We remember James Greenhalgh

We remember James Greenhalgh

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Timeline

Timeline

1891
birth United Kingdom Source:7162790 1891
1917
dates Age 26 Source:6640637 3rd May 1917
1917
service British Army Serjeant 266981 Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment 2nd/7th Battalion Source:6640637 3rd May 1917
1917
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:6640692 3rd May 1917
1917
location 47 Woodhey Road, Holcombe Brook, Ramsbottom United Kingdom parents address Source:6640637 3rd May 1917
1917
location Bury, Lancashire United Kingdom their own address Source:6640692 3rd May 1917
employment Police Constable Burnley Borough Police Burnley, Lancashire United Kingdom Source:6640630
enlistment Skipton, Yorkshire United Kingdom Source:6640692
service British Army Serjeant 266981 Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) Source:7162790
1917
death Killed in Action Went into no man's land to retrieve casualties from failed assault. Brought in two. Never returned from going for third. France Source:7162790 Source:6640692 Source:6640637 3rd May 1917
burial Ecoust Military Cemetery, Ecoust-St. Mein CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Pas de Calais France Source:7162790

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names James
Initials J
Last Name Greenhalgh
Source 1453133
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
47 Woodhey Road, Holcombe Brook, Ramsbottom United Kingdom parents address known 3rd May 1917
Bury, Lancashire United Kingdom their own address known 3rd May 1917
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 266981 Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment 2nd/7th Battalion Serjeant
British Army 266981 Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) Serjeant
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Jane Greenhalgh mother
Samuel Greenhalgh father

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Evidence

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Official Records

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Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Cranborne3325
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Imperial1

External Evidence

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Burnley Express Cranborne3325
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cranborne3325
Burnley News Cranborne3325

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