Basic Details
Surname
Illingworth
Forenames
J B
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
John Broughton
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He was a member of the Brighouse Cycling and Bowling clubs, the scorer for the Brighouse cricket second XI and worked in a dyeworks before he enlisted in March 1917. Diagnosed with heart trouble, he drowned when the hospital ship Warilda was torpedoed in the Channel as he was returning to England. He was not found by them to have been commemorated on any other Calderdale memorial.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Lincoln Regt
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Year of death
1918
Month of death
August
Day of death
3
Age at death
19
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action