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Surname: HOLROYD
Forename(s): George Arthur
Place of Birth: Glusburn, Yorkshire
Service No: 26393
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Border Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 8th (Service) Battalion
Division: 25th Division
Age: 39
Date of Death: 1917-07-15
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: XVI. B. 14.
CWGC Cemetery: LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: CROSSHILLS, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
George Arthur Holroyd was the son of William and Elizabeth Holroyd, née Whitaker. William was born at Thackley near Idle and Elizabeth at Morton near Bingley, Yorkshire.
1881 Nelson, Lancashire Census: 6, Back Leeds Road - George A. Holroyd, aged 2 years, born Glusburn, Yorkshire, son of William and Betty Holroyd.
1891 Nelson, Lancashire Census: 22, Leeds Road - George Arther [sic] Holroyde, aged 12 years, born Crosshills, Yorkshire, son of William Ambler and Betty Holroyde.
1901 Nelson, Lancashire Census: 14, East Street - George A. Holroyd, aged 22 years, born Glusburn, Yorkshire, son of William A. and Betty Holroyd.
George was married to Jane Turner in 1902.
1911 Nelson, Lancashire Census: 75, St. Mary Street - George Arther [sic] Holroyd, aged 32 years, born Glusburn, Yorkshire, husband of Jane Turner Holroyd.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte George A. Holroyd, 26393, Border Regiment.
Data Source: Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19 Records
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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