Joe Willie Ewing (1889-1917)
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:
- EWING, JOE WILLIE. Private. No 24817. 9th Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment. Born Berry Brow 14.6.1889. Educated Rashcliffe Church of England School. Employed as a dyer's labourer by Mr Whiteley of St. Andrew's Road. Husband of May Southwell Ewing, 4 Smithy Lane, Moldgreen. Enlisted 8.8.1916. Wounded 26.4.1917. Died of his wounds at No 8 Casualty Clearing Station, 29.4.1917, aged 27 years. Buried DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY. Grave location:- Plot 3, Row H, Grave 46.
- ROH:- St. Paul's Church, Southgate, Huddersfield; Christ Church, Moldgreen; St. Stephen's Church, Rashcliffe; Almondbury War Memorial.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Private JOE WILLIE EWING
- regiment: Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding)
- died: Sunday, April 29, 1917
- age: 27 years
- record ID: 169411