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From Navy to Army- and Back Again.


CLITHEROE MAN’S ADVENTUROUS LIFE IN THE SERVICES.


DOGGED BY ILL LUCK. to


I ockI »'St


BROKEN IN HEALTH AFTER WORKING IN FRENCH MINES.


I^lrs. J. Whalley, of Jjrowulow-street. Quite early in life, he joined the Navy and later lie was in the Kast Laneashire JU'^iment,


bcrviee in Afghanistan and in France during the (Jreat War. This week the “ Advertiser and Times ” has reeeived from Mr. Whalley, -vvho is now living at 7, Hue Chevniel, Avion, Franee, a long letter which amounts to his lile .story and this he asks u.s to publish, lir.st th a t he may get in touch with relatives and Jriends, and also, as he puts it, “ as a ■warning to boys of to-day wlio may feel


I lay


with incjulau-s of Iiis family for 15 years, tells us that he obtained leave to be *lemol)iIised in Franee and tiiat he worked lor the French Disposal Hoard from IIHJ) to 1021. Then he got a job with an Knglisli lirm rclruilding a village that had been destroyed by (Jerman gunfire, remaining ,there until 1023. Proceeding to Ijcns he obtained work ns a ” pit sinker,” following th a t oeeiipation until March, 1033, when he contracted rheumatic fever. After an ill­ ness lasting 21 months, ho has now been discharged with a pension from the mine owners of Cl 15s. a month. Mr. Whalley tells ns tliat wlien ho heeaine ill lie liad C223


tempted to embark on a lile of adventure.” i\lr. Whalley, who has not been in touch


in tlio hank, hut he has been compelkMl gradually to withdraw the money and he says: “ I am now broke. 1 have not a penny other tlian the small pension allowetl me. 1 am married and have two children, hut they cannot get anything to do, U ■\vill 1)0 a month or two before T am able to do light work.”


Fine Army Record- liiHi t'l


lying seriously ill that ho conceived the idea of writing the .story of his life for publica­ t ion in the ” Advertiser and Times.” ” My whole life seemed to pass before me and I judge myself unlucky,” lie says. “ i have done wrong, I admit, but I have been well pnmsho<l and the wrong \ did has been Ualaneed by the service 1 rendered my country. 1 must admit that Juy service in the Navy was a complete failure, but my Army service was good. 1 served in Ireland, Gibraltar, India ami Afghanistan, Jmving the Indian Frontier *Medal willi cln<p, nnd tlie two medals and star for the Great AVar. Out of 12 years’ service in the army


IWr. ^yhalley states that it was while 1 had 10 years si.\* months abroad.


lind not been for tlic Doer War I do not think I wouUl ever have left homo.


•Leing made of the soldier.s in the year 1800 made me wish to lie one.


15 years old then and the fuss that was I was a creoler


If it I was


:it IjOw Moor at the lime and the soldiers who came on leave had only to say tliey were going to .Africa and all the town was tliere to sec them off.”


Rejected— then Accepted. I levs I tin; to


lie came to join tlie Navy. Jlis workmate and eiinin was ‘‘ poor Miek Bowker, who Inis since died,” and it was ho who sug­ gested th a t the pair of them should try to enl ist as drummer hoys. Having drawn llieir wages, the [lalr of them went off to 3*n?ston and were allowed to sleep in the receiving room at the Barracks. The follow­ ing moniing the recruiting sergeant asked vrhat they were doing there and when told they liad come to enlist, lie replied, “ Child, wc are nol taking rabbits.” Mick Bowkor replied, ” Wc want to join as (Inimmcr boys,” wberonpon the Sergeant said: “ We have enough drnmsticks.*’ Not satisfied with tluMi* rejection at Preston, the two adventur*'!'^* went on to Burnley—“ only to be insulted again.” One of tbcm was told to put his father up liis coat and then ho might bo big onongli! Mick Bowkor there­ upon decided to go back ho:ne, hut not so young Whalley got l)aek home and told his get langlied at. and refu.'^cd to return. After his friend had gone, young AVlialley found an a<lvortisement saying that hoys between 14 and U5 .vears old were wanted for the navy and aiiplicntion was to bo made at St. Jobn-street, Liverpool. He decided to t ry the navy, but his eight .shilling wages bad gone and be applied for help at Burnle,v Barracks, whore lie was given supper and allowed to sleep. The following morning be set olF to walk to Liverpool, arriving three <lays later. A doctor passed him fit and be was then given tiirec cortifieatos, one to be signed by his father, another by bis eni- ])loyer and the third by a minister of religion. Granted Imlf-a-crown. be was Rent off borne to got tlie certificates signed.


