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Surname: HEYWORTH
Forename(s): Harrison
Place of Birth: Bacup, Lancashire
Service No: 9699
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Labour Corps
Battalion / Unit: 17th Coy
Division: ---
Age: 36
Date of Death: 1917-10-06
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: III. C. 24.
CWGC Cemetery: ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Harrison Heyworth was the son of James and Sarah Ann Heyworth, née Taylor. Both parents were born at Bacup, Lancashire.
1891 Bacup, Lancashire Census: 1, Esther Place - Harrison Heyworth, aged 9 years, born Bacup, son of Jas. and Sarah Ann Heyworth.
1901 Bacup, Lancashire Census: 19, Albert Terrace - Harrison Heyworth, aged 19 years, born Bacup, son of James and Sarah A. Heyworth.
Harrison was married to Sarah Elizabeth Greenwood in 1908.
1911 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 26, Denton Street - Harrison Heyworth, aged 29 years, born Bacup, Lancashire, husband of Sarah Elizabeth Heyworth.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Harrison Heyworth, 29681, Linc. R.; 9699, Lab. C.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Harrison Heyworth, 9699, Labour Corps; 29681, Linc. R.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Harrison Heyworth, 9699 (29681), 17th Labour Corps. Date and Place of Death: 6.10.17. No.1 South African General Hospital, France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow and Sole Legatee - Sarah E. £8 16s. 11d.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Harrison Heyworth, 9699, 17 Lab. Co. Date and Place of Death: 6.10.17 France. Illness. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow Sole Legatee - Sarah E. £0 8s. 8d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: Pte Harrison Heyworth 9699, 17 Lab. Coy. Date and cause of death: Tonsilitis and Pharyngitis, Syncope. Contracted on Active Service. Name(s) on card(s): Widow: Sarah Elizabeth, born 7.6.77. Address: 26, Denton Street, Barnoldswick, Yorkshire.
The 1921 Census shows that Harrison's widow, Sarah Elizabeth (born Bacup), was Visitor/Niece to Peter John and Sarah Law at 161, Burnley Road, Bacup. The 1939 Register shows that Sarah was living at 17, Daventry Avenue, Blackpool, Lancashire.
A short biography of Harrison 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:
HEYWORTH, H., Labour Corps, 26, Denton Street, [Barnoldswick], died from syncope, France, Oct. 6, 1917.
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Private Harrison HEYWORTH
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Labour Corps
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12 October 1917
BARNOLDSWICK
News was received yesterday (Thursday) of the death of Private Harrison Hayworth, which occurred on October 6th at a South African hospital in France, from syncope, following an attack of phrygitis. For the past 15 months he had been attached to a Labour Battalion. His wife lives at 26, Denton Street, Barnoldswick
19 October 1917
BARNOLDSWICK – PRIVATE HARRISON HEYWORTH
Private Harrison Heyworth, Labour Battalion, 26, Denton Street, Barnoldswick, whose death from syncope we reported in our last issue. [Caption to a photograph.]
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12 October 1917
HEYWORTH – Died from syncope on Oct. 6th, in France, Pte. Harrison Heyworth, Labour Battalion, husband of Mrs. Heyworth, of 26, Denton Street, Barnoldswick.
12 October 1917
BARNOLDSWICK
Pte. Harrison Heyworth
News was received yesterday (Thursday) of the death of Private Harrison Heyworth, which occurred on October 6th at a South African hospital in France, from syncope, following an attack of phrygitis. For the past 15 months he had been attached to a labour battalion. His wife lives at 26, Denton Street, Barnoldswick.
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