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Surname: HARGREAVES
Forename(s): George
Place of Birth: Carlisle, Cumberland
Service No: 91636
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Tank Corps
Battalion / Unit: 'C' Coy 9th Battalion
Division: ---
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1918-09-29
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: V. Q. 4.
CWGC Cemetery: BELLICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
George Hargreaves was the son of Samuel and Mary Eleanor Hargreaves, née Allsop and brother of Private John Robert Hargreaves (22908) (q.v.) and Private Sam Hargreaves (1863) (q.v.). Their father was born at Skipton, Yorkshire and mother at Hadfield, Derbyshire.
1901 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 37, Bennett Street - George Hargreaves, aged 4 years, born Carlisle, Cumberland, son of Samuel Hargreaves, widower.
1911 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 36, Cumberland Street - George Hargreaves, aged, 15 years, born Carlisle, Cumberland, son of Samuel Hargreaves, widower.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte George Hargreaves, 91636, Tank C.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte George Hargreaves, 91636, 9th Tank Corps. Killed in Action 29.2[sic].18.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte George Hargreaves, 91636, 9th Btn Tank Corps. Date and Place of Death: 29.9.18. K. in A. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - Samuel. £14 0s. 6d.
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, G., Tank Corp, son of Mr. S. Hargreaves, 36, Cumberland Street, Skipton, killed Sept. 22, 1918.
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Private George HARGREAVES
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Tank Corps
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25 October 1918
HARGREAVES – September 22nd, 1918, killed in action, Gunner George Hargreaves, Tank Corps, aged 20 years.
25 October 1918
MORE SKIPTON SACRIFICES – A THIRD SON: Private G. Hargreaves, Tank Corps
Mr. S. Hargreaves, 36 Cumberland Street, Skipton, has suffered a third war bereavement by the death in action with the Tank Corps, on September 22nd last, of his son Private G. Hargreaves, and much sympathy is felt for him and his family in their trouble. The Rev. T. A. Lee, chaplain, has written a letter of sympathy to the family, in which he mentions that Private Hargreaves was buried by his officer, Captain Crick, and that he himself had placed a cross over the grave. “It must,” he adds, “give you at least a feeling of pride that he had a part in the great advance in the crossing of the St. Quentin Canal and the breaking of the Hindenberg Line.”
Formerly chauffeur for Mr. J. W. Broughton, architect, Skipton, deceased enlisted in September, 1916, and had been at the Front since March last year. Private Sam Hargreaves, his brother, was killed last June, and another brother, Private John Hargreaves, Grenadier Guards, died last April from pneumonia.
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01 November 1918
Skipton Family’s Third Bereavement
Mr. S. Hargreaves, 36, Cumberland Street, Skipton, has suffered a third war bereavement by the death in action with the Tank Corps on Sept. 22nd last, of his son, Pte. G. Hargreaves, and much sympathy is felt for him and his family in their trouble. Rev. T.A. Lee, chaplain, has written a letter of sympathy to the family, in which he mentions that Pte. Hargreaves was buried by his officer, Capt. Crick, and that he himself had placed a cross over the grave. “It must,” he adds, “give you at least a feeling of pride that he had a part in the great advance in the crossing of the St. Quentin Canal and the breaking of the Hindenburg line.” Formerly chauffeur for Mr. J.W. Broughton, architect, Skipton, deceased enlisted in September, 1916, and had been at the front since March last year. Pte. Sam Hargreaves, his brother, was killed last June, and another brother, Pte. John Hargreaves, died last April from pneumonia.
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