NEWSPAPER DETECTIVES
The Accrington Observer
1916
The Newspaper Archaeological Site
For local research
This Site Is Not Associated With The Accrington Observer and Times
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| Date | Name | Surname | Reason | Location | Town |
| 04/01/1916 | King George | V | More Vessels Lost, The Glengyle Sunk, Big Russian Successes, The King Of Greece and the War | England | |
| 29/01/1916 | Mr | Valentine | Clayton le Moors, Operetta | Unknown | |
| 05/02/1916 | Mr | Valentine | Clayton Le Moors, New Jerusalem Church | Unknown | |
| 18/03/1916 | Mr E | Valentine | Clayton-Le-Moors, Devotional Meeting | Unknown | |
| 08/01/1916 | Mr W. | Van Gestel | Great Harwood, Liberal club | Unknown | |
| 11/01/1916 | Professor | Van Noorden | Health and Home, Two Articles | Unknown | |
| 04/01/1916 | Miss Ethel | Van Praagh | Grand Theatre Accrington, (A Place In The Sun) | Unknown | |
| 08/01/1916 | Van Tromp | British submarine sunk, crew rescued, huge enemy losses | Unknown | ||
| 11/01/1916 | Isabel | Van Vorst | True Worth Of The Man | Unknown | |
| 11/01/1916 | Jacob | Van Vorst | True Worth Of The Man | Unknown | |
| 11/03/1916 | Miss Irene | Vanbrugh | Grand Theatre Accrington, The Land Of Promise | Unknown | |
| 11/03/1916 | Miss Irene | Vanbrugh | Grand Theatre, Accrington, The Land Of Promise | Unknown | |
| 14/03/1916 | Miss Irene | Vanbrugh | Grand Theatre Accrington, The Land Of Promise | Unknown | |
| 25/03/1916 | Father Joseph | Vanderhaege | Haslingden, Catholic Club Concert | Unknown | |
| 05/02/1916 | C. | Vanzandt | Motoring, for and against | Unknown | |
| 08/01/1916 | Chris | Varley | The Guild of Kindness | Unknown | |
| 15/01/1916 | Chris | Varley | The Guild Of Kindness | Unknown | |
| 04/01/1916 | Gunner Stanley | Varley | Greater Accrington's Roll Of Honour, Mentioned In Dispatches, Nov 1915 | Spring Street | Accrington |
| 19/02/1916 | Miss | Varley | Five and Thirty Years Ago, by Old Hand | Bolton | |
| 22/01/1916 | Mr H | Varley | Accrington and District Homing Society | Unknown | |
| 04/01/1916 | Private Francis | Varley | Greater Accrington's Roll Of Honour, Illustrations, Jan 1915 | Spring Hill | Accrington |
| 04/01/1916 | Private George | Varley | Greater Accrington's Roll Of Honour, Illustrations, Jan 1915 | Spring Hill | Accrington |
| 04/01/1916 | Private John | Varley | Greater Accrington's Roll Of Honour, Illustrations, Jan 1915 | Spring Hill | Accrington |
| 04/01/1916 | Private Stanley | Varley | Greater Accrington's Roll Of Honour, Illustrations, Jan 1915 | Spring Hill | Accrington |
| 01/01/1916 | Private Willie | Varley | Roll Of Honour, Coldstream Guards and aged 24 killed January 1915, one of five brothers serving in the army | Accrington | |
| 04/01/1916 | Private Willie | Varley | Killed, Greater Accrington's Roll Of Honour, Illustrations, Jan 1915 | Spring Hill | Accrington |
| 01/01/1916 | Rev J W | Varley | Christmas and New Year Gatherings, Antley Wesleyans | Unknown | |
| 01/01/1916 | John | Vaughan | Church and Oswaldtwistle, Melbourne Street Primitives | Unknown | |
| 18/03/1916 | Mrs | Vaughan | Oswaldtwistle Council, Mr Duerden Elected | Union Road | Unknown |
| 22/01/1916 | T | Vaughan | Clayton Le Moors, Prize Distribution, Trades Council | Unknown | |
| 01/02/1916 | Rev Father Bernard | Vaughn | Beaten Back To Hell, Monsters Of Iniquity | Unknown | |
| 04/01/1916 | Councillor | Veevers | Accrington Town Council, Alderman Higham And The Electricity | Accrington | |
| 01/02/1916 | Councillor | Veevers | Accrington Education Committee, Headmasters Resignation | Unknown | |
| 08/02/1916 | Councillor | Veevers | Accrington Town Council, If The Zeplins Come | Unknown | |
| 29/02/1916 | Councillor | Veevers | Accrington, Education Committee, Teaching Staff Changes | Accrington | |
