Basic Details
Surname
Hartley
Forenames
May
Gender
Female
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
Personal communication from her niece, Mrs K Briggs, to Hornshaw and Fowler and the Lightcliffe Churchyard.org website (https://www.lightcliffechurchyard.org.uk/attachments/article/94/May%20Hartley%20and%20family%20part%201.pdf) provide the extra details. May was a munitions worker who was killed in a fall through a trap door whilst at work. An inquest ruled it was an accident and she is buried in this churchyard and had been a Sunday School teacher at this church.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on the Memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on the Memorial
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
England
Town of death
Hipperholme, Halifax
Country of burial
England
Town of burial
Lightcliffe
Cemetery
St Matthew's
Year of death
1916
Month of death
November
Day of death
22
Age at death
28
Manner of death as stated
Not Stated on the Memorial
Manner of death reference
Other