Basic Details
Surname
Haigh
Forenames
Fred
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. A local grocer, latterly working for the village Co-Op, he was also a member of the YMCA and local Shakespeare Society. He enlisted in March 1916, was hit in he head by shrapnel the following year and died before he could be treated.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Royal Artillery
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Gunner
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Belgium
Country of burial
Belgium
Town of burial
Ypres
Cemetery
Artillery Wood British Military Cemetery
Year of death
1917
Month of death
September
Day of death
26
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on this memorial
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action