Notes
The All About Thornton website (see References) states: 'Harry Armstrong, born in 1876, probably in Wilton near Pickering, North Yorkshire. I have been unable to find details of either of his parents. In the 1901 Census he was a boarder at the home of Tom and Margaret Hymas at 24 Woodbank Terrace, Idle, Bradford, and employed as a Pavior and Road Labourer. He married Emily Boyes in 1902 in Bradford. In the 1911 Census he was a Road Sweeper for Bradford Corporation, living with his wife Emily, son Sam and daughter Annie at 22 Spring Holes, Thornton. They subsequently moved to 7 School Green, Thornton. Private, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) 1st/4th Bn., # 203031. Died 9 October, 1917, aged 41. Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Panel 82 to 85 and 162A. '