Frank Armitage (c.1896-1916)

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Frank Armitage

Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922

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

ARMITAGE, FRANK. Private. No 2390. 1/5th Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment, attached 147th Coy. Machine Gun Corps. Born Holmfirth. Son of Sarah Ann Armitage and the late John Armitage of Holmbridge. Attended Holmbridge Church Sunday School. Was employed by Messrs W. Greenwood and Sons, Perseverance Mills. Enlisted in the local Territorials six months before the outbreak of the war. Embarked for France in April, 1915. Killed at the Battle of the Somme 3.9.1916, 20 years. Commemorated on the THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
ROH:- Holme and Holmbridge War Memorial; Huddersfield Drill Hall.

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