Louis Hinchcliffe

Private 41529. 1/5th Battalion. West Yorkshire Regiment.

Youngest son of George and Rose Hinchcliffe.

Born 1897 in Rishworth.

Brother of Horace and Louis.

Address: 10 Barlboro Place, Scar Lane, Milnsbridge.

Employed by Joseph Dyson & Sons, Milnsbridge.

Enlisted: September 1916.

Reported missing, presumed dead: 9th October 1917. Aged 20.

Buried at Dochy Farm New British Cemetery, Langemarck, Belgium. Plot 1.

Row E. Grave 28.

Memorial. Listed on the Roll of Honour at St. John's Church Golcar, and Longwood War

Louis embarked for France on New Year's Day 1917. In March 1917 he was brought to Bradford wounded and suffering from trench feet. He returned to France on 7th July 1917 and was reported missing presumed killed in October.

Louis was a cornet player in Milnsbridge Socialist Brass Band and attended St. Church. Michael's Mission Church. His name appears on the Roll of Honour in St, John's