Cecil Rowley's Story.
Birkenhead News 28 February 1917Prenton Captain Killed.
We are sorry to report that the death in action has occurred of Captain Cecil R. Bolton, of the King’s Liverpool Regiment. He was the elder son of Mr. and Mrs. Bolton, of 8, Curzon Road, Prenton, and is an old Birkenhead School boy. Captain Bolton joined the Liverpool “Pals” in the early days of the war, and received his commission as a second lieutenant a few months later, and was promoted Captain in France, where he had been for many months.