Ratcliffe,+Harold

Private, 9th Bn. West Yorkshire Regt. (Prince of Wales's Own). Service No: 22925 Age 30. Died 9th October 1917. Son of the late Richard and Elizabeth Ratcliffe. TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Panel 42 to 47 and 162.
 * Harold Ratcliffe**

Born in 1887, the son of Richard and Elizabeth Ratcliffe he was from a long established Haworth family and a textile worker. Richard was verger at Haworth Church for a number of years and the family lived in Church Street at that time.

Enlisted Keighley.
 * SDGW records:**

Pte Harold Ratcliffe, son of Richard and Elizabeth Ratcliffe, Killed in action at Poelcappelle, S.E. of Ypres, Oct 9th 1917, Aged 30 years.
 * Family memorial in Haworth (St. Michael) Churchyard reads:**