| 07/03/1916 | Councillor | Veevers | Accrington Town Council, | Accrington | |
| 28/03/1916 | Councillor | Veevers | Accrington Education Committee, Two Headmasters | Unknown | |
| 01/02/1916 | Councillor E | Veevers | Tradesmen's Association, The Taxation Of Trading Friendly Societies, Reject German Goods | Unknown | |
| 08/02/1916 | Mr | Veevers | Accrington Town Council, More Baths | Accrington | |
| 08/02/1916 | Mr | Veevers | The Miners Glass Of Beer, Is A Quart Better Than Four Pennyworth | Accrington | |
| 12/02/1916 | Mr | Veevers | Accrington Council Echoes | Accrington | |
| 11/03/1916 | Mr | Veevers | Accrington Council Echoes | Unknown | |
| 21/03/1916 | Veevers | Civic Guard At St Andrews Church | Unknown | ||
| 29/02/1916 | Jesse | Venables | Overlooker, Deserters Adventures, Housebreaking Charges At Accrington | 51 Steiner Street | Unknown |
| 11/03/1916 | Venables | Successful Mill Effort | Unknown | ||
| 04/01/1916 | Veno | Veno's Lightning Cough Cure | Unknown | ||
| 08/01/1916 | Veno | Veno's lightning cough cure | Unknown | ||
| 11/01/1916 | Veno | Veno's Lightning Cough Cure, (Advert) | Unknown | ||
| 15/01/1916 | Veno | Veno's Lightning Cough Cure | Unknown | ||
| 18/01/1916 | Veno | Veno's cough cure | Unknown | ||
| 22/01/1916 | Veno | Veno's cough cure | Unknown | ||
| 25/01/1916 | Veno | Veno's Lightning Cough Cure | Unknown | ||
| 29/01/1916 | Veno | Veno's Lightning Cough Cure | Unknown | ||
| 01/02/1916 | Veno | Veno's Lightning Cough Cure, (advert) | Unknown | ||
| 08/02/1916 | Veno | Veno's Cough Cure | Unknown | ||
| 12/02/1916 | Veno | Veno's Lightning Cough Cure | Unknown | ||
| 15/02/1916 | Veno | Veno's Lightning Cough Cure | Unknown | ||
| 22/02/1916 | Veno | Experiments With Veno's Lightning Cough Cure | Unknown | ||
| 26/02/1916 | Veno | Veno's Coughs That Hurt | Unknown | ||
| 29/02/1916 | Veno | Veno's Lightning Cough Cure | Unknown | ||
| 07/03/1916 | Veno | Veno's Lightning Cough Cure | Unknown | ||
| 11/03/1916 | Veno | Veno's Lightning Cough Cure | Unknown | ||
| 14/03/1916 | Veno | Veno's Lightning Cough Cure | Unknown | ||
| 18/03/1916 | Veno | Veno's Lightning Cough Cure | Unknown | ||
| 21/03/1916 | Veno | Veno's Lightning Cough Cure | Unknown | ||
| 25/03/1916 | Veno | Veno's Lightning Cough Cure | Unknown | ||
| 28/03/1916 | Veno | Veno's Lightning Cough Cure | Unknown | ||
| 04/03/1916 | Ven-Yusa | Ven-Yusa Does Wonders For The Skin | Leeds | ||
| 18/03/1916 | Ven-Yusa | Ven-Yusa Cream | Unknown | ||
| 15/01/1916 | Miss Maudie | Vera | Palace Blackburn, Robinson Crusoe | Unknown | |
| 18/01/1916 | Miss Maudie | Vera | Palace Blackburn, Robinson Crusoe | Unknown | |
| 18/01/1916 | Miss Maudie | Vera | the Palace Blackburn | Unknown | |
| 18/03/1916 | Mrs | Verney | Church and Oswaldtwistle, Spread Eagle Wesleyans | Unknown | |
| 29/01/1916 | Rev J H | Verney | Church and Oswaldtwistle, Concert | Unknown | |
| 26/02/1916 | Rev J H | Verney | Wesley Church, Abbey Street | Unknown | |
| 26/02/1916 | Rev J H | Verney | Rishton, For Home Missions | Accrington | |
| 04/03/1916 | Rev J H | Verney | Accrington, Concert At Antley | Unknown | |
| 04/03/1916 | Rev J H | Verney | Wesleyan Minister, Accrington, Death Of Mr Robert Bentley | Unknown | |
| 11/03/1916 | Rev J H | Verney | Union Street Wesleyan Church | Unknown | |
| 18/03/1916 | Rev J H | Verney | Wesleyan Quarterly Meeting, An Increased Membership | Unknown | |
| 25/03/1916 | Rev J H | Verney | Wesley Church, Abbey Street | Unknown | |
| 01/01/1916 | Rev J L | Verney | Christmas and New Year Gatherings, Antley Wesleyans | Unknown | |
| 08/01/1916 | Rev J. H. | Verney | union Street Wesleyan Church | Unknown | |
| 08/01/1916 | Rev J. H. | Verney | weekend news in brief, intercession services | Antley | |
