Pvt.
Joseph Talbot Armstrong
Military Details
Service Number: 14715
Regiment & Unit / Ship
8th Border Regiment
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Place of Enlistment
Frizington
Residence at Enlistment
Lamplugh , Cockermouth
Rank at Enlistment
Pvt.
Battalion at Enlistment
8th
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1894
Place of Birth
Cleator Moor
Religion
C of E
Address
28 Montreal Street , Cleator Moor
Residence (Census)
28 Montreal Street , Cleator Moor
Residence (Roll of Honour)
28 Montreal Street , Cleator Moor
Parents
Henry Talbot & Jane Ellen Armstrong
Siblings
Martha . John , Sarah Elizabeth,David , Mary Agnes , Grace Ellen , Benjamin
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Apprentice Iron Moulder
Work Address
Heathcote Foundry , Birks Road , Cleator Moor
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
16th July 1916
Age at Death
22
Circumstances of Death
Died of wounds
Place of Death
Somme
Theater of Action
France
Battle
Battle of the Somme
Regiment at Death
Border Regiment
Battalion/Vessel at Death
8th
Rank at Death
Pvt.
Buried or Commemorated at
ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN
France
Grave Position: A. 31. 15.
Private Memorial: St Johns War Memorial
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