Basic Details
Surname
Irving
Forenames
J H
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
John Henry
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He was married to Mary Jane and they had 7 children. He worked for a firm of painters before the war in which he was first posted as a POW before being presumed dead. This was the only Calderdale memorial that they worked on and on which he was named but he is commemorated on the Arras Memorial.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on the Memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on the Memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on the Memorial
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Arras
Year of death
1917
Month of death
June
Day of death
16
Age at death
41
Manner of death as stated
Not Stated on the Memorial
Manner of death reference
Missing