BORN HALIFAX 1885. RESIDED IN HULL BEFORE THE WAR. EMPLOYED BY NOLAN’S HOUSE FURNISHERS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, WHEN WAR BEGAN
SON OF HARRY & DOROTHY ACKROYD, OF HALIFAX. HE WORKED AND ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 22088, THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, AT ST LUKES HOSPITAL, ON 01/08/1916, AGED 30. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED INTHE HULL DAILY MAIL,, ON 08/08/1916. *
HE WAS BURIED IN HALIFAX WITH A FULL MILITARY FUNERAL.
First name:
GERALD
Regiment:
Military Number:
22088
Rank:
Private
Date Died
01/08/1916
Place died:
Moor End United Reformed Chapelyard, Halifax, Yorkshire, UK
Age:
30
94 BLACKWOOD GROVE, HALIFAX, CALDERDALE, WEST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
