Basic Details
Surname
Greenwood
Forenames
Fred
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He was engaged to Annie Stocks of Crag Vale, kept poultry but worked as a weaver in Mytholmroyd. He enlisted in 1915, crossed to France that Autumn, was invalided home, returned to his unit on the Somme but was wounded there. He was treated in York, recovered and then was sent to Ireland. He was back on the Western Front in February 1918 but was wounded and captured the following month on March 31st. He is also commemorated on IWM 2850. The press listed his age as both 27 and 28.
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
Belgium
Country of burial
Belgium
Town of burial
Antwerp
Cemetery
HoBoken Cemetery
Year of death
1918
Month of death
May
Day of death
12
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on memorial
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds