We remember Joseph Henry Davenport

We remember Joseph Henry Davenport

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Timeline

Timeline

1892
birth Hanley, Staffordshire United Kingdom Source:9627396 18th November 1892
1911
employment Miner Hanley, Staffordshire United Kingdom Source:9647197 2nd April 1911
1911
location 71 Bold Street Northwood Hanley Staffordshire United Kingdom their own address Source:9647197 2nd April 1911
events Military Service Soldiers Effects - The Price of a Life Hanley, Staffordshire United Kingdom National Archives Source:9627512
events Hanley Town Hall Great War Memorial Plaque Detail Memorial Hanley, Staffordshire United Kingdom Source:9627496
events Hanley Town Hall Great War Memorial Plaque Memorial Hanley, Staffordshire United Kingdom Source:9627492
events Holy Trinity Church Great War Memorial Plaque Memorial Holy Trinity Church Northwood Hanley Staffordshire United Kingdom Source:9627487
missing As he is listed on the Memorial at Tyne Cot it is assumed that his body was never recovered. Source:9627472
missing Unit war diary shows 42 wounded and missing. As he is recorded on the Tyne Cot Memorial it is presumed that his body was never recovered. Source:9627458
service British Army Private 16072 Lancashire Fusiliers Source:1100721
service British Army Private 16072 Lancashire Fusiliers 18th (2nd S E Lancs) Source:9627472
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:9627472
1917
death Killed in Action Unit ordered to attack Houthulst Wood in a frontal attack against German pillboxes and defences across open ground and craters which failed. Map shows lines of advance and retreat. Houlthulst Wood Belgium Source:7524313 Source:9627509 22nd October 1917
burial Tyne Cot Memorial CWGC Cemetery/Memorial West-Vlaanderen Belgium Stone No. 56 Source:9627464

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Joseph Henry
Initials JH
Last Name Davenport
Source 7524313
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
71 Bold Street Northwood Hanley Staffordshire United Kingdom their own address 2nd April 1911
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 16072 Lancashire Fusiliers Private
British Army 16072 Lancashire Fusiliers 18th (2nd S E Lancs) Private
Awards
AwardTypeSource
British War Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Victory Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Victory Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Hannah Davenport nee Austin mother
Joseph Davenport father

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Imperial1

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Birth Certificate David148593
Unit War Diary 22/10/1917 Page 1 David148593
Unit War Diary 22/10/1917 Page 2 David148593
Unit War Diary 22/10/1917 Page 3 David148593
Unit War Diary 22/10/1917 Page 4 David148593
CWGC Memorial Certificate David148593
CWGC Memorial Panel List David148593
CWGC Memorial Register David148593
CWGC Memorial Plaque David148593
Memorial Plaque Holy Trinity Church David148593
War Memorial Plaques David148593
War Memorial Plaques Detail David148593
Map of Attack on Houlthulst Wood 22/10/1917 David148593
Soldiers Effects Register 1 David148593
Soldiers Effects Register 2 David148593
The Killing Field 100 Yrs Later David148593
Victory Medal David148593
Medal Index Card David148593
1911 Census David148593

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