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Surname: GELDARD
Forename(s): Nicholas
Place of Birth: Bolton-by-Bowland, Yorkshire
Service No: 267257
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 2/6th Battalion
Division: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division
Age: 22
Date of Death: 1917-09-16
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: I. F. 19.
CWGC Cemetery: FAVREUIL BRITISH CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BOLTON-BY-BOWLAND, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Nicholas Geldard was the son of Nicholas and Mary Ann Geldard, née Singleton. Nicholas, senior (born at Bolton-by-Bowland, c. 1851), was the son of John and Mary A. Geldard. Mary Ann (born at Balderstone, Lancashire, c. 1863), was the daughter of George and Ann Singleton. Nicholas, junior, was related to Private Charles Geldard (47386) (q.v.).
1901 Bolton-by-Bowland, Yorkshire Census: Foxgill - Nicholas Geldard aged 5 years, born Bolton-by-Bolland, son of Nicholas and Mary Ann Geldard.
1911 Bolton-by-Bowland, Yorkshire Census: Foxgill - Nicholas Geldard aged 15 years, born Bolton-by-Bolland, son of Nicholas and Mary Ann Geldard.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Nicholas Geldard, 267257, W. Rid. R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Nicholas Geldard, 267257, 2/6 W. Rid. R. K. in A. 16.9.17.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Nicholas Geldard, 5190, 267257, 2/6 W. Riding. Date and Place of Death: 16.9.17. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother and sole legatee - Mary A. £7 16s. 10d. Mother and Administratrix - Mary A. £6 0s. 0d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Nicholas. Name(s) on card(s): Dependant: Mrs Mary Ann Geldard. Relationship: Mother. Address: Stoop Lane, Bolton-by-Bowland, Clitheroe.
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:
GELDARD, Nicholas, aged 22, West Riding Regiment, Shop Lane, killed Sept. 17, 1917.
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Private Nicholas GELDARD
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division
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28 September 1917
GELDARD – September 17th 1917, killed in action on the Western Front, Private Nicholas Geldard, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Geldard, of Strop Lane, Bolton-by-Bowland, aged 22 years.
28 September 1917
BOLTON-BY-BOWLAND – THE TOLL OF THE WAR
The war is exacting its full toll of our boys at the front, and the village is again in mourning as a consequence of the death of Private Nicholas Geldard, fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Geldard, of Strop Lane, who was killed in action on September 17th. Deceased was 22 years of age. He joined the 2/6th Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, and was most highly respected in the Army, as letters from his officers show.
Sergeant Holmes writes to Mrs. Geldard:– “I am very sorry to inform you that your son Nicholas was killed in action on the 17th September in the early hours of the morning. He was one of the lads in my company, and I feel his loss very much. He was a very quiet, unassuming and clean soldier – one of the best, and a soldier anyone could rely on at any time or in any danger. You have my deepest sympathy in your great loss. It is indeed a pity that such a career that he had in front of him should be cut off at such a short notice, but as we all know ‘God’s will be done. In the midst of life we are in death.’ All his friends feel it very much, he being with us so long, and then having to pay the price at practically the final stage of this horrible war. All the boys send their deepest sympathy and hope it will be some comfort to you knowing that he died a soldier’s death, facing the enemy all for the cause of liberty.”
Sergeant Garnett writes:– “I suppose by now you will have received the sad news of your son Nicholas. He was in my platoon and was highly respected by all who knew him as a quiet, willing, good lad. We all in the Company send our deepest sympathy; he has been decently buried behind the firing line. How his death occurred I will let you know later, but I am glad to say he suffered no pain, as death was instantaneous. We have his letters and personal belongings, and I will see to them being handed over to his brother in the 2/7th Battalion. We are still in the trenches, and having rather a hot time.”
27 September 1918
GELDARD – In sad but affectionate remembrance of a dear son and brother, Private Nicholas Geldard, killed in action September 17th, 1917.
“Only those who have loved and lost know the meaning of the word ‘Gone.’”
From Father, Mother, Sisters and Brother, Stoop Lane, Bolton-by-Bowland.
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