Joe Balmforth (c.1897-1916)

Huddersfield and District Roll of Honour

This page is part of an ongoing project to commemorate and research the lives of those who appear on war memorials and rolls of honour in the local area, or who served in the military.

Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922

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

BALMFORTH, JOE. Rifleman. No R/15269. 9th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps. Born Shaw, Oldham. Lived Meltham. Killed in action at the Battle of Flers, 15.9.1916.

ROH:- St. Bartholomew's Church, Meltham.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

• Rifleman JOE BAMFORD (R/15269)
• regiment: King's Royal Rifle Corps
• died: Friday, September 15, 1916
• record ID: 772329

Links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• Imperial War Museums: Lives of the First World War

rank: Rifleman

9th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps

service number: R/15269