Basic Details
Surname
Milton
Forenames
H
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Henry
War
First World War (1914-1918)
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. The brother of Fred, they both worked in a brickworks together. Henry was married and had enlisted in August 1914 and was killed, as he slept, by shellfire. Neither brother was found commemorated anywhere else in Calderdale.
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)
Lance Corporal
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Belgium
Town of death
Lambartzyde, Near Nieuport
Country of burial
Belgium
Town of burial
Ypres
Cemetery
Ramskapelle Road British Military Cemtery
Year of death
1917
Month of death
August
Day of death
5
Age at death
33
Manner of death as stated
Not Stated on the Memorial
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action