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Surname: BERRY
Forename(s): Joseph
Place of Birth: Scosthrop, Yorkshire
Service No: 47110
Rank: Rifleman
Regiment / Corps / Service: New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Battalion / Unit: 2nd Battalion
Division: New Zealand Division
Age: 32
Date of Death: 1918-03-26
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: I. J. 54.
CWGC Cemetery: SUCRERIE MILITARY CEMETERY, COLINCAMPS
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: AIRTON, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: KIRKBY MALHAM, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Joseph Berry was the son of John and Alice Berry, née Timms. John was born at Airton, Yorkshire and Alice at Kidlington, Oxfordshire.
1891 Scosthrop, Yorkshire Census: Settle Road - Joseph Berry, aged 4 years, born Kirkby Malham, Yorkshire, son of John and Alice Berry.
1901 Arncliffe, Yorkshire Census: Amerdale House - Joseph Berry, aged 14 years, born Scosthrop, Yorkshire. [Joseph was employed as a domestic by Miss Dorothy E. Hammond. Dorothy had once been engaged to the father of Captain Gerald William Edward Maude (q.v.).]
New Zealand service records: https://www.govt.nz/browse/history-culture-and-heritage/nz-history/get-a-copy-of-a-ww1-service-record/
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:
BERRY, Joseph, New Zealand Rifleman, aged 30, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Berry, Daisy Mount, Airton, killed March 26, 1918.
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Rifleman Joseph BERRY
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: New Zealand Division
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26 April 1918
BERRY - March 26th, killed in action, Rifleman Joseph Berry, New Zealand Regiment, eldest son of John and Alice Berry, Airton, aged 30 years.
26 April 1918
Private John [Joseph] Berry, Airton
We regret to report the death of Pte. Joseph Berry, of the 2nd Division New Zealand Rifle Regiment. Private Berry was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Berry, of Daisy Mount, Airton, who received the sad news by a wire which stated that he had been killed while in action in France, on March 26th. Over nine years ago Pte. Berry went out to New Zealand. He returned a fine specimen of what our Colonies have sent to aid the Old Country in the cause of freedom. Much sympathy is felt throughout the district for the bereaved family.
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26 April 1918
BERRY - Killed in action, March 26th, Pte. Joseph Berry, of the New Zealand Riflemen, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Berry, of Daisy Mount, Airton, aged 30.
26 April 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
Airton Soldier's Death
We deeply regret to have to report the death of Pte. Joseph Berry, of the New Zealand Riflemen, who was killed in action on March 26th, while serving in France. Pte. Berry, who was 30 years of age, left Airton for New Zealand over nine years ago. He was a fine young man, a credit both to the colony and the old country. The sad intelligence was conveyed to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Berry, Daisy Mount, Airton, by wire. Much sympathy is felt in the village and neighbourhood for the bereaved family.
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