John Henry HARGREAVES

Main CPGW Record

Surname: HARGREAVES

Forename(s): John Henry

Place of Birth: Silsden, Yorkshire

Service No: S/18732

Rank: Corporal

Regiment / Corps / Service: Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own)

Battalion / Unit: 9th (Service) Battalion

Division: 14th (Light) Division

Age: 27

Date of Death: 1918-04-04

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: VII. A. 5.

CWGC Cemetery: CRUCIFIX CORNER CEMETERY, VILLERS-BRETONNEUX

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)

Additional Information:

John Henry Hargreaves was the son of Henry and Fanny Hargreaves, née Tillotson. Henry was born at Skipton and Fanny at Sheffield, Yorkshire. (Both of Fanny's parents were born at Silsden, Yorkshire).

1901 Nelson, Lancashire Census: 49, Victoria Street - John Hy. Hargreaves, aged 10 years, born Silsden, Yorkshire, son of Henry and Fanny Hargreaves.

1911 Nelson, Lancashire Census: 18, Bentley Street - John Henry Hargreaves, aged 20 years, born Silsden, Yorkshire, son of Henry and Fanny Hargreaves.

John was married to Margaret Alice Counsell in 1915. (Margaret died on 12 October 1918).

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

Data Source: Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19 Records

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

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