Pte Henry Alban Ormerod - 1st/4th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment

[Paul Ormerod]

Remembering Henry Alban Ormerod - Private 201533, 1st/4th Bn, East Lancashire Regiment – who died of wounds on 25 June 1917 and is buried in Ruyaulcourt Military Cemetery.

 

Henry was the son of Henry Alban and Mary Alice Ormerod. He was born in Blackburn, and was resident in Darwen at the time he enlisted in the Army in Blackburn.

 

Henry served in the East Lancashire Regiment under the Regimental Numbers 4064 and 201533.

 

 

[familyhistoryman]

The following appeared in Blackburn Times 14 Jul 1917

Lance-corporal Harry Ormerod, of the Lewis Gun Section of the East Lancashire Regiment, was killed in action in France on June 25^th. He was the eldest son of Mr and Mrs H A Ormerod, of 31 Hartley Street, and was 23 years of age and married. Formerly a cloth-looker at Hollins Bank Mill, he joined the local Territorials in August, 1915, and was drafted out to Egypt very soon afterward. In the early part of the present year the regiment moved to France. His name is on the Roll of Honour for St Mary’s RC Church.

 

There was an image of Harry, the quality is not that good as it was taken from a microfilmed copy of the newspaper