Basic Details
Surname
Garaghty
Forenames
W
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Willie
War
First World War (1914-1918)
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. A mill worker who enlisted in February 1916 but was back in Bradford recovering from a chin wound by August 1916. He was hospitalised again in December 1917 after being gassed but eventually died in a casualty clearing station the following May from a third wound. He is also commemorated on IWM 2738.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army (British)
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Duke of Wellington`s (West Riding) Regiment
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Private
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
British Army
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Private
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Doullens
Cemetery
Communal Cemetery
Year of death
1918
Month of death
May
Day of death
24
Age at death
23
Manner of death as stated
Not Stated on the Memorial
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds