Born: 1890, Windhill
Died: 7 July 1916, Somme
Buried: NKG
Address: 73 Tong Park, Baildon
Parents: George and Eliza
Spouse:
Siblings: Elizabeth, Charlotte, Henry, Fred, Edith, Joseph, Willie
Occupation: Boatman
Organisations/clubs:
Military
Rank: Pte
Medals/awards:
Rolls of Honour: Tong Park; Baildon; Thiepval Memorial
Children:
Regiment: Northumberland Fusiliers
Herbert Barraclough
Intimation has been received by Mrs E
Barraclough of Tong Park that two of her soldier
sons have made the supreme sacrifice. Pte Fred
W Barraclough has died from sunstroke at
Salonica.
The other son is Pte Herbert Barraclough and the
news of his death was sent in a letter from a
comrade. He was killed on July 7th. The writer of
the letter says: “We had to press forward to get
our object and it was while we were doing so that
Pte Barraclough was hit.”
The brother are the first Tong Park men to fall.
Shipley Times & Express 21-7-1916
I am grateful to Freda Humpherson for supplying me with information and
photographs of the four Barraclough brothers
