Gordon Cartwright (c.1898-1915)
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:
- CARTWRIGHT, GORDON. Private. No 2082. 1/7th Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment. Born 291 Wakefield Road, Moldgreen, Huddersfield. Son of Charles and Marion Cartwright. Educated at Moldgreen Church of England School. Was a member of Moldgreen Church Boy Scouts. Employed in his father's grocery business as a grocer's assistant. Enlisted 8.9.1914. Wounded in the head, 9.7.1915, near Ypres. Died of wounds at No 10 Casualty Clearing Station on 12.7.1915, aged 17 years. Buried LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY. Grave location:- Plot 3, Row C, Grave 3.
- ROH:- Christ Church, Moldgreen; Huddersfield Drill Hall; commemorated on headstone in Kirkheaton Cemetery.
- Brother of Private CHARLES CARTWRIGHT, killed in action, 2.5.1918..
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Private GORDON CARTWRIGHT
- regiment: Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding)
- died: Monday, July 12, 1915
- age: 17 years
- record ID: 434529
Links
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission (ID #434529)
- Imperial War Museums: Lives of the First World War (ID #739325)