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Surname: OLDFIELD
Forename(s): Harold
Place of Birth: Silverdale, Lancashire
Service No: 59499
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 8th Battalion. (Leeds Rifles)
Division: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division
Age: 19
Date of Death: 1918-07-20
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: IV. AA. 8.
CWGC Cemetery: MARFAUX BRITISH CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Harold Oldfield was the son of Alfred and Sarah Oldfield, née Dennis. Alfred was born at Carleton-in-Craven and Sarah at Osmotherley, Yorkshire.
1901 Bingley, Yorkshire Census: Milner Field Lodge - Harold Oldfield, aged 1 year, born Silverdale, Lancashire, son of Alfred and Sarah Oldfield.
1911 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 34, Ermysted Street - Harold Oldfield, aged 11 years, born Silverdale, Lancashire, son of Alfred and Sarah Oldfield.
The British Army Service Record for Harold Oldfield exists but may be incomplete.
Harold was killed in action near Marfaux during the Battles of the Marne, 1918, 20 July-2 August, at the Battle of Tardenois, 20-31 July.
On the 30 January 1918 the 1/8th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment moved to the 62nd (2/West Riding) Division absorbing the 2/8th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment, to form the 8th Bn West Yorkshire 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:
OLDFIELD, Harold, aged 19, West Yorkshire Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Oldfield, 34, Ermysted Street, Skipton, killed July 20, 1918.
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Private Harold OLDFIELD
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division
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30 August 1918
Private Harold Oldfield, Skipton
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Oldfield, of 34 Ermysted Street, Skipton, have, we regret to say, received an official intimation of the death in action, on July 20th, of their son, Private Harold Oldfield, West Yorkshire Regiment. Only nineteen years of age, Private Oldfield joined up in September last year, and went to France in April of this year. He was formerly associated with the Skipton Parish Church Sunday School. Another brother, Sydney, is serving in the Royal Air Force.
06 September 1918
OLDFIELD – July 30th. killed in action, Rifleman Harold Oldfield, dearly beloved son of Mr. and Mrs. Oldfield, 34 Ermysted Street, Skipton.
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30 August 1918
Skipton Soldier Killed
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Oldfield, of 34, Ermysted Street, Skipton, have received an official intimation of the death in action on July 20th of their son, Pte. Harold Oldfield, West Yorkshire Regiment. Only 19 years of age, Pte Oldfield joined up in September last year and went to France in April of this year. He was formerly associated with the Skipton Parish Church Sunday School. Another brother, Sydney, is serving in the Royal Air Force.
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