GAUKROGER Hubert

  • First Name(s):
    Hubert 
  • Surname:
    GAUKROGER
  • Service Number:
    H0
  • Rank:

    Second Lieutenant

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Manchester Regiment
  • Battalion:
    1st Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    2nd April 1917
  • Age At Death:
    31
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Savy British Cemetery, France, Grave I. Q. 6.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Mr. Young Gaukroger, of Didsbury, Manchester; husband of Eva Mary Gaukroger of 14 Lansdown Parade, Cheltenham

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

GAUKROGER Hubert Is Named On These Memorials

Badsey St James’s Church
Bretforton St Leonard’s Church

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Badsey St James’s Church with the information: 2nd Lt. Manch’r. Rgt.

Further Information About GAUKROGER Hubert

Additional information on the memorial: 2nd Lt. Manch’r. Rgt.

Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for army casualties located in Worcester Cathedral under Badsey and Bretforton casualties.

The Badsey parish magazine of May 1916 reports that Lieutenant Gaukroger’s slight wounds are now reported to be severe.  The May 1917 edition reports that Lieutenant Gaukroger had volunteered early in the war and had seen active service in France and Mesopotamia, being wounded on the latter front over a year ago.  He returned to France in March before being fully recovered from his wounds and was reported missing and then killed in action on 2nd April.

Source for additional information:
http://www.badseysociety.uk/world-war-one/war-memorial-badsey-church

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