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Surname: ORMEROD
Forename(s): Benjamin Thomas
Place of Birth: Great Harwood, Lancashire
Service No: 36274
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Army Medical Corps
Battalion / Unit: 77th Field Ambulance
Division: 25th Division
Age: 30
Date of Death: 1915-06-04
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: 535.
CWGC Cemetery: BARNOLDSWICK (ST. MARY-LE-GILL) CHURCHYARD
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Benjamin Thomas Ormerod was the son of Thomas and Catherine Ormerod, née Lord. Thomas was born at Billington and Catherine at Great Harwood, Lancashire. Benjamin's two younger brothers lost their lives in the Great War: Private William Ormerod, 2/6th Bn Manchester Regiment, killed in action, 21 March 1918 and L/Bombardier Bernard Ormerod, 'A' Battery, 64th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, died of wounds, 22 April 1918. The three brothers are commemorated on the Great Harwood War Memorial.
1891 Great Harwood, Lancashire Census: 21, Russell Place - Benjamin Ormerod, aged 6 years, born Great Harwood, son of Thomas and Catherine Ormerod.
1901 Great Harwood, Lancashire Census: 41, Holgate Street - Benjamin T. Ormerod, aged 16 years, born Great Harwood, son of Thomas and Catherine Ormerod.
Benjamin was married to Mary Maria Waterworth in 1907.
1911 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 8, Railway Street - Benjamin Thomas Ormerod, aged 26 years, born Great Harwood, Lancashire, husband of Mary Maria Ormerod.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: L/Cpl Benjamin Thomas Ormerod, 36274, 77th Fd. Amb. R.A.M.C. (Pte) Date and Place of Death: 4.6.15 London Motor Bus Accidt. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Mary M. Wood. £4 15s. 9d.
A short biography of Benjamin 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:
ORMEROD, Lance Corporal Benjamin T., aged 30, 77th Field Ambulance, R.A.M.C., 1, Leonard Street, [Barnoldswick], died on June 4, 1915, from injuries received through being knocked down by a motor bus in London; member of the Barnoldswick St. John Ambulance Division.
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Private Benjamin Thomas ORMEROD
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Army Medical Corps
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 25th Division
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