Born: 1899
Died: 22 October 1916, Somme
Buried: Foncqueviller Military Cemetery
Address: 19 Constance Street, Saltaire
Parents: William & Mary Louisa, nee Sedgley
Spouse:
Siblings:
Occupation: John Robosn & Son, Shipley
Organisations/clubs:
Military
Rank: Pte
Medals/awards:
Rolls of Honour: St Peter’s; St Paul’s; Saltaire Wesleyan Chapel
Children:
Regiment: 1/6 West Yorkshire
Joseph Halliday
Pte Joseph Halliday of the West
Yorks Regt and only son of Mr and
Mrs W Halliday of 19 Constance
Street, Saltaire, has been killed in
action by the bursting of a trench
mortar shell.
He enlisted in November 1914 and
had been in France 14 months.
He was 18 years of age and prior to
the war was employed by Messrs
John Robson and Son, Shipley.
In a letter to his parents, the Rev R
Whincup says: “I am so very sorry
for you in your great affliction. But
your boy has died a very
honourable and gallant death and
this is a very great thing to have
done.
“The death of all these fine boys in
the Bradford Territorials is such a
trouble to me.”
Second-Lieut E D Stansfield
writes: “It has been a great shock to
all of us in D Company as he was
extremely popular amongst all
ranks, being recognised as a jolly
good fellow and a soldier who
could invariably be relied on to do
his duty whatever job he was given
to him.”
Shipley Times & Express 24-11-1916
