Information about birth

Year of birth:
1898
Place of birth:
Runcorn, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom

General information

Last known residence:
6 Highfied Terrace, Runcorn, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
Profession:
Labourer

Army information

Country:
England, United Kingdom
Force:
British Expeditionary Force
Rank:
Private
Service number:
40502
Enlistment date:
03/06/1916
Enlistment place:
Preston, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Units:
 —  York and Lancaster Regiment, 1st/4th Bn.  (Last known unit)

Information about death

Date of death:
09/10/1917
Place of death:
Fleet Cottage, 's Graventafel, Belgium
Cause of death:
Killed in action (K.I.A.)
Age:
19

Cemetery

Tyne Cot Cemetery
Plot: XIX.
Row: H.
Grave: 12.

Distinctions and medals 2

Points of interest 2

#1 Enlistment place
#2 Place of death (approximate)

Sources 5

1911 England Census (The National Archives, Kew (TNA), RG14).
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
Sources used
British Army World War I Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 (The National Archives, Kew (TNA), WO372).
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
Sources used
McCarthy, Chris. Passchendaele: The Day by Day Account (Londen: Arms & Armour Press, 2018), 118-123.
Sources used
Percy, Douglas, The 1/4th (Hallamshire) Battn., York and Lancaster Regiment, 1914-1919 (London 1926), 79
Sources used
War Office: Soldiers' Documents (The National Archives, Kew (TNA) WO363).
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
Sources used

More information 3