Back to search results

Gunner WILLIAM BALMFORTH

Service Number: 2907
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

282nd Bde.

Date of Death

Died 14 August 1917

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BARD COTTAGE CEMETERY

IV. C. 11.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Sarah Jane Balmforth; husband of Ethel Ann Balmforth, of 1, Short St., Burnley.
  • Personal Inscription TO-DAY BRINGS TREASURED MEMORIES DEEPER THAN WORDS CAN TELL
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN

Introducing For Evermore: Stories of the Fallen - the exciting new way to read and share stories of the Commonwealth's war dead. Got a story to share? Upload it and preserve their memory for generations to come.

Share and read stories
Download certificate

From the CWGC Archives

Grave Registration (2)

Grave Registration Documents - Graves Registration Reports (Finals)
Click to view
Image Caption (used for share message)
Grave Registration Documents - Registers
Click to view
Image Caption (used for share message)

Headstone (2)

Headstone Documents - Headstone Schedules (Originals)
Click to view
Image Caption (used for share message)
Headstone Documents - Headstone Schedules (Originals)
Click to view
Image Caption (used for share message)

Buried or commemorated at

BARD COTTAGE CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1645
View cemetery details