Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922
The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:
DOWNSBROUGH, SMITH. Private. No 33664. 1/8th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Formerly No 22227 Army Service Corps. Born Manor Street, Halifax, 27.12.1884. Son of Rosina Downsbrough, 131 Wellington Street, Oakes, Huddersfield. Educated Oakes Council School. Employed as a steam roller driver by the Huddersfield Corporation. Single. Enlisted 6.8.1914. Suffered serious abdominal wounds at Beaurevoir, 6.10.1918, and died of his wounds at No 58 (West Riding) Casualty Clearing Station on 17.10.1918, aged 33 years.
Buried TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY. Grave location:- Plot 6, Row F, Grave 43.
ROH:- Oakes Baptist Church; St. Stephen's Church, Lindley; Huddersfield Corporation Roll; commemorated in Salendine Nook Baptist Chapel yard, F214.
The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:
DOWNSBROUGH, SMITH. Private. No 33664. 1/8th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Formerly No 22227 Army Service Corps. Born Manor Street, Halifax, 27.12.1884. Son of Rosina Downsbrough, 131 Wellington Street, Oakes, Huddersfield. Educated Oakes Council School. Employed as a steam roller driver by the Huddersfield Corporation. Single. Enlisted 6.8.1914. Suffered serious abdominal wounds at Beaurevoir, 6.10.1918, and died of his wounds at No 58 (West Riding) Casualty Clearing Station on 17.10.1918, aged 33 years.
Buried TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY. Grave location:- Plot 6, Row F, Grave 43.
ROH:- Oakes Baptist Church; St. Stephen's Church, Lindley; Huddersfield Corporation Roll; commemorated in Salendine Nook Baptist Chapel yard, F214.
Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922
The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:
DOWNSBROUGH, SMITH. Private. No 33664. 1/8th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Formerly No 22227 Army Service Corps. Born Manor Street, Halifax, 27.12.1884. Son of Rosina Downsbrough, 131 Wellington Street, Oakes, Huddersfield. Educated Oakes Council School. Employed as a steam roller driver by the Huddersfield Corporation. Single. Enlisted 6.8.1914. Suffered serious abdominal wounds at Beaurevoir, 6.10.1918, and died of his wounds at No 58 (West Riding) Casualty Clearing Station on 17.10.1918, aged 33 years.
Buried TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY. Grave location:- Plot 6, Row F, Grave 43.
ROH:- Oakes Baptist Church; St. Stephen's Church, Lindley; Huddersfield Corporation Roll; commemorated in Salendine Nook Baptist Chapel yard, F214.
The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:
DOWNSBROUGH, SMITH. Private. No 33664. 1/8th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Formerly No 22227 Army Service Corps. Born Manor Street, Halifax, 27.12.1884. Son of Rosina Downsbrough, 131 Wellington Street, Oakes, Huddersfield. Educated Oakes Council School. Employed as a steam roller driver by the Huddersfield Corporation. Single. Enlisted 6.8.1914. Suffered serious abdominal wounds at Beaurevoir, 6.10.1918, and died of his wounds at No 58 (West Riding) Casualty Clearing Station on 17.10.1918, aged 33 years.
Buried TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY. Grave location:- Plot 6, Row F, Grave 43.
ROH:- Oakes Baptist Church; St. Stephen's Church, Lindley; Huddersfield Corporation Roll; commemorated in Salendine Nook Baptist Chapel yard, F214.
Gravesite Details
Private, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Age: Unknown.
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