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Surname: HAYTHORNTHWAITE
Forename(s): Ralph William
Place of Birth: Slaidburn, Yorkshire
Service No: 29334
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Grenadier Guards
Battalion / Unit: 1st Battalion
Division: Guards Division
Age: 20
Date of Death: 1918-02-12
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: V. E. 64.
CWGC Cemetery: DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SLAIDBURN, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Ralph William Haythornthwaite was the son of William and Ann Elizabeth Haythornthwaite, née Alden. William was born at Slaidburn and Ann at Melbourne, Yorkshire.
1901 Slaidburn, Yorkshire Census: Mill House - William Ralph Haythornthwaite, aged 3 years, born Slaidburn, son of William and Ann Elizabeth Haythornthwaite.
1911 Slaidburn, Yorkshire Census: Chapel Street - William Ralph Haythornthwaite, aged 13 years, born Slaidburn, son of William and Ann Elizabeth Haythornthwaite.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Ralph W. Haythornthwaite, 29334, G. Gds.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Gdsn Ralph Wm. Haythornthwaite, 29334, 1 G. Gds.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Ralph William Haythornthwaite, 29334, 1 Bn Gren Gds. Date and Place of Death: 12.2.18. 19 CC Stn. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - William £11 13s. 10d.
A short biography of Ralph is included in: ‘In Love, In Gratitude, In Remembrance – Remembering the Men & Women of Slaidburn, Newton in Bowland, Dunsop Bridge, Dale Head & Tosside’ by Margaret Brenchley (2018).
Data Source: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Private Ralph William HAYTHORNTHWAITE
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Grenadier Guards
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: Guards Division
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