Basic Details
Surname
Lord
Forenames
John
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
War
First World War (1914-1918)
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler and myrastrick.com provide the extra details. He left the school in 1906 and worked for his uncle in a wireworks before he enlisted in September 1914. One of the many of the regiment and region killed in the failed attack on the Schwaben Redoubt, he died from machine gun fire and is also commemorated on IWM 2738 and 2739.
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)
British Army
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Sergeant
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Somme
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Thiepval
Cemetery
Mill Road British Military Cemetery
Year of death
1916
Month of death
September
Day of death
3
Age at death
23
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on memorial
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action