216596 Pte. Frederick Charles Ackroyd British Army 23rd Btn Lancashire Fusiliers from:Dublin (d.27th Sep 1918) Frederick Charles Ackroyd enlisted at Bradford and was formerly with the West Riding Regiment. He was killed in action in Flanders.
Update: On the Commonwealth War Graves site he is incorrectly listed as P Ackroyd With the same Service No. 61021. He was aged 42 when he died. He is buried at Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck (Grave Reference: II. Q. 29.). Additional information is given:
He was the son of Richard and Mary Ackroyd; husband of Elizabeth Eacret (formerly Ackroyd), of 17, Northbrooke St., Bolton Rd., Bradford, Yorks.
From this we can deduce his estimated birth year to be 1873 and find him on the 1911 census. He was aged 38 and living at 35 Irving St Bolton Rd Bradford Yorkshire. He was a
Railway porter. Other family members were Elizabeth Ackroyd (36), Mary Ackroyd (17), Frederick Ackroyd (16), Elizabeth Ackroyd (12) and Albert Ackroyd (8).
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