Cpl
Augustus Horace Black
Military Details
Service Number: 1227
Regiment & Unit / Ship
5th Border Regiment
Enlisted
20 August 1910
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Date of Enlistment
20 August 1910
Place of Enlistment
Egremont
Rank at Enlistment
Pvt
Battalion at Enlistment
1/5 th
Service Number at Enlistment
1227
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1892
Place of Birth
Hensingam
Religion
C of E
Address
1 Bath Road , Reading
Residence (Census)
39 Crossfield Road , Cleator Moor
Residence (Roll of Honour)
1 Bath Road , Reading
Parents
William & Frances N. Black
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Mining Engineer
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
24th May 1915
Age at Death
22
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action (Gassed)
Place of Death
Ypres
Theater of Action
Flanders
Battle
Second battle of Ypres
Regiment at Death
Border Regiment
Battalion/Vessel at Death
5th
Rank at Death
Cpl
Notes
A native of Cleator Moor
Buried or Commemorated at
BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD
Belgium
Grave Position: I. F. 58.
Private Memorial: St Johns War Memorial
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