Dennis Illingworth (c.1896-1918)
An ongoing project to commemorate and research the lives of those who appear on war memorials and rolls of honour in the local area, who served in the military, or whose deaths were linked to conflict.
Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922
The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:
- ILLINGWORTH, DENNIS. Corporal. No 54548. 24th Battalion Machine Gun Corps. Formerly No 3231 Duke of Wellington's Regiment. Born Huddersfield. Eldest son of Mr and Mrs Alfred Illingworth, 5 Brackenhall Road, Sheepridge, Huddersfield. Employed as a butcher by the Argentine Meat Company, Buxton Road, Huddersfield. Enlisted at the outbreak of the war. Killed in action near Cambrai, 8.10.1918, aged 22 years. Buried PROVILLE BRITISH CEMETERY. Grave location:- Plot 1, Row C, Grave 33.
- ROH:- Christ Church, Woodhouse Hill.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Corporal ILLINGWORTH
- regiment: Machine Gun Corps
- died: Tuesday, October 8, 1918
- record ID: 529766
Links
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission (ID #529766)
- Imperial War Museums: Lives of the First World War (ID #2041211)