Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1
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David ORFORD
Private 65538 David ORFORD
23rd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
Killed in Action, Saturday 7th September 1918, France, age 40
| Home address: | 75 Croft Street, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Born: | 1878, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Parents: | Mary Orford and David Orford 58 Oldham Street, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Marital status: | Married to Eliza Orford (née Smith) 75 Croft Street, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Occupation: | Insurance Agent and Collector, Pearl Assurance Company |
| Enlisted: | Hyde, Cheshire |
| Remembered: | Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord, France, plot II, row U, grave 27. |
| Link to Hyde: | Born in Hyde |
From the Hyde Reporter, 21st September 1918, page 3, column 2:
Killed whilst on patrol duty on the afternoon of the 6th September. He was crossing an exposed part of the street at the time and was hit by a shot from a German sniper.
On the 30th November 1918 Edith Alice Orford, daughter of Elizabeth and David Orford, died of Broncho Pneumonia aged 19 months. Within a few months Elizabeth lost both her husband and daughter.
A Message of Remembrance, written for Werneth Low Cenotaph Unveiling, 25th June 1921:
In memory of Pte. David Orford, Cheshire Regiment,
from his colleagues,
the Hyde Staff, Pearl Assurance Company, Ltd.
from his colleagues,
the Hyde Staff, Pearl Assurance Company, Ltd.