Charley Bamforth (c.1898-1917)

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Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922

The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:

BAMFORTH, CHARLEY. Private. No 41931. 12th Battalion Manchester Regiment. (Formerly No 31670 North Staffordshire Regiment). Born Slaithwaite. Son of Mr and Mrs C. Bamforth, 123 Woodsome Glen, Slaithwaite. Employed as a weaver by Messrs Pearson Brothers, Commercial Mills, Slaithwaite. Closely associated with Lingards Wood Bottom Sunday School where he was a teacher. Enlisted 2.11.1916. Embarked for France March, 1917. Died of wounds, 25.8.1917, aged 19 years. Buried in LEVEL CROSSING CEMETERY, FAMPOUX. Grave location:- Plot 1, Row E, Grave 8.
ROH:- Slaithwaite War Memorial; St. James' Church, Slaithwaite.

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