1918-2008: Ninety Years of Remembrance

Soldier Record

Arthur Illingworth

Contributed by: Haydn Illingworth, on 2008-11-03

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Rank
First Name Arthur
Surname Illingworth
Year of Birth 1893
Year of Death 1918
Regiment West Yorkshire Regiment
Place of Wartime Residence Windhill, Shipley,, West Yorkshire

Arthur's Story

L/Cpl Arthur Illingworth

My Uncle Arthur - Prince of Wales West Yorkshire Regiment was injured at the Somme on 1st July 1916. Repatriated to the UK, he returned to Active Service in 1917. He died of wounds received on the 27 th June 1918, aged 25, in fighting at Bethune Northern France andc is buried in the Communal Cemetery, at Marzingabe with other British Servicemen.

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