from de Ruvigny's roll of honour 1914 - 1918 Part Three page 1 ACKROYD Willie signaller No 683 16th[srvice] battn.[Bradford] The P rince of Wales Own[West Yorkshire Regiment]yst. a. son of Frank ACKROYD. of 13 Prospect Place,Duckworth Lane ,Bradford. by his wife Clara daughter of Walter Hardaker b Bradford, 1 Sept1893 ;educated Council School,Whetley Lane, was employed by Sir W.E.Priestley MP for East Bradford. at his warehouse in Bradford. voluntarily enlisted 23rd September 1914;left England for Egypt dec 1915. and afterwards went to France March 1916 and was killed in action at Neuve Chappelle 27th July following. buried in St Vaast Post Military Cemetery, Laventie [Grave no E15 plot 3] . the Chaplain,16th West Yorkshire Regt. wrote; "the germans made a raid into our trenches, and though we beat them off with heavey losses, yet unfortunatly your son was killed. I Buried him on Saturday Morning in one of the milirety cemeteries here.... He died a Hero and given his life unselfishly " Unm. alas no photo shown. regards carolynn -----Original Message----- From: judith.kettlewell@btinternet.com To: GREATWAR-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12.44PM Subject: [GREATWAR] Soldiers died, help please Hello Could someone, if possible, look on the Soldiers died in the War please, and see if they can find anything for :- Willie ACKROYD Private 16/682 'C' Company, 16th Batt, West Yorkshire Regiment died 27 July 1916. Buried St Vaas Post Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L'Avoue. Will be most grateful for any help. Thank you. Judith Kettlewell ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Carolynn Wow, what can I say!! Thank you so very much for this information. It is much more than I ever dreamt of having. I must show my ignorance here and say that I hadn't heard of the de Ruvigny's RofH. I do now though, just had to find out about it. Your help is much appreciated. Kind regards Judith ----- Original Message ----- From: norfolk12@aol.com To: greatwar@rootsweb.com Cc: judith.kettlewell@btinternet.com Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 5:15 PM Subject: Re: [GREATWAR] Soldiers died, help please from de Ruvigny's roll of honour 1914 - 1918 Part Three page 1 ACKROYD Willie signaller No 683 16th[srvice] battn.[Bradford] The P rince of Wales Own[West Yorkshire Regiment]yst. a. son of Frank ACKROYD. of 13 Prospect Place,Duckworth Lane ,Bradford. by his wife Clara daughter of Walter Hardaker b Bradford, 1 Sept1893 ;educated Council School,Whetley Lane, was employed by Sir W.E.Priestley MP for East Bradford. at his warehouse in Bradford. voluntarily enlisted 23rd September 1914;left England for Egypt dec 1915. and afterwards went to France March 1916 and was killed in action at Neuve Chappelle 27th July following. buried in St Vaast Post Military Cemetery, Laventie [Grave no E15 plot 3] . the Chaplain,16th West Yorkshire Regt. wrote; "the germans made a raid into our trenches, and though we beat them off with heavey losses, yet unfortunatly your son was killed. I Buried him on Saturday Morning in one of the milirety cemeteries here.... He died a Hero and given his life unselfishly " Unm. alas no photo shown. regards carolynn -----Original Message----- From: judith.kettlewell@btinternet.com To: GREATWAR-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12.44PM Subject: [GREATWAR] Soldiers died, help please Hello Could someone, if possible, look on the Soldiers died in the War please, and see if they can find anything for :- Willie ACKROYD Private 16/682 'C' Company, 16th Batt, West Yorkshire Regiment died 27 July 1916. Buried St Vaas Post Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L'Avoue. Will be most grateful for any help. Thank you. Judith Kettlewell ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message