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Surname: DUCKWORTH
Forename(s): Edward Robinson
Place of Birth: Brogden, Yorkshire
Service No: 26416
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Grenadier Guards
Battalion / Unit: 4th Battalion
Division: Guards Division
Age: 22
Date of Death: 1917-07-22
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: I. F. 12.
CWGC Cemetery: DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Edward Robinson Duckworth was the son of John and Ada Duckworth, née Robinson. John was born at Edge House, Barnoldswick and Ada at Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire.
1901 Gisburn Census: New Inn - Edward R. Duckworth, aged 5 years, born Brogden, Yorkshire, son of John and Ada Duckworth.
1911 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: Edge House - Edward Duckworth, aged 15 years, born Brogden, Barnoldswick, son of John and Ada Duckworth.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Edward Duckworth, 26416, Grenadier Guards.
A short biography of Edward is included in: ‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
DUCKWORTH, Edward, aged 22 years, Grenadier Guards, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Duckworth, Edge Farm, [Barnoldswick], died of wounds, France, July 23, 1917.
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Private Edward Robinson DUCKWORTH
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Grenadier Guards
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: Guards Division
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03 August 1917
DUCKWORTH – July 22nd 1917, died of wounds received in action on the Western Front, Pte. Edward Robinson Duckworth, Grenadier Guards, only son of Mr. and Mrs. John Duckworth, Edge Farm, Barnoldswick, aged 22 years.
03 August 1917
BARNOLDSWICK – GUARDSMAN DIES OF WOUNDS
An official message was received on Tuesday recording the death of Private Edward Robinson Duckworth, Grenadier Guards, which took place in France on the 22nd of July from wounds received a few days previously. He was 22 years of age and the only son of Mr. and Mrs. John Duckworth, Edge Farm, Barnoldswick. He went to France in January last.
10 August 1917
BARNOLDSWICK – GUARDSMAN DIES OF WOUNDS
As stated last week an official message has been received recording the death of Private Edward Robinson Duckworth, Grenadier Guards, which took place in France on the 22nd of July from wounds received a few days previously. He was 22 years of age and the only son of Mr. and Mrs. John Duckworth, Edge Farm, Barnoldswick. He went to France in January last.
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03 August 1917
DUCKWORTH – July 23rd, in France, of wounds received in action, Pte. Edward Robinson Duckworth of the Grenadier Guards, only son of Mr. and Mrs. John Duckworth, Edge Farm, Barnoldswick, aged 22.
03 August 1917
BARNOLDSWICK
GUARDSMAN DIES OF WOUNDS
An official message was received on Tuesday recording the death of Pte. Edward Robinson Duckworth, Grenadier Guards, which took place in France on July the 22nd, from wounds received a few days previously. He was 22 years of age, and the only son of Mr. and Mrs. John Duckworth, Edge Farm, Barnoldswick. He went to France in January last.
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