Capt
Harold Ackroyd
Information about birth
Date of birth: 13/07/1877 |
Place of birth: Southport, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom |
General information
Profession: Doctor of Medicine |
Army information
Country: England, United Kingdom |
Force: British Expeditionary Force |
Rank: Captain |
Service number: / |
Units: — Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire Regiment), 6th Bn. (Attached) |
Information about death
Date of death: 11/08/1917 |
Place of death: Jargon Trench, Glencorse Wood, Belgium |
Cause of death: Killed in action (K.I.A.) |
Age: 40 |
Cemetery
Birr Cross Roads Cemetery Plot: - Row: - Grave: Special Memorial 7 |
Distinctions and medals 5
1914-15 Star Medal |
British War Medal Medal |
Military Cross Medal — 19/07/1916 |
Victoria Cross Medal |
Victory Medal Medal |
Sources 5
" Arras to Cambrai. The Kitchener Battalions of the Royal Berkshire Regiment 1917 ", Fox C. ( et al.), University of Reading , 1997, pg. 21-26. Sources used |
" Passchendaele 1917. VCs of the First World War ", Snelling S., Wrens Park Publishing, 2000, pg. 58 - 65. Sources used |
Ancestry http://www.ancestry.co.uk/ Further reference |
CWGC http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/459800/ACKROYD,%20HAROLD Sources used |
The Long Long Trail http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/ Further reference |