swift Horace Sykes Preston Tasker Harold Taylor Harry Watkin David D. Watt Frank Allison Whiteley Alfred Rashdale Wilkinson Frank Wolfenden

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