Life story: Harold Hammond Aykroyd | Lives of the First World War

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1894

sibling Major Sir Alfred Hammond Aykroyd, Bt Source:111389 3rd June 1894

1896

birth Source:111389 7th April 1896

1900

sibling Colonel George Hammond Aykroyd Source:111389 1st July 1900

1902

sibling Mary Hammond Aykroyd Source:111389 15th August 1902

1914

commission Source:8483828 2nd September 1914

1914

enlistment Source:8483828 2nd September 1914

1914

service British Army Supernumerary Second Lieutenant Duke of Wellington's Own West Riding Regiment 4th Battalion Source:8483830 2nd September 1914 - 30th May 1915

1915

service British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Wellington's Own West Riding Regiment 4th Battalion Source:8483831 30th May 1915 - 30th May 1916

1916

service British Army Lieutenant Duke of Wellington's Own West Riding Regiment 4th Battalion Source:8483837 30th May 1916 - 1st June 1916

1916

service British Army Captain Duke of Wellington's Own West Riding Regiment 4th Battalion Source:8483841 1st June 1916 - 22nd January 1919

1916

appointments Officer Commanding - 4th D.W.R. Scouts Source:8483833 22nd September 1916

1916

awards Military Cross (MC) British Award/Decoration Source:8483833 22nd September 1916

1918

appointments Adjutant - 4th D.W.R. Source:8483845 24th June 1918 - 12th February 1919

1919

appointments Second in Command - 4th D.W.R. Source:8483843 22nd January 1919 - 7th February 1919

1919

service British Army Acting Major Duke of Wellington's Own West Riding Regiment 4th Battalion Source:8483843 22nd January 1919 - 7th February 1919

1919

service British Army Captain Duke of Wellington's Own West Riding Regiment 4th Battalion Source:8483849 7th February 1919 - 1st June 1925

1925

service British Army Provisional Major Duke of Wellington's Own West Riding Regiment 4th Battalion Source:8483850 1st June 1925 - 21st May 1926

1926

service British Army Major Duke of Wellington's Own West Riding Regiment 4th Battalion Source:8483851 21st May 1926 - 1st June 1929

1926

marriage Nina Marguerite Hulse Source:111389 14th December 1926 - 1938

1929

appointments Battalion Commander - 4th D.W.R. Source:8483858 1st June 1929 - 1st June 1935

1929

service British Army Lieutenant Colonel Duke of Wellington's Own West Riding Regiment 4th Battalion Source:8483852 1st June 1929 - 1st June 1933

1930

awards Efficiency Decoration - TD Other War Service Award Source:8483856 23rd September 1930

1931

children Susuan Aykroyd Source:111389 1st February 1931

1933

service British Army Brevet Colonel Duke of Wellington's Own West Riding Regiment 4th Battalion Source:8483858 1st June 1933 - 1st June 1935

1934

children Sally Mary Aykroyd Source:111389 3rd August 1934

1935

service British Army Colonel Duke of Wellington's Own West Riding Regiment Source:8483866 1st June 1935 - 11th April 1945

1935

awards Order of the British Empire (OBE) British Award/Decoration Source:8483862 3rd June 1935

1935

awards 1935 Jubilee Medal Other War Service Award Source:8483878 1935

1937

awards 1937 Coronation Medal Other War Service Award Source:8483878 1937

1941

marriage Kathleen Ellen Tyrrell-Grey Source:111389 29th December 1941

1943

location Hollin Hall, Ripon, Yorkshire United Kingdom their own address Source:111389 1943

1945

discharge Source:8483866 11th April 1945

1945

service British Army Colonel Duke of Wellington's Own West Riding Regiment Territorial Army Reserve of Officers Source:8483871 11th April 1945 - 7th April 1956

1945

awards Defence Medal Other War Service Award Source:8483878 1945

1945

awards War Medal Other War Service Award Source:8483878 1945

1951

children Harriet Louisa Aykroyd Source:111389 15th October 1951

1957

location Whixley Hall, Whixley, Yorkshire United Kingdom their own address Source:111389 1957

education Rugby College Rugby, Warwickshire United Kingdom Source:111389

theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:111389

1974

death Whixley, Yorkshire United Kingdom Source:111389 6th January 1974

burial Church Of The Ascension Churchyard Non-War Cemetery Whixley, Yorkshire United Kingdom Source:111389

