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Surname: STANDING
Forename(s): Greenwood James
Place of Birth: Barnoldswick, Yorkshire
Service No: 28427
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 2nd Battalion
Division: 8th Division
Age: 25
Date of Death: 1916-10-26
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 2 A 2 C and 2 D.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Greenwood James Standing was the son of Joseph and Esther Standing née Wilkinson. Both parents were born at Barnoldswick, Yorkshire. Greenwood was the cousin of Private Ernest Walter Maurice Garratt (40858) (q.v.).
1901 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: Butts Top - Greenwood Standing, aged 10 years, born Barnoldswick, son of Joseph and Esther Standing.
1911 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: Butts Top - Greenwood Standing, aged 19 years, born Barnoldswick, son of Joseph and Esther Standing.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Greenwood J. Standing, 28427, West Yorkshire Regiment.
A short biography of Greenwood 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:
STANDING, Greenwood J., aged 25 years, West Yorkshire Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Standing, Butts Top, [Barnoldswick], presumed killed in action Oct. 26, 1916.
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Private Greenwood James STANDING
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 8th Division
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01 December 1916
BARNOLDSWICK MAN MISSING
Private Greenwood J. Standing, 2nd West Yorkshire Regiment, son of Mr. J. Standing, Butts Top, and a partner in the firm of Standing Bros., printers and billposters, Barnoldswick, has been officially reported missing since October 26th. He joined the Army in the spring and had been in France two months.
28 September 1917
BARNOLDSWICK – MISSING SOLDIER’S DEATH PRESUMED
The Army Council has given notice presuming the death of Pte. Greenwood J. Standing, West Yorkshire Regiment, who has been reported missing in France since October 26th 1916. He was the second son of Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Standing, Butts Top, and a partner in the firm of Standing Bros., printers, Barnoldswick. Enlisting in the spring, he received his training at a camp in Northumberland, and went out to France in August of last year. Pte. Standing was 25 years of age.
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28 September 1917
STANDING – Oct. 26th, 1916 (now presumed dead), Pte. Greenwood J. Standing, West Yorkshire Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Standing, Butts Top, Barnoldswick, aged 25.
28 September 1917
BARNOLDSWICK
MISSING SOLDIER’S DEATH PRESUMED
The Army Council have given notice presuming the death of Pte. Greenwood J. Standing, West Yorkshire Regiment, who had been reported missing in France since October 26th, 1918. He was the second son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe. Standing, Butts Top, and a partner in the firm of Standing Bros., Printers, Barnoldswick. Enlisting in the spring, he received his training at a camp in Northumberland, and went out to France in August of last year. Pte. Standing was 25 years of age.
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