Fred Tinker (c.1893-1918)

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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:

TINKER, FRED. Private. No 32104. 'D' Company, 2/5th Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment. Born Upperthong, Holmfirth. Son of Mr and Mrs Alfred Tinker, of Howood Farm, Holmbridge. Educated Park Head School. Attended Holmbridge Sunday School. Employed as a porter at Holmfirth railway station. Enlisted 1915. Embarked for France in August, 1917. Killed by a fragment of shell, 22.7.1918, near Rheims. He was 25 years of age. Has no known grave. Commemorated SOISSONS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
ROH:- Holme and Holmbridge War Memorial; Huddersfield Drill Hall.

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