Private 29641 Harry DUCKWORTH
1st/6th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
Killed in Action, Tuesday 25th April 1916, France, Age 24
Home address:
28 Syddall Street, Hyde, Cheshire
Born:
1892, Hyde, Cheshire
Parents:
Charlotte Duckworth and Robert Duckworth
30 Syddall Street, Hyde, Cheshire
Marital Status:
Married to Ivy Duckworth (née Bristow)
28 Syddall Street, Hyde, Cheshire
Occupation:
Cotton Spinner, Barnfield Mill
Enlisted:
Hyde, Cheshire
Remembered:
Rue-Des-Berceaux Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, plot I, row B, grave 24.
Link to Hyde:
Born in Hyde
From the Manchester Evening News, Friday 5th May 1916, page 4, column 6:
Private Harry Duckworth, Syddall Street, Hyde, aged 24, who went to France nine weeks ago, was killed on April 25th in his sleep, by a shell. Before enlisting he was employed in the spinning room at Barnfield Mill. He was married only three months ago.