Sgt.
John Stafford
Military Details
Service Number: 14787
Regiment & Unit / Ship
9th (Northumberland Hussars) Northumberland Fusiliers
Awards and Medals
Military Medal
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Croix de Guerre (Belgium )
Enlistment Details
Place of Enlistment
Wallsend
Residence at Enlistment
25, Mark St., Wallsend-on-Tyne.
Rank at Enlistment
Pte
Battalion at Enlistment
9th
Service Number at Enlistment
14787
Service History
Mentioned in Despataches , Gazette issue 29890. Mentioned in Despatches by General Sir Douglas Haig, G.C.B., Commander-in-Chief of the British Armies in France, to the Secretary of State for War, for distinguished and gallant services and devotion to duty. Awarded Military Medal and Croix de Guerre (Belgium) War Office Daily List No.5551 listed as Wounded 27/04/1918 Entitled to wear a "Wound Stripe" as authorised under Army Order 204 of the 6th July 1916. The terms of this award being named on this list
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1881
Place of Birth
Cleator Moor
Religion
R.C.
Address
25, Mark St., Wallsend-on-Tyne.
Residence (Census)
42 Carrville Road , Wallsend-on-Tyne.
Residence (Roll of Honour)
25, Mark St., Wallsend-on-Tyne.
Parents
Son of James and Mary Stafford
Siblings
Mary ,Bridget,Annie, John , Patrick James ,Julia
Married
Lydia Stafford
Children
John Joseph,Martha, Willie Henry ,
Family Connection
Uncle of Raymond Eldon
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
11th April 1918
Age at Death
36
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action
Place of Death
Ypres
Theater of Action
Flanders
Regiment at Death
Northumberland Fusiliers
Battalion/Vessel at Death
9th (Northumberland Hussars)
Rank at Death
Sgt.
Buried or Commemorated at
PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL
Grave Position: Panel 2.
Private Memorial: St Marys RC Church WW1 memorial
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