William Hardcastle (1897-1918)

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William Hardcastle

Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922

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

HARDCASTLE, WILLIAM. Private. No 38753. 2nd Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment. Born Underbank, Holmfirth, 1.11.1897. Son of John and Ellen Hardcastle, 21 Bumroyd, Newsome, Huddersfield. Educated Newsome Church of England School. Employed as a piecer by Messrs E.H. Sellars and Sons Limited, of Scar Mills. Single. Enlisted in 1916. Wounded and taken prisoner near Cambrai, 21.3.1918. Died in Germany after an operation to amputate his right leg on 12.4.1918, aged 20 years. Buried BERLIN SOUTH-WESTERN CEMETERY, STAHNSDORF, GERMANY. Grave location:- Plot 5, Row H, Grave 2.
ROH:- St. John's Church, Newsome.

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