Harry Hartley (1894-1917)
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:
- HARTLEY, HARRY. Lance Corporal. No 11766. 8th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment. Born Briggate, Dalton 4.7.1894. Son of Hervey and Annie E. Hartley, 32 Lane End, Kirkheaton. Educated Kirkheaton National School. Employed as a twister by Messrs Broadhead and Graves Limited, Kirkheaton. Attended Kirkheaton Parish Church. Single. Enlisted 25.8.1914. Served in Gallipoli. Killed in action at Zillebeke near Ypres, 9.4.1917. Buried RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND (TRANSPORT FARM). Grave location:- Plot 7, Row L, Grave 24.
- His parents received the following letter from their son's platoon commander, 'Your son was a splendid soldier and stuck to his post, displaying the greatest courage and coolness despite the almost superhuman nerve strain through which we were all passing.'
- ROH:- St. John's Church, Kirkheaton.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Lance Corporal HARTLEY
- regiment: York and Lancaster Regiment
- died: Monday, April 9, 1917
- age: 22 years
- record ID: 489816
Links
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission (ID #489816)
- Imperial War Museums: Lives of the First World War (ID #1580960)