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Sgt Samuel Lake Proctor

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Sgt Samuel Lake Proctor Veteran

Birth
Ryhill, Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England
Death
11 Jul 1916 (aged 30–31)
Burial
Abbeville, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France Add to Map
Plot
V. E. 8.
Memorial ID
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Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922
The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:

PROCTOR, SAMUEL LAKE. Sergeant. No 13/783. 13th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment (Barnsley Pals). Born Ryhill, Wakefield. Husband of Sarah E. Proctor, 29 King Street, Oakes, Huddersfield. Employed as an electrical engineer at Darton near Barnsley. Enlisted September 1914. Was married in November 1914. Served in Egypt before being transferred to the Western Front, in March 1916. Suffered serious gunshot wounds to the head and a broken thigh on 1.7.1916. Died of wounds at No 2 Stationary Hospital on 11.7.1916, aged 30 years.

Samuel is remembered on the family grave located here

Buried ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY. Grave location:- Plot 5, Row E, Grave 8.
Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922
The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:

PROCTOR, SAMUEL LAKE. Sergeant. No 13/783. 13th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment (Barnsley Pals). Born Ryhill, Wakefield. Husband of Sarah E. Proctor, 29 King Street, Oakes, Huddersfield. Employed as an electrical engineer at Darton near Barnsley. Enlisted September 1914. Was married in November 1914. Served in Egypt before being transferred to the Western Front, in March 1916. Suffered serious gunshot wounds to the head and a broken thigh on 1.7.1916. Died of wounds at No 2 Stationary Hospital on 11.7.1916, aged 30 years.

Samuel is remembered on the family grave located here

Buried ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY. Grave location:- Plot 5, Row E, Grave 8.

Gravesite Details

Serjeant, 13th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Husband of Sarah E. Proctor, of 29 King St., Oakes, Lindley, Huddersfield. Age 30.


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