Our eori-espomleiit goes on to relate how Naval Engagements.


Ho walked to Clitberoo, arriving two days later, tired and witli blisters on bis feet. After a wash and meal he went to look for Ills mate, Alick. but lie was ” on punish- anent,” and his fatlier would not lot him nut. He showed his papers to a number of otlicr cliums, telling them where they could join, but tb<*re were no volunteers. When you AVliallo,v got back home and told his lather ho had joined the Navy and wanted the certificate signing, he was given ” a clout or two” and told to ” take his hook.” On no consideration would Iiis fatlicr sign


Not a feu- Clitheroe people will remember John Whalley, a sou of the late Mr. ami


tlm jJorsot Itc'^iim’iit, ami linally in lliu King’s Liverpool ileginient, .seeing active


at the lie.nd of the table. The rations, cun'- sisting of bacon ami bread, were supplieil to the top boy who was supposed to see that everyone was allowed tho same ration. It usually hapiioned, however, tliat after Hie big lads at Hio top had been served there


«-!is iiotliint' for tlio I'cst. The story iniiy j


hes-t 1)0 coiitimied in young Wliiillov’s owli wonls:


A Lancashire Lad !


looked upon as a sneak,” lie .sa.vs.* “ The order was fight or say nothing. 1 was gelling more than hungry and decided to demand^ m,v share.


'J'lie iiead of the mess


am sure I would have been iiitting him yet it my inslrnctor had not stopped me.


was a Scotch lad. 1 said. ‘ Jock, give me a hit of bacon.’ He replied by giving me a .‘‘lap on the face. 1 .said notiiing then and al ter breakfast lie hit me again and told mo I wa« ‘ wet,’ which ! found meant soft. M.v instnietor was a Mancliester man named Hill and lie had witnessed the second attack. He asked me where I came from and I told him .1 was from Lancashire. He gave me a smack across the face which made me see .” nr.s and walked away. Jock laughed, hut it was hi>- last laugh for two or three days. I caught hold of him. 1 punched him. hit him with my head. 1 kicked him.


I I


I


expected heavy punishment for tliis hnsincss lint my instructor came lo me and said, ‘ Acs. yoii come from Lancashire’ and tliat was all. At dinner time, I was asked to serve out the food, hut 1 refused and told Jock he inli‘‘t do It himself, hut sec that <*v(‘ryone got their share. Later on, Jock o'-kid for his revenge.


I gave it to him. hhieking his eyes. Jock look tlio boating


in good par t and said, ‘ We are pals, now. Lanky.’ ”


From Navy to Army.


given a Jiionth'.s leave and came home in naval uniform. He had had a rougli time and asked his father if he wouUl hn.v him out of the navy, but he was told tl lat he had made his bed and must lie in it. As the da,vs p:isseil he began to detest the iilea of returning to the .ship and as many of Ids relatives had given him a few shiflings it entered his head not to go hack to the shi[i at all. He p:icked np his naval nniform and with ,L


At Christmas, lOUO, young Whalle,v was ‘3 lUs. in his pocket went olf to


Preston with a view to joining the Fast Lancashires. Jlis chest iiK’asurement was found three inches too small and he was


