Richard Armistead (1894-1917)

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:

ARMISTEAD, RICHARD (DICK). Private. No 241717. 2/5th Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment. Born Rochdale. Attended Crow Lane Board School, Milnsbridge. Husband of Kathleen Armistead, 23 Spring Street, Huddersfield. Killed in action at the Battle of Bullecourt, 3.5.1917. Commemorated on the ARRAS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.

ROH:- Parkwood Methodist Chapel; St. Mark's Parish Church, Longwood; Crow Lane Board School, Milnsbridge.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

• Private DICK ARMISTEAD
• regiment: Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding)
• died: Thursday, May 3, 1917
• record ID: 738861

Links

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

rank: Private

2/5th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment

service number: 241717