BORN HULL 20/11/1882. ONLY SON EDWARD LAMPLOUGH & MARY ANN HASELDEN AT THIS HULL ADDRESS. EDUCATED AT PARK ROAD BOARD SCHOOL. WAS A MERCHANT’S CLERK. HE MARRIED MABEL ELLEN McCOY, ON 26/04/1911. ENLISTED IN THE WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, IN APRIL 1916 . ALSO EX 149720 ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. HE WAS KILLED AT ARRAS ON 03/05/1917, AGED 35. COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
HIS WIFE DIED, LEAVING TWO YOUNG CHILDREN, WILLIAM AND NANCY. HE WAS BROTHER TO ANNIE ELIZABETH LAMPLOUGH AND ETHEL KATE LAMPLOUGH.
HIS DEATH IS REPORTED IN THE DE RUVIGNY ROLL OF HONOUR, VOLUME 4.
During this action at Gavrelle on 3rd May 1917, the Battalion war diary recorded: ‘At 3.45 a.m. our barrage commenced and the Battalion went forward to the attack, and from information received afterwards, reached the first objective without serious losses. Heavy Artillery and Machine Guns on both sides remained very active, and at 5.30 a.m. no definite information had been received. About this time wounded men were beginning to dribble in, and from their accounts it was obvious that our attack had failed in reaching its second objective, and also in holding the first.’ Things were getting desperate and Battalion Headquarters admin staff were sent forward. The war diary continued:
‘All stragglers were collected and organized, and about 7.30 a.m. 80 men were available in the front line [out of the original attacking strength of 547 all ranks]. There was no touch with Battalions on either left or right, so trenches were blocked, and bombing parties stationed on each flank.’
The attack was stopped by an enemy counter attack and reinforcements were sent forward. However, by the end of the day only three officers returned, all three were wounded. The losses were 4 officers killed and 8 missing; other rank numbers were 15 killed, 122 wounded and 26 missing.