therefore told to return in tliree months* time. He was also rejected at Burnlev and mentions that when he left the Barracks tliero ho would go a mile out of Ids way r:itlier than pa>s a policeman, thinking, he would he recognised as a deserter frojii tlie Navy. Kventnally he joined the J’kist Laiieasldre Begiment at Todmorden. “ 1 found the Army a liome compared with the Navy,” he says. “ When Ohrislinas came round again he wrote to his parents and Ids father eventnall,v arrived at Preston Barracks and advised him to give himself np as a ilc'-erter, but he refii.sed. A week or two later, three Clitheroe lads arrived at the Barracks, these being Ids lirother Dick. George Speak and Joe Scott. 'riiat decided 1dm. He returned at once to Clilheroe, eolh'cled Ids Navy kit am! asked Ids father to fetch .Sergeant Holmes. The Sergeant arrived ami. says Air. AVhalle.v, in his letter, *• My career in the Fast liancasldres was finished.” Sergeant Holmes look him hack to H.M.S. Caledonia and in due course he was taken lieforc the captain, who sentenced him to GO days’ linpri.sonment and 18 cuts with the liirch. The liircidng was carried out in front of the whole ship’s emnpany, with tho returning deserter strajiped to a giin. Tiie captain said he was .sorr.v to see a lad birched, hut discipline must lu‘ main­ tained.


When Leave was Refused.


lh(‘ following day J was hack again for ]mn^^^ilment. and rocoiv<-d 28 days.


to go straight and make a good seaman,” the letter goc.s on. “ After being birched I told the captain lie could do wliat he liked with me, hut I had finished with the Navy. 1 gave tlie ship’.s police all the tnmhle L could and out of the GO da.vs’ imprisonment 1 was a t least 30 da.vs on bread ami water. I was as weak as a rat when released, hut


“ Before I was punished 1 had deleriidned


as a .seaman and was elioseii to go on a three .vears’ coin-mission. JCach member of the draft was given 10 da.vs’ leave pro- viiling he ]>aid his own fare. 1 got the money from home, but for .some reason three


i passed all my examinations


>ent to a sailing sliip, H.AI.S. Wanderer, and .spent a month there. Then I wa.s sent to H.M.S. Alinntanr at I’ortland. I dis­ covered tliat being fnnn.v only resulted in more jinnishment and decided to make the host of it.


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a^ relative wlio had been discharged from the xNavy lor thelL and she decided that a good way to keep young Whalley out of the Navy was to aceuse him of theft also. He went away before the warrant could be put into execution, but .she gave information that lie


ing rehitcd his li«)ublc.s to his landlady at Cornliolmc, she took pity on iiiin.


charge. As it-happened, however, her lodger did not return to the Nav.v at that time, hut joined the Arm.v and tlic warrant Iiad been waiting oxeeutioii for .several years. In due eouise he was tried for this o'trenee and when it was stated Hut he had deserted from the Nav.v, one of the magistrates said, “ 'riiar’t had enough for owt,” and ho was sentenml to 28 days’ imprisonment.''Still, that did lead to the end of hi> naval career ami in due course he got work at Hmldei>-


ficld. Later he came hack lo Clitherne, hut could not get work and, not taking kindly lo idleness and duly getting into


further trmihle, he cventuall.v again en­ listed, being sent to Ireland on .hine l l th, B)UI. A few juonth.s later he was sent to Gibraltar and Hie following .vear to India. There his hattalian was sent lo Bawal Pimli II the Piinjah. and after passing thm* years n that station tho battalion wa.s sent to


Peshawar, wiien* they took part in frontier ■ngageinonts. taking the Kh.vbcr Pass and Iriving Hie enemy hack to Shahhadar.


ment and was in hospital at Kasanli, sub­ sequently being invalided to Netley in 1911.


OH to the War.


After three months treatment he was dis­ charged on a pension of Is. a day for life. Again returning to Clilheroe Air. Whalley once more failed to ogtain a permanent job and he therefore went to Higlmin where he heeame a drawer in the coal mine. He was not there for long, however, and once more in Clitheroe he had a lively experience whielt caused him to leave the town and to set np a greengrocery hu'^iness in Sontliport. Ho was doing nicely when the war broke out ill I9M.


lor the King’s Liverpool Itegiment. After enlisting some GOO men, he decided to join himself. He was sent to Aldershot and by February, 1915, he was in the trenches. Wounded on .several occasions, he was in and out of the trenches until the end of tho war. finally being made .‘•ergeaiit and put •n charge of transport. Demobilised at No. 1 Camp. Calais, in Alarcli, 1919, he obtained work in France and has liecn there ever .since.


