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On its way to me after the long weekend will be this medal to Pte. A. Ackroyd of the 2nd Battalion, West Yorks.

This unfortunate was Killed in a serious railway accident near Pretoria on my wedding anniversary (admittedly the year is somewhat different..) - 7 June 1901.

Should be an interesting chap to research although I have failed to find his christian name in my initial research. Not even the Register of Soldiers Effects on Ancestry has proved fruitful... Any pointers would be appreciated.



Regards

Rory

I am going for Albert Ackroyd born 1879
1891 aged 12 working as a worsted doffer
Lived at 72 Turnkey Street Keighley West Yorkshire.
His mother was Mary

Regards

Dave.....

Rory, I can go over to Keighley Library and look for a report of his death, and maybe a death notice in the local paper.

BereniceUK wrote: Rory, I can go over to Keighley Library and look for a report of his death, and maybe a death notice in the local paper.

That would be very kind of you Berenice.

Regards

Rory

Rory
Here are the details of that railway accident - from the Digest of Service, West Yorks Regt -


Regards
IL.

The roll page WO100/189p175 confirms his single Transvaal clasp. There is another man on the same page with a single Transvaal clasp but the majority earned clasps in the relief of Ladysmith so he must have joined them as a later draft?

No service papers, as expected.