Greenhalgh, Fred –

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Peers, of 276, Clegg’s Lane, Little Hulton, Lancashire. Enlisted January 1915. Served in the Gallipoli campaign. Posted as missing since 19/05/1917, and subsequently presumed killed. Reported by various comrades to have been felled by a gunshot wound to the head in an attack from Monchy-le-Preux.

Personal details

  • Surname: Greenhalgh
  • Forename: Fred
  • Date of birth: Not known
  • Birth place: Kearsley, Lancashire
  • Place of residence: Little Hulton, Lancashire
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: 23
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: May 19th, 1917
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Corporal
  • Unit: 1st (Regular) Battalion.
  • Service number: 19055
  • Regiment: Not known
  • Enlistment date: Not known
  • Enlistment location: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Conflict: Not known

Decorations

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

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
  • CWGC reference: Bay 6.

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 08/01/1915
  • Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 7f
  • Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 16/11/1917 28/12/1917 02/08/1918 27/12/1918

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