Sam Exley (c.1897-1918)
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:
- EXLEY, SAM. Private. No 36909. 8th Battalion Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Lived Station House, Clayton West. Employed as a roller-coverer by Messrs R. Beanland and Company, Clayton West. Enlisted May 1916. Died of pneumonia in Bulgaria, 5.12.1918, aged 21 years. Buried SOFIA WAR CEMETERY. Grave location:- Plot 3, Row A, Grave 13.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Private EXLEY
- regiment: Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
- died: Thursday, December 5, 1918
- age: 21 years
- record ID: 472889
Links
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission (ID #472889)
- Imperial War Museums: Lives of the First World War (ID #1181490)