| 18/01/1916 | Rev J. H. | Verney | up the wrong street, Rev A. F. Hall's lecture at Antley | Unknown | |
| 05/02/1916 | Rev J. H. | Verney | Union Street Wesleyan Church, services | Unknown | |
| 04/03/1916 | Rev J. H. | Verney | Wedding at Antley | Antley | |
| 05/02/1916 | Arthur | Verno | Palace, Blackburn | Unknown | |
| 08/02/1916 | Arthur | Verno | Palace, Blackburn | Unknown | |
| 08/02/1916 | Arthur | Verno | Palace Blackburn | Unknown | |
| 28/03/1916 | M | Vesnitch | The North sea Fight, Loss Of War Vessel Admitted | Unknown | |
| 15/01/1916 | Ernest | Vickers | Accrington, The Spiritualists | Unknown | |
| 11/03/1916 | Messrs | Vickers | Sheffield University | Unknown | |
| 08/01/1916 | Mr E. | Vickers | spiritualists Hall, China Street, Antley | Accrington | |
| 28/03/1916 | Mary Ellen | Vickery | Daughter of Ellen Whittaker, An Overdose Of Laudanum, Accrington Widow's Death | Unknown | |
| 14/03/1916 | Mary Alice | Vickory | Daughter of Ellen Whittaker, Strange Death Of A Lady, Inquest Adjourned | 205 Burnley Road | Accrington |
| 14/03/1916 | William James | Vickory | Motor Man, Husband of Mary Alice, Strange Death Of A Lady, Inquest Adjourned | 205 Burnley Road | Accrington |
| 04/01/1916 | King | Victor | 1915 The Years Events | Unknown | |
| 07/03/1916 | Prince Christian | Victor | Deceased | Unknown | |
| 22/01/1916 | Princess | Victoria | Opening of new Y.M.C.A. soldiers rest | Unknown | |
| 15/02/1916 | Queen | Victoria | War News Day By Day | Unknown | |
| 11/03/1916 | Queen | Victoria | Remarkable Old Lady's Death | Unknown | |
| 04/03/1916 | Les | Videos | Palace Blackburn | Unknown | |
| 07/03/1916 | Les | Videos | Palace Blackburn | Unknown | |
| 07/03/1916 | Les | Videos | Palace Blackburn, Visit Of David Devant | Unknown | |
| 08/02/1916 | Miss Dorothy | Viggers | Betty At The Grand | Unknown | |
| 22/01/1916 | Dr Charles | Vincent | Examiner, Accrington, A T C L Diploma Success | Unknown | |
| 05/02/1916 | Miss Criss | Vincent | The Visit of Betty | Unknown | |
| 14/03/1916 | Stanley | Vine | Grand Theatre, The Land Of Promise | Unknown | |
| 15/01/1916 | Viney | and Co, Boy Killed By Trailer, Shocking Fatality At Church, A Playmates Story | Preston | ||
| 22/01/1916 | Mr M | Vinter | Vi Cocoa, Competition | Foxhill Stores, Market Street | Church |
| 05/02/1916 | Mr M | Vinter | Vi Cocoa, Competition | Foxhill Stores, Market Street | Church |
| 26/02/1916 | Mr M | Vinter | Prizes and Fun | Foxhill Stores, Market Street | Church |
| 25/03/1916 | Guy | Vivian | The Palace Blackburn | Unknown | |
| 28/03/1916 | Guy | Vivian | Local Amusements | Unknown | |
| 25/03/1916 | Vidi | Vivienne | The Palace Blackburn | Unknown | |
| 28/03/1916 | Vidi | Vivienne | Local Amusements | Unknown | |
| 18/01/1916 | count | von Bernstorff | war news day by day | Unknown | |
| 18/01/1916 | Von Beseler | in the East, Montenegro reported to have excepted armistice, the Tigris expedition, British capture Waddi | Unknown | ||
| 18/01/1916 | Von Bissing | in the East, Montenegro reported to have excepted armistice, the Tigris expedition, British capture Waddi | Unknown | ||
| 15/01/1916 | Von Buelows | 186 German Counts Killed | Germany | ||
| 22/01/1916 | Mr J | Von Caffrie | Five and Thirty Years Ago | Unknown | |
| 15/01/1916 | Von Dohna | 186 German Counts Killed | Germany | ||
| 19/02/1916 | General | Von Hindenburg | Chess Player | Unknown | |
| 15/01/1916 | Von Massenbach | 186 German Counts Killed | Germany | ||
| 15/01/1916 | Von Minckenstein | 186 German Counts Killed | Germany | ||
| 18/01/1916 | captain | von Papen | war news day by day | Unknown | |
| 15/01/1916 | Von Wedel | 186 German Counts Killed | Germany | ||
| 22/02/1916 | Vulcan | See Bury | Vulcan Tool Works | Oswaldtwistle |