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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Service number: / |
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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 |
Sources 5
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" 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 |
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" Passchendaele 1917. VCs of the First World War ", Snelling S., Wrens Park Publishing, 2000, pg. 58 - 65. Sources used |
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Ancestry http://www.ancestry.co.uk/ Further reference |
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CWGC http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/459800/ACKROYD,%20HAROLD Sources used |
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The Long Long Trail http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/ Further reference |