'I'hen he was appointed recruiter


AVhalley writer. “ I hope that any .voiingsler in CHtheroe who has the same ideas I had at that time will tliink twice heforo h(^ starts on an adventurous career


‘ That finishes my dream of 1899,” Air.


such as I have had. After working ten .vears in Hie mines and getting a few pounds together I have now. through no fault of my own, reached the position from which I started and to make inatter.s worse, 1 am in a foreign country.”


tho eortifiente so \lie lad went to a man he know in AVIlkin-squaro and c-Kplainod his position. The man told him that if he would pay for a quart he would sign tlic certificate. Tho transaction was completed and tho following day young AVliallcy sot off for Liverpool again: “ 1 was not* very


gay” he says. His iinpor.s wore duly accepted and ho was taken to H..M.S. Faglo


in Qneen’.s Dock. Tho sailors gave him sweets and cigarettes, showed him the guns and made a regular fuss of him. Then after two davs. lie w.as sent to iSeotland to join l l .M.S. Caledonia amhored at Dalmenv, Routh Qiioeiisferrv. a hcantifiil place near


the Fonli Bridge, with II.AI.S. Bodwav in dose attemianeo. On arrival vonng AVhallev was taken with other rcennts before the eaplnin, who read the regulations .nnd issued doiliing. For .*iupper ho was given a piece of dry hread and a tin mug of cocoa. Tfo was told that dry broad was the usual Slipper, and breakfast also unless ho could fight. A


the biggest bn,vs in the mess look their place ’’oiing AVhalley dulv discovered that


of ns were not allowed to leave. That was tho limit nnd we mndc up onr minds Hint when wc rowed the leave party ashore we would clear out. AVc did so and succeeded in getting taken on as momhers of the crew of a merchant ship for a t r ip to Gibraltar. After a month’.s trip we again arrived in Kiiglaml. As the ship was again for l*ort- land wo thought it jioliey to take our dis­ charge at Portsmouth and then we enlisted in the Dorset Begiment. After spending


six months in the . depot we wore out on draft for Portland. Fatal i ty! 1 put in a transfer for the King’s Own Lancasters and was accepted. AVe were .sent to Lan­ caster and af ter wc had been there a fort­ night my ehuin was arrested for drunken­ ness. He owned up to being a de.serter from


the Navy and gave mo away ns well. AVc


were court mnrtialled and sentenced to .six months’ imprisonment and discharged from the Arm.v and Nav.v. T did my six months’ .sentence at Dover nnd on September 30th, 1003, was again a civilian. ATv troubles were not over.


had been at homo two dav.s wlien Sergeant Holmo.s beckoned to mo in tho street. He told me tliere was n warrant out for inv nrio.st.


I arrived at Chthoroe nnd


him Hint F had been discharged frwn the Navy, Evenliiallv. AFr. Clnvton, tho Chief Constable, sent for mo nnd the upshot of it; was Hint F wont to tho Bollco Stntion niid thcro discovered thnt the wnrrniit wns for stealing a purse tho propertv of n woman with whom I Imd lodged at Cornholme.”


P . I refused to go with him, tolling


in Clitheroe during 1915 he was a iiiiMiibcr of tlie firing party attending llie military funeral of a man named Fielding, of Harrop-


street. He adds tliat he has apl>pnk*d for


hell) lo the British FiCgion and tlic United Services Fund, hut as his illness is not Hie result of war service, but of <‘ontiiiuons|y


working in water in the mines, the.v could do nothing for him. He hopes that any relatives or friends who rememher him will comiminicate with him at the address given above.


LANGUAGE OF STRAW. Straw was frequently used as a symbol.


hmidles nttnehoil to carts or bicycles denote that they are for sale.


par ts of Knropo .slicaves - are hung on the fences of fields that liave been iiewlv sown


In France straw In some


A horse with a hunch of straw plaited into its tail meant that its owner was willing to .sell the animal.


with .seed, and tbe.v make a far more ellieient warning sign than any hoard an­ nouncing Hiat Irc.spassers will he prosecuted. A curious use of straw was to he seen n century ago nntsido law courts. Men with wisps of straw in Ihcir .shoes paraded tho Streets hefore tho doors during the time that trials were taking place. Anv- ono who wns remanded on hail had onl.v to apply to one of these men. who for n considci iitioii would lend the necossarv money.


