Urmston WW1 - Surnames starting with the letter A. 

Harold Armstrong

Rank:PrivateNumber:277633*
Name of Rgt or Ship:Labour Corps
Died:17/04/1918Age:32
How Died:Died of Wounds
Country of burial:FranceGrave Photo:Yes
Cemetery or Memorial:Boulogne Eastern Cemetery
Town Memorial:Not Listed
Extra Information:
Born during the September quarter 1885 in the Salford R.D. - ref: 8d/38,
the eldest son of Richard & Amelia Armstrong (nee Walker).

1891 Census - 194 Liverpool Road, Patricroft.    Son - aged: 5 - Scholar -
born: Pendleton, Salford.   Head of household - Richard Armstrong - Married
- aged: 32 - occ: Tea Dealer's Assistant - born: Kirkby Stephen,
Westmorland.   Also - Amelia Armstrong - Wife - aged: 31 - born:
Whitefield, Manchester.  Plus 3 siblings.

1901 Census - 322 Trafford Road, Patricroft & Barton, Eccles.   Son - aged:
15 - occ: Clerk - born: Pendleton, Salford.   Head of household - Richard
Armstrong - Married - aged: 42 - occ: China Shop Assistant - born: Kirkby
Stephen, Westmorland.   Also - Amelia Armstrong - Wife - aged: 41 - born:
Whitefield, Manchester.  Plus 4 siblings.

1911 Census - 322 Trafford Road, Patricroft & Barton, Eccles.   Son - aged:
25 - occ: Clerk - born: Pendleton, Salford.   Head of household - Richard
Armstrong - Married - aged: 52 - occ: Glass & China Shop Assistant - born:
Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland.   Also - Amelia Armstrong - Wife - aged: 51 -
born: Whitefield, Manchester.  Plus 2 siblings.

Married Edith Broomhead during the September quarter 1913 in the Barton
upon Irwell R.D. - ref: 8c/1366.

Formerly 30121 - Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Rgt).  The fact that he
was serving in the Labour Corps would indicate that he had previously been
wounded and no longer fit for fighting - eventually succumming to those
wounds.

Commemorated on the private family (Broomhead - In-laws) gravestone in St.
Catherine's, Dumplington - Ref: 3h3 & 112.

M.I. - "The loving husband of Edith Armstrong, The Bridge, Patricroft".

CWGC - Son of Richard and Amelia Armstrong, of Patricroft, Manchester;
husband of Edith Armstrong, of The Bridge, Patricroft, Manchester.

Memorials found on:
Christ Church (Patricroft)
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