Basic Details
Surname
Lister
Forenames
Norman Armitage
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler and myrastrick.com provide the extra details. He left the school in 1906 and worked in Liverpool where he was also a Territorial with the King's Regiment. He was called up in August 1914, was wounded in May 1915 (when he was operated on in a hospital in Preston) returned to the Machine Gun Corps in October 1915 and was killed the following year. He is also commemorated on IWM 2747 and 2738 as well as the Thiepval Memorial.
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
France
Town of death
Trones Wood, Somme
Year of death
1916
Month of death
August
Day of death
7
Age at death
25
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on memorial
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action