Service No: 24963
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), 2nd Bn.
Son of John Alfred and Edith Balmford, of 18, Imperial Rd., Huddersfield.
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Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922
The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:
BALMFORD, ARNOLD. Private. No 24963. 1/5th Battalion Duke of Wellingtons’ Regiment. Born Longwood 8.6.1895. Son of John Alfred and Edith Balmford, Stonegarth, 174 Halifax Old Road. Educated at the Huddersfield Municipal Secondary School and the Huddersfield Technical College. Completed his education in Brussels. A keen musician and a bass vocalist of great promise. Enlisted July 1915. Was wounded February, 1916. On return to France was transferred to the 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington’s Regiment. Killed in action at the Battle of Arras, 3.5.1917, aged 21.
Commemorated on the ARRAS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
ROH:- Fartown and Birkby War Memorial; Huddersfield Drill Hall.
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), 2nd Bn.
Son of John Alfred and Edith Balmford, of 18, Imperial Rd., Huddersfield.
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Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922
The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:
BALMFORD, ARNOLD. Private. No 24963. 1/5th Battalion Duke of Wellingtons’ Regiment. Born Longwood 8.6.1895. Son of John Alfred and Edith Balmford, Stonegarth, 174 Halifax Old Road. Educated at the Huddersfield Municipal Secondary School and the Huddersfield Technical College. Completed his education in Brussels. A keen musician and a bass vocalist of great promise. Enlisted July 1915. Was wounded February, 1916. On return to France was transferred to the 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington’s Regiment. Killed in action at the Battle of Arras, 3.5.1917, aged 21.
Commemorated on the ARRAS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
ROH:- Fartown and Birkby War Memorial; Huddersfield Drill Hall.
Service No: 24963
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), 2nd Bn.
Son of John Alfred and Edith Balmford, of 18, Imperial Rd., Huddersfield.
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Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922
The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:
BALMFORD, ARNOLD. Private. No 24963. 1/5th Battalion Duke of Wellingtons’ Regiment. Born Longwood 8.6.1895. Son of John Alfred and Edith Balmford, Stonegarth, 174 Halifax Old Road. Educated at the Huddersfield Municipal Secondary School and the Huddersfield Technical College. Completed his education in Brussels. A keen musician and a bass vocalist of great promise. Enlisted July 1915. Was wounded February, 1916. On return to France was transferred to the 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington’s Regiment. Killed in action at the Battle of Arras, 3.5.1917, aged 21.
Commemorated on the ARRAS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
ROH:- Fartown and Birkby War Memorial; Huddersfield Drill Hall.
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), 2nd Bn.
Son of John Alfred and Edith Balmford, of 18, Imperial Rd., Huddersfield.
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Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922
The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:
BALMFORD, ARNOLD. Private. No 24963. 1/5th Battalion Duke of Wellingtons’ Regiment. Born Longwood 8.6.1895. Son of John Alfred and Edith Balmford, Stonegarth, 174 Halifax Old Road. Educated at the Huddersfield Municipal Secondary School and the Huddersfield Technical College. Completed his education in Brussels. A keen musician and a bass vocalist of great promise. Enlisted July 1915. Was wounded February, 1916. On return to France was transferred to the 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington’s Regiment. Killed in action at the Battle of Arras, 3.5.1917, aged 21.
Commemorated on the ARRAS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
ROH:- Fartown and Birkby War Memorial; Huddersfield Drill Hall.
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