AFr. Whalley mentions that wliile on leave


fhere tho regiment was stricken with eliolera osing GOO men. After an attaek of malaria le was wouiuled during another engage­


knd taken her iiamibag containing five shillings so that a warrant would be issued. Ihis, she believed, would result in his ilis-


Mr. Whallcy goes on to explain that hav­ .She* liad


Alaiy (IrocM, Bessie Brown, Belli Parkinson,


Flywheel Slips Off Plank.


CLITHEROE QUARRYMAN FATALLY INJURED AT SALTHILL.


HEAD CRUSHED.


INQUEST EVIDENCE ON MISHAP DURING MOVEMENT OF MACHINERY.


A Clithcroo workman’s death from injuricis


.‘•uhject of an inquest held at Blackburn Infirmary on Alonday afternoon. The yiedim of ^ the_^ accident* was John Sharpies (IS), of 15, Walker-street, a tar mixer, and the accident occurred whde a gang of men were engaged in raising the wheel from the ground into a pcrpendieular position. Sharpies and his brother were standing at one side of the wheel to steady it, but the bottom (if the wheel slipped as the men wore raising it and the unfortunate man’s liead was crushed against another wliecl. The inquest was conducted bv the Black- hnrn Cnnmcr, Air. T. B. Thoinp.snii.


iMr.


AV. J . K. Cook, Inspector of Factories, was present. .Mr. .). de V. Nahum, barrisler-at- law, lii.structcd by Messr.s. Whittle, Uobinsou and Bailey, of Alanchester, representod tho


General Workers’ Union, and Air. AV. F. Blatt appeared for Me.ssrs. J. Carter and Sons, tho owners of tho quarry. • . Itobert Shnrpic.s, cotton weaver, of 15. Walker-street, Clithcroo, gave evidence of identification. AVitno.^s last saw his father alive at 11-15 on 1’hursda.v night, when he was ill Iiis usual state of h('a!th. His father was an active man in ])os.se>sion of Ids faculties.


Foreman’s Evic'ence.


hurii, a joiner employed by Messrs. J. Carter and Sons, said that at 1-55 on Friday aiternoon he was in charge of .several men at the works, including de­ ceased, and they were engaged in moving a Ily wheel from the road into the screening plant. The wheel was 7-ft. 4-ins. in (dameter, weighed l i tons and its rini was two inche.s thick. Tho distance from the road to tlie plant was ten yards, and tho wheel was dragged flat over tho ground by uieaiis of rope blocks. I t was while engaged in raising ihc wheel to a perpendicular position tnat tho accident occurred. The bottom of the wheel slipped and tho wheel fell over and trapped deceased, knocking idm against another wheel. In answer to Air. Nahum, witness said


Tom Jackson, 9, Victoria-avenue, Chat-


wheel that slipped. He thought that if there had been something attached to tho top of tlic wliccl, pulling in the opposite direction, the accident would not have occurred.


the wheel was resting on planks. Tho planks did not move a t all.


I t wns the


safer to SCO that the planks wore dry?— Well, you have a job to get them t l iatVny at the place whore wc work. Why?—Kvorything is greasy. AVere tho planks dry when you put thoni down?—A’os.


Air. Nahum: AVore the planks slippery? AVitness: Jus t a little. Do you not think it would have boon much


a day. If the planks had not been greasy, would


Hud Hicy been down n long lime?—Half


hoforo put t ing tin's wheel up, this accident might not have happened?—Quite possible. AVas i t not obviously a dangerous thing


tho wheel have slipped?—No. So that if someone lind dried tho planks


could not get anything to it, the way it was going over. I n ’ answer to fnrtlicr questions, witness


Raid he had Imd 30 vears' cxpenenco but that was the first pulley wheel ho had put np at that ))]nce.


Nine Men on the Work.


engaged in this operation?—Nino. When tho wheel wns being raised, wore


AFr. Nahum: How man.v men Imd you


dragged in a flat position over uneven grmiml lo the planks, which rested on tho flat ground.


the planks on level ground?—Yes. AVitnoss explained that the wheel wns


to put a wheel up like thnt without .some­ thing lo .support it on the top?—AVoIl wo


sustained in an accident at Saltliill Quarry on Friday altcrnoon^ wlicn he was crushed by a tlywheel weighing J« tons, was the


AMicn you work at these places vou have to do anything. Did an.vone warn docensed ?—No, it hap­


understand, and it would not bo usual for him to do constructive jobs of this kind?—


the top ()f tho wheel as a safe precaution, this accident would never have happened? No. I don’t suppose so.


were three men at one side of tho wheel to steady it.


the wheel was scotched at the bottom. Bepl.ving to Air. Platt, witness saul there


enough to hold it in the ordiimrv wav?— Yes.


wore constantly walking across these planks? —A


ittiixor, has he not had lo do with moving anneliinory before?—A'es.


—A*es. Althougli deceased was doserihed as a tar


quarrynian docs not nerossaVily mean he lias to get stone nut of a quarr.v, he has to help with oilier jobs?—Yes.


„ No Previous Mishap.


machinery that has taken place at this quarry since yon have been there?—Yes. And have you had any previous mishap?


Have you .supervised all tho moving of


prevent the bottom from slipping?—No I cannot.


.vou do Hie job in tlie same way again?—Not cxactl.v the same, altlinngh it would bo very


As a man of thirty .vears’ experience would


wheel of this size and weiglit without taking preeaiitions to stop i t falling? AVitness; AVe did not expect it to go. The Foreman of tlic Jury: AVas it not


building. Could .von not put guy ropes on?—No,


could not have slipped?—Not so well. Brother and the Accident.


97. Jubilee-terrace, Clitheroc, a crusher man eniplo.ved at Saltliill Quarry, corroboratoil the evidence of tho previous witness. Ho himself had not previousl.v assisted in mov­ ing a (ly wheel of that size.


The hroHier of deceased, Bobert Sharpies,


was a t the same side of the wheel as his brother, ami they had to steady the wheel. There were nine men engaged i'u the opera­ tion, four of them at the wheel and five at the blocks, ten yards away. After the accident, guy ropes were used and tho job was finished.


In answer to Afr. Nahum, witness said ho Air. Nahum: If you had put guv ropes


on hefore, there would not have boon no accident?


could liavc got them on. The operation was finished snccessfiillv


AVitness: No, T do-not think so, if vou


after .vour brother wns killed, with the sainc number of men?—Yes.


to fasten the guy ropes to the bottom of the screen.


AVitness added that it wns then possible


Llitheroo Borough Boliee Force, that de- cca.sed was driven to Blackburn Tiifirmarv Ml the Clitheroe AFotor Ambulance suffering from serious head injuries. AVhon he


—I t would liave meant driving stalces into the ground. Kyidenco^was given by P.C. ‘Grant, of the


arrived a t the Infirmary, Sharpies was examined by tho house surgeon, who nro- nomicod^life extinct.


^


Omcpr, snid Hint depnnsed lind n deop woiii\d on llio sonlp nnd lind snstninod n frncturc of ttio iif-lit.^side nf the sculp, wliio i wns the enuso of denth. The injuries were enn-


Resident SurRicnl


de’e r i h e d ? t h n t "r


used during the operations. 5fr. PIntt oxtended


1 precautions


s'lnpntlij to the rclntivcs n( deeensed. nnd the jury niso expressed their syinpnlhy.


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Air. Cook: At the Uino of Hie fatal opera- tmns tlioro wns nothing to secure guv ropes?


difl’icult to put anytliing at the bottom to prevent it slipping. The Coroner: Wh.v whore .vou rearing a


po«sihle to fix a jib of any description? AVitnoss: No, wc were under a verv low


we had nowhere to fasten them to at one side.


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Is timt the reason they hecame slipperv?


1 .suppose during Hiis operation these men ’os.


Do .vou tliink Hieso men were strong


pened very quickly. If there had been something attached to


pected Hmt an.voiie umlorneath it would be Killed in rase of an aceidont?—A'es.


Ill answer to tho Coroner, witnes? said


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