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John DUGDALE

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Surname: DUGDALE

Forename(s): John

Place of Birth: Clitheroe, Lancashire

Service No: 37797

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Leicestershire Regiment

Battalion / Unit: 8th (Service) Battalion

Division: 21st Division

Age: 26

Date of Death: 1917-05-03

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Bay 5.

CWGC Cemetery: ---

CWGC Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: WADDINGTON, YORKSHIRE

Local War Memorial: WEST BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

John Dugdale was the son of Richard and Sarah Jane Dugdale, née Slater. Richard was born at Barrowford and Sarah at Chipping, Lancashire.

1901 West Bradford, Yorkshire Census: Hansons Farm - John Dugdale, aged 9 years, born Clitheroe, Lancashire, son of Richard and Sarah Jane Dugdale.

1911 West Bradford, Yorkshire Census: Hanson's Farm - John Dugdale, aged 18 years, born Clitheroe, Lancashire, son of Richard and Sarah Jane Dugdale.

The British Army Service Record for John Dugdale exists but may be incomplete.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte John Dugdale, 37797, Leic. R.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte John Dugdale, 37797, 8/Leic. R.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte John Dugdale, 37797, 8th Bn Leicester. Date and Place of Death: 3.5.17 on or since presumed. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - Richard. £16 15s. 11d.

UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for John. Name(s) on card(s): Dependant: Mrs Sarah Jane Dugdale. Relationship to soldier: Mother. Address: Hansons Farm, West Bradford, Clitheroe.

John was killed in action near Cherisy during the Arras Offensive (9 April-15 May, 1917).

Photograph: ‘Clitheroe Advertiser’ (22 June 1917).

Data Source: Local War Memorial

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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Private John DUGDALE

Private John DUGDALE

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Leicestershire Regiment

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Leicestershire Regiment

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 21st Division

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 21st Division

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Surname: DUGDALE

Forename(s): John

Born: Clitheroe, Lancs

Residence: West Bradford, Lancs

Enlisted: Manchester, Lancs

Number: 37797

Rank: Private

Regiment: Leicestershire Regiment

Battalion: 8th Battalion

Decorations:

Died Date: 03/05/17

Died How: Killed in action

Theatre of War: France & Flanders

Notes:

Data from Commonwealth War Graves Commission Records

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Surname: DUGDALE

Forename(s): John

Country of Service: United Kingdom

Service Number: 37797

Rank: Private

Regiment: Leicestershire Regiment

Unit: 8th Bn.

Age: 26

Awards:

Died Date: 03/05/1917

Additional Information: Son of Richard and Sarah Jane Dugdale, of Hanson's Farm, West Bradford, Clitheroe, Lancs.

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‘Clitheroe Advertiser' (22 June 1917)

(Kindly supplied by Shirley Penman of Clitheroe and Dorothy Falshaw of Gisburn)

WEST BRADFORD SOLDIER POSTED MISSING

Corporal John Dugdale, son of Mr. Richard Dugdale, Hanson’s Farm, West Bradford, has been reported missing since May 3rd. He was formerly a police constable, stationed at Swinton, and very popular with his brother officers. The intimation was conveyed to P.C. Gledhill by another former Swinton constable, P.C. Baker, who enlisted with Corporal Dugdale, and had been with him ever since.

“I have sad news to tell you,” he writes, “and that is that Dugdale is missing. Our lot went over the top early in the morning of May 3rd. I asked the lads of the platoon if they saw anything of him, and the only news I could get was that one of them saw him about an hour after the attack in a shell-hole, and all right. It is possible that he is a prisoner, as some of our lot were known to have been taken. I was not with him when he went over, being in a rest-camp with septic poisoning.”

Corporal Dugdale was formerly employed as a wood-cutter on the Eaves Hall Estate, and went to Swinton in 1914, and, after about 18months’ service in the constabulary, enlisted in the Royal Engineers, but was subsequently transferred to the Leicester Regiment. He is 26 years of age, and single.

‘Clitheroe Advertiser’ (2 November 1917)

(Kindly supplied by Shirley Penman of Clitheroe and Dorothy Falshaw of Gisburn)

POSTED MISSING SINCE MAY

WOUNDED COMRADE REPORTS CORPORAL J. DUGDALE DEAD

The long suspense suffered by Mr. and Mrs. Dugdale, Hanson’s Farm, West Bradford, in regard to their son, Corporal John Dugdale, who was reported missing in May last, was ended this week by a letter from a wounded soldier in hospital, at Cambridge, and the family now mourn his death.

The sad news was obtained through the agency of the British Red Cross Enquiry Dept. for wounded and missing. A letter, dated the 11th October, forwarded to Mrs. Dugdale, contains the following:

“We have been trying to obtain some news about your son, and fear that we have to-day received some sad particulars of him. Pte. W.C. Terrey, 20318, D. Co., Lewis Gun Section, in hospital abroad, states: ‘Dugdale – the only one of that name, I think, in the company – was killed at Fontaine. We attacked, but the enemy were too strong, and we had to fall back. It was while retiring that I saw Dugdale lying dead. We were in a sunken road before attacking and it was about 50 yards in front of that road that I saw Dugdale. We never went over the ground again. A burying party went out at night and buried many in a trench. Dugdale was a dark, clean shaven young fellow, of about 24. He came from Nottingham, I think, but won’t be sure.’”

A further letter, dated Oct. 22nd, stated that the Enquiry Dept. were sending Corporal Dugdale’s photograph to their searcher at the 1st General Hospital, Cambridge, where Pte. Terrey had been transferred. The result of that was contained in a third communication which came to hand this week:–

“We hear to-day from our searcher at the 1st Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge, that he showed your son’s photograph to Pte. Terrey and that he stated he had no doubt he saw your son after he was killed on the 3rd May – that he had the Royal Engineer’s badge and had been transferred to the Leicesters.”

Corporal Dugdale was formerly employed as a wood-cutter on the Eaves Hall Estate, and went to Swinton in 1914. After 18 months’ service with the Constabulary, he enlisted in the Royal Engineers. He was 26 years of age and unmarried. Sympathy is extended to the family who had hoped that Corporal Dugdale might have been taken prisoner.

‘Clitheroe Advertiser’ (19 April 1918)

(Kindly supplied by Shirley Penman of Clitheroe and Dorothy Falshaw of Gisburn)

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Mr. R. Dugdale, Hanson’s Farm, West Bradford, has been officially notified by the Records Office that his son, Corporal John Dugdale, of the 8th Leicesters, missing since May, 1917, is now presumed dead.

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P.C. John Dugdale (John was stationed at Swinton)

P.C. John Dugdale (John was stationed at Swinton)

Kindly supplied by Shirley Penman, Clitheroe

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