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William Lawson Aldridge.
William Lawson Aldridge was born on 27 April 1896 in Bradford, Yorkshire, his father, Alfred, was 34 and his mother, Sarah, was 24. He was baptised on the 17th June 1896 in St Mary’s Laisterdyke. He had two sisters. He died on 4 October 1917 at the age of 21, and was buried in Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. See Find a grave.
Charles Roebuck Bergan.
Name: Charles Roebuck Bergan
Birth Place: Huddersfield
Death Date: 13 Apr 1918
Death Place: France and Flanders
Enlistment Place: Bradford
Rank: Private
Regiment: King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Battalion: 10th Battalion
Regimental Number: 41768
Type of Casualty: Killed in action
Theatre of War: Western European Theatre
Buried: Ploegsteert, Belgium. See Find a grave.
British War Medal and Victory Medal
British Army WW1 Medal Index
Ploegsteert Memorial
Firth Broadley.
Firth was Born in Halifax on 3rd July 1898 to Joshua and Annetta, and baptised at St George Ovenden on the 11th September. In 1911, aged 12, he lived at 79 Bierley Lane, also with his brother Horace (aged 9).
Firth enlisted in Bradford with the rank of Private to the North Staffordshire (Prince of Wales’s) regiment. His Regimental number was 40353.
Firth died of wounds on 24th April 1918. Some records say this was in Flanders, France, others Germany. He is buried inNiederzwehren, Kasseler Stadtkreis, Hessen, Germany. See Find a grave.
Robinson Butterfield.
Son of Jonas and Martha Butterfield. See also find a grave.
| Name: | Robinson Butterfield |
|---|---|
| Birth Place: | Bradford |
| Death Date: | 11 Jun 1917 (Age 26) |
| Death Place: | France and Flanders |
| Burial Place: | Ypres (Ieper-Menin Gate), Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium |
| Enlistment Place: | Bradford |
| Rank: | Private |
| Regiment: | Northumberland Fusiliers |
| Battalion: | 10th Battalion |
| Regimental Number: | 40205 |
| Type of Casualty: | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War: | Western European Theatre |
| Comments: | Formerly 32222, Durham L.I. |
Died on the 11th November 1914 in Flanders and France. Harry was guardsman 4981 in the Scots Guards. He is buried in Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. See here for details.
Douglas Chappell
Born on 28th August 1899 in Bradford. Son of William and Martha of Dudley Hill. Died on the 20th August 1918 in France and Flanders. Douglas was a private in the Kings own Yorkshire Light infantry, Reg number 52029. He is buried in Department de la Somme, Picardie, France, see here.
Albert Chappell.
Older brother of Douglas, Son of William and Martha of 42 Bierley Lane. Served as a Gunner in the Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery, regimental number 781433. Died 3rd April 1918 aged 21, in France and Flanders. Buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery,Poperinge, Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium. See here.
St John's Church Bierley 