Corporal David Naylor 2996, 2nd/6th Bn., West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own)
- Rank
- Corporal
- Name
- D NAYLOR
- Regiment
- West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
- Date of Death
- Died 19 January 1916
David Naylor was born in Bury, Lancashire on the 2nd April 1872. His parents were John Naylor and Sarah Emma Naylor (nee Haley).
He married Lydia Childe in 1898.
The 1911 Census shows David Naylor (36) born Lancashire, occupation – warehouseman in the wool trade and his wife Lydia Naylor (31) born Bradford, and their daughter Annie (10,) born Bradford, living at 82, Prospect Street, Bradford, Yorkshire.
David Naylor’s Service Records appear not to have survived.
Other records show that he enlisted in Bradford and served with the 2/6th Battalion, Prince of Wales Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment with the service number 2996, and that he reached the rank of Corporal.
He died of Pneumonia and Cardiac Failure in a Newcastle hospital and his pension records identify his widow as Lydia Naylor who was then living at 18, Back Proctor Street, Dudley Hill, Bradