A PENKETH woman is appealing for help to get her great uncle remembered on the town's war memorial.

Arthur William Farrell, from Bewsey, survived serving his country during the First World War but then tragically died breaking up a fight between a French and German soldier while he was in a peace-keeping force in Poland before the start of the Second World War.

Over the past month, the Warrington Guardian has been reporting on the stories behind the many heroes remembered at Bridge Foot cenotaph.

But Larraine Parker is keen to see another name added alongside the men from the town who were involved in conflicts in Northern Ireland, Iraq and Afghanistan.

The 62-year-old said: "The war memorial was originally to remember those who have died during the First or Second World War but soldiers' names have been added since from other conflicts.

"I would love my great uncle to be recognised by the the town of Warrington and have his name put on the cenotaph but I don't know how to go about doing it."

The Bewsey Historical Society member had the help of the group finding her great uncle's name on the Hoyle Street Roll of Honour where she also found out he had joined the Royal Army Medical Corps when he was 18 in 1916.

He then re-enlisted into the Royal Army Service Corps and was sent to what researchers believe was a peace keeping force in Upper Silesia for the Upper Silesia Plebiscite between 1920 and 1922.

A search with The Oaks Family History Group in Penketh then found a derelict cemetery at Opole in Poland where 30 British soldiers lie who died after the official date given for the end of the war - August 31, 1921.

Larraine added: "Because of this and the fact that the British government of the time seemed to have decided to ignore the pleas from the Polish authorities to provide headstones for these fallen few, they have no headstones and now the cemetery is derelict and they have nothing to show where they are.

"It's a crying shame as those men have managed to live through the First World War and gone on to re-enlist again for king and country.

"It would be a pity if these 30 men could not be re-interred into a Commonwealth War Grave or failing that their names to be put onto the relevant town's cenotaphs."