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Pte. Fred Ingham
British Army 1st/5th Btn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Prospect Street, Thornton, Bradford
(d.2nd August 1917)
Fred Ingham was born in 1879 and grew up in Thornton, Bradford, West Yorkshire. He married Esther Foster from Denholme, and they had two sons, Granville (my husband's grandad) and Ernest. He was a gas inspector when he joined the war. He died on 2nd August 1917 but we have no idea of the circumstances of how or why.
All we know is that he was killed and missing in action. We only discovered the Nieuport Memorial in Belguim a couple of years ago with his name on it. We had found, after the death of Granville, a black and white photo of the memorial. Until I found the memorial on a website we had not realised its significance. We believe that Fred's wife was sent this picture after the memorial was dedicated to those who died.
Granville had no recollection of his father at all. He must not have visited home in all the years in the war until his death and Granville was only young when he left. There has never been a photo found of him.