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Names

Type	Name
First Names	Harold Hammond
Initials	HH
Last Name	Aykroyd
Source	111389

Gender

Gender	Source
Male

Locations

Address	Country	Type	Date	Source
Hollin Hall, Ripon, Yorkshire	United Kingdom	their own address	known 1943
Whixley Hall, Whixley, Yorkshire	United Kingdom	their own address	known 1957

Contribution

Military Service

Service	Unit	Section	Rank
British Army	Duke of Wellington's Own West Riding Regiment	4th Battalion	Supernumerary Second Lieutenant
British Army	Duke of Wellington's Own West Riding Regiment	4th Battalion	Second Lieutenant
British Army	Duke of Wellington's Own West Riding Regiment	4th Battalion	Lieutenant
British Army	Duke of Wellington's Own West Riding Regiment	4th Battalion	Captain
British Army	Duke of Wellington's Own West Riding Regiment	4th Battalion	Acting Major
British Army	Duke of Wellington's Own West Riding Regiment	4th Battalion	Captain
British Army	Duke of Wellington's Own West Riding Regiment	4th Battalion	Provisional Major
British Army	Duke of Wellington's Own West Riding Regiment	4th Battalion	Major
British Army	Duke of Wellington's Own West Riding Regiment	4th Battalion	Lieutenant Colonel
British Army	Duke of Wellington's Own West Riding Regiment	4th Battalion	Brevet Colonel
British Army	Duke of Wellington's Own West Riding Regiment		Colonel
British Army	Duke of Wellington's Own West Riding Regiment	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers	Colonel

Awards

Award	Type	Source
1914/15 Star	First World War Campaign/Service Medal
1935 Jubilee Medal	Other War Service Award
1937 Coronation Medal	Other War Service Award
British War Medal	First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Defence Medal	Other War Service Award
Efficiency Decoration - TD	Other War Service Award
Military Cross (MC)	British Award/Decoration
Order of the British Empire (OBE)	British Award/Decoration
Victory Medal	First World War Campaign/Service Medal
War Medal	Other War Service Award

Family

Children

Name	Relationship	Dates
Susuan Aykroyd	daughter	1st February 1931
Sally Mary Aykroyd	daughter	3rd August 1934
Harriet Louisa Aykroyd	daughter	15th October 1951

Parents

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Emma Louisa Aykroyd nee Hammond	mother
Sir William Henry Aykroyd, Bt.	father

Siblings

Name	Relationship	Dates
Colonel George Hammond Aykroyd	brother	1st July 1900
Mary Hammond Aykroyd	sister	15th August 1902
Major Sir Alfred Hammond Aykroyd, Bt	brother	3rd June 1894

Spouse

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Nina Marguerite Hulse	wife	14th December 1926
Kathleen Ellen Tyrrell-Grey	wife	29th December 1941

Media

Capt H H Aykroyd MC

Capt Aykroyd in uniform

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Col H H Aykroyd OBE MC TD

Photograph c.1958

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Captain H H Ackroyd

Original IWM image caption: Captain H H Ackroyd MC. Unit: 4th Battalion, West Riding Regiment. Death: Not known | Studio portrait seated

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External Evidence

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London Gazette Entry - Commission (1914)	M2740
London Gazette Entry - Appointment (1915)	M2740
London Gazette Entry - Promotion (1916)	M2740
London Gazette Entry - Military Cross Citation (1916)	M2740
London Gazette Entry - Promotion (1916)	M2740
London Gazette Entry - Promotion (1917)	M2740
London Gazette Entry - Appointment (1918)	M2740
London Gazette Entry - Promotion (1919)	M2740
London Gazette Entry - Appointment (1919)	M2740
London Gazette Entry - Appointment (1919)	M2740
London Gazette Entry - Appointment (1921)	M2740
London Gazette Entry - Promotion (1925)	M2740
London Gazette Entry - Promotion (1926)	M2740
London Gazette Entry - Promotion (1929)	M2740
London Gazette Entry - Promotion (1933)	M2740
London Gazette Entry - Award of Efficiency Decoration (1930)	M2740
London Gazette Entry - Promotion (1933)	M2740
Edinburgh Gazette Entry - Award of Officer of the' British Empire (1935)	M2740
London Gazette Entry - Appointment (1945)	M2740
London Gazette Entry - Nomination as Sheriff (1955)	M2740
London Gazette Entry - Retirement (1956)	M2740
London Gazette Entry - Nomination as Sheriff (1956)	M2740

Multimedia

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Capt H H Aykroyd MC	M2740
Col H H Aykroyd OBE MC TD	M2740
Captain H H Ackroyd	Wayne51525

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