Main CPGW Record
Surname: HARGREAVES
Forename(s): Edgar
Place of Birth: Skipton, Yorkshire
Service No: 44143
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Manchester Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 12th (Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry) Battalion
Division: 17th (Northern) Division
Age: 23
Date of Death: 1918-03-24
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Bay 7.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Edgar Hargreaves was the son of James and Selina Hargreaves, née Smith. James was born at Manchester, Lancashire and Selina at Skipton, Yorkshire.
1901 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 104, Roseberry Terrace - Edgar Hargreaves, aged 6 years, born Skipton, son of James and Selina Hargreaves.
1911 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 1, Walton Street - Edgar Hargreaves, aged 16 years, born Skipton, son of James and Selina Hargreaves.
Edgar was married to Daisy Knowles in 1915.
The British Army Service Record for Edgar Hargreaves exists but may be incomplete.
On the 24 September 1917, the 12th (Service) Bn Manchester Regiment absorbed the R.H.Q. and 2 squadrons of the 1/1st Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry. It then became the 12th (Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry) Bn Manchester Regiment.
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:
HARGREAVES, Edgar, Manchester Regt., son of Mr. and Mrs. James Hargreaves, 78, Keighley Road, Skipton, (and husband of Mrs. Hargreaves, 22, Vale Street, Nelson), killed in action, 1918.
---
Click the thumbnail below to view a larger image.

Private Edgar HARGREAVES

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Manchester Regiment

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 17th (Northern) Division
---
---
Comment on this Soldier Record
You can leave comments on this soldier record. Please note all comments will be manually approved before they appear on the website.
No comments yet.