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:
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:
from his colleagues,
the Hyde Staff, Pearl Assurance Company, Ltd.