Bedgood, Archie –

Of 20, Coronation Street, Salford, Lancashire. Formerly employee of Smith & Coventry, Engineers. Served at Gallipoli where he contracted dysentry and enteric fever causing him to be sent to a hospital in Malta, and then to London. In 1916 he was sent to serve in Mesopotamia where he died. St. Clements Church, Ordsall.

Personal details

  • Surname: Bedgood
  • Forename: Archie
  • Date of birth: Not known
  • Birth place: Salford, Lancashire
  • Place of residence: Salford, Lancashire
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: Not known
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: January 31st, 1917
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Private
  • Unit: 6th (Service) Battalion.
  • Service number: 20051
  • Regiment: Not known
  • Enlistment date: Not known
  • Enlistment location: Salford, Lancashire
  • Conflict: Not known

Decorations

  • Service medals: Not known
  • Silver War badge: Not known
  • Awards: Not known

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Basra Memorial, Basra, Iraq
  • CWGC reference: Panel 27.

Local newspaper entries

  • Salford Advertiser/Salford Reporter entries: 24/02/1917

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