Private 4124 Peter Critchley
Regiment/Unit: Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) - 1st/5th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Age at death: 19
Date of death: 3rd of July 1916
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: Huddersfield, Yorks
Burial / Memorial: Thiepval Memorial - Pier and Face 6 A and 6 B.
Family details:
Next of kin: James Critchley (brother), 2 Seymore(?) Street, Sutton Oak, St Helens.
Census details:
1901 - 6 years old Peter is living at 16 Harrison Street, Sutton, St Helens with widowed mother Agnes (36) and three siblings: James (12), Joseph (10), Kate (8). 1911 - Sees 14 years old 'schoolboy - Part Time Farm Boy' Peter as an inmate at The Roman Catholic Reformatory School, Holme upon Spalding Moor, Yorkshire.
Notes:
Age taken from census.
Age taken from census.
[pic]imgs/sppics/P_Critchley_DukeOfWell.jpg[/pic][caption]The inscription for Private Peter Critchley on the Thiepval Memorial
(Photograph courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]
