Capt
Harold Ackroyd
Information about birth
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Date of birth: 13/07/1877 |
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Place of birth: Southport, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom |
General information
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Profession: Doctor of Medicine |
Army information
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Country: England, United Kingdom |
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Force: British Expeditionary Force |
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Rank: Captain |
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Units: — Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire Regiment), 6th Bn. (Attached) |
Information about death
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Date of death: 11/08/1917 |
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Place of death: Jargon Trench, Glencorse Wood, Belgium |
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Cause of death: Killed in action (K.I.A.) |
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Age: 40 |
Cemetery
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Birr Cross Roads Cemetery Plot: - Row: - Grave: Special Memorial 7 |
Distinctions and medals 5
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1914-15 Star Medal |
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British War Medal Medal |
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Military Cross Medal — 19/07/1916 |
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Victoria Cross Medal |
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Victory Medal Medal |
Points of interest 1
| #1 | Place of birth |
Sources 2
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Fox C. ( et al.), Arras to Cambrai. The Kitchener Battalions of the Royal Berkshire Regiment 1917 (University of Reading , 1997) pg. 21-26. Sources used |
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Snelling S., Passchendaele 1917. VCs of the First World War (Wrens Park Publishing, 2000) pg. 58 - 65. Sources used |
More information 3
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Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/629754 |
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/459800 |
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=b2daaf3c-3c4e-4496-b6bf-36275b928d3a |