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Surname: INMAN
Forename(s): Joshua
Place of Birth: Silsden, Yorkshire
Service No: 42732
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: South Staffordshire Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion
Division: 25th Division
Age: 19
Date of Death: 1918-04-13
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: IV. H. 1.
CWGC Cemetery: PONT-DU-HEM MILITARY CEMETERY, LA GORGUE
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SILSDEN, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Joshua Inman (born 3 March 1899) was the son of Matthew and Elizabeth Jane Inman, née Smith. Matthew was born at Richmond and Elizabeth at Embsay, Yorkshire.
1901 Silsden, Yorkshire Census: 18, Bolton Road - Joshua Inman, aged 2 years, born Silsden, son of Matthew and Jane Inman.
1911 Silsden, Yorkshire Census: 4, North Street - Joshua Inman, aged 12 years, born Silsden, son of Matthew and Jane Inman.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Joshua Inman, 42732, South Staffordshire Regiment.
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:
INMAN, Joshua, South Staffordshire Regiment, son of Mrs. Inman, 15, North Street, Silsden, died of wounds, Rouge, April 13, 1918.
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Private Joshua INMAN
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: South Staffordshire Regiment
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 25th Division
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31 May 1918
WOUNDED AND MISSING
Official news has been received by Mrs. Inman, 17 North Street, Silsden, that her son Private Joshua Inman, South Staffordshire Regiment, has been missing since 10th April, after he had been in France about 12 days. Private Inman is 19 years of age and joined up about a year ago. He trained at Ashford, Kent, Sheffield, and Brockton Camp, Staffs. He has another brother serving in Mesopotamia – Driver Tom Inman, of the Machine Gun Section.
06 November 1918
SILSDEN – DIED IN A GERMAN HOSPITAL
Mrs. Inman, of 15 North Street, Silsden, has received official news that her son, Private Joshua Inman, South Staffordshire Regiment, died of wounds in a German Field Hospital at Rouge, France, on April 3rd, 1918. Private Inman was 19 years of age, and joined up on the 24th May, 1917. After training at Rugeley, and Ashford in Kent, he went to France on the 30th March, 1918. Prior to enlisting he was employed as a warehouseman by Messrs. Berry and Fletcher, Airedale Shed, Silsden. Mrs. Inman’s only other son, Driver Tom Inman, is serving in Mesopotamia.
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31 May 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
Silsden Soldier Missing
Official news has been received by Mrs. Inman, 17, North Street, Silsden, that her son, Pte. Joshua Inman, of the South Staffordshire Regiment, has been missing since April 10th. He had only been in France about ten days. Pte. Inman, who is 19 years of age, joined up about a year ago. He has another brother serving in Mesopotamia, Driver Tom Inman, of the Machine Gun Section.
29 November 1918
Silsden Soldier’s Death in German Hospital
News has been received by Mrs. Inman, 15, North Street, Silsden, that her son. Pte. Joshua Inman, South Staffordshire Regiment, died of wounds on April 13th in a German Field Hospital, at Rouge, France. He had been missing from April 10th. Pte. Inman joined up in May, 1917, and went out to France in March, 1918. Another brother, Driver Tom Inman, is serving in Mesopotamia.
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