WW1 1914-15 STAR, OFFICER 4th WEST RIDING REGIMENT K.I.A F&F-19-12-1915

WW1 1914-15 Star
To- 2/LIEUT.J.A.HARTLEY.W.RID.R
John Armitage Hartley was the son of Lieutenant Colonel J.E.Hartley of Reigate Surrey & was one of the directors of Hartley & Sugden boilermakers of Halifax. He was the former battalion commander and sadly died of wounds due to poison gas 19-12-1915 age 21. He was educated at Oundle school and was given a commission on the outbreak of war. He was working at his fathers firm in Halifax at the time as his father had retired to Surrey. He is buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery near Ypres.
NEF & Complete with copy images of the recipient in uniform along with copy newspaper articles, MIC details & other basic research

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