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Surname: GREEN
Forename(s): Howarth Ratcliffe
Place of Birth: Oldham, Lancashire
Service No: 28619
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: East Yorkshire Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 13th (Service) Battalion. (4th Hull)
Division: 31st Division
Age: 38
Date of Death: 1917-04-29
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: South B. 3.
CWGC Cemetery: ALBUERA CEMETERY, BAILLEUL-SIRE-BERTHOULT
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Howarth Ratcliffe Green was the son of William and Jane Green, née Hayhurst. Both parents were born at Haslingden, Lancashire.
1881 Oldham, Lancashire Census: 181, Featherstall Road North - Howarth R. Green, aged 2 years, born Oldham, son of William and Jane Green.
1891 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: Chapel Street - Howorth [sic] R. Green, aged 12 years, born Oldham, Lancashire, son of Jane Green, widow.
1901 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 53, North View Terrace - Howarth R. Green, aged 24 years, born Oldham, Lancashire. [Howarth was living with his sisters, Emma J. and Annie Green.]
Howarth was married to Beatrice Whitehouse in 1905.
1911 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 33, Chapel Street - Howarth Ratcliffe Green, aged 32 years, born Oldham, Lancashire, husband of Beatrice Green.
The British Army Service Record for Howarth Ratcliffe Green exists but may be incomplete.
The informal title of the 13th (Service) Bn East Yorkshire Regiment (4th Hull) was T'Others.
A short biography of Howarth 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:
GREEN, H.R., aged 38 years, East Yorkshire Regiment, 33, Chapel Street, [Barnoldswick], killed in action April 29, 1917.
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Private Howarth Ratcliffe GREEN
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: East Yorkshire Regiment
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 31st Division
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