Private John Conlan
5713 2nd East Lancashire Regiment A Coy
Missing in Action 18th October 1916, aged 23
Lived at 6 Old Hall Street
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France
Burnley Express 27th January 1917

ESCAPED FOR TWO YEARS (Burnley Express 27th January 1917 )

A First Expeditionary Man Killed

After being at the front since the beginning of the War, and escaping unhurt and without illness for two years and two months, Pte. John Conlan, of the East Lancashire Regt. (5713), has been killed in action. Although his death took place as long ago as October 15, his mother who resides at 4, Horner’s Place, Barracks road, Burnley, has only just received official intimation, and it would appear, therefore, that he has been reported missing. Pte. John Conlan was only 21 years of age about last Christmas time. He was in the Special Reserve of the East Lancashire Regt. When war broke out being at that time a drawer at Rowley Pit. He went out with one of the earlier expeditionary forces, and had been out ever since. He was a Roman Catholic, and attended St Mary’s Church. His mother, who has other children, has both her husband and another son serving with the forces. The father, who is 43 years old, is an old Army man, and offered his services, and is in Egypt at present with the garrison battalion of the Liverpools; whilst the son, Thomas, is also in Egypt, having served with the Territorials and fought in Gallipoli.

Burnley Collier Official News of Death in Action ( Burnley News 27th January 1917 )

Official news has this week been received of the death in action of Pte. John Conlan, 4, Horner’s Place, of Barracks Road, Burnley. He made the supreme sacrifice three months ago on October 15th. He joined the Army before the commencement of the war, and was in France a long time. Previously he was a collier at Rowley Pit. A brother Pte. Thomas Conlan, is serving in Egypt, while his father, Pte. Patrick Conlan, is also a soldier.