Basic Details
Surname
Greenwood
Forenames
John Walton
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. An unmarried man who, like a number of others and casualties from this village, worked for the local weaving firm, Cords, before enlisting in April 1916. He served in Ireland during the Rising and then went to France where he was wounded in his left leg in an attack on Aubers Ridge but bled to death in a dressing station.
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Bois Grenier
Cemetery
Y Farm British Military Cemetery
Year of death
1918
Month of death
September
Day of death
30
Age at death
37
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on this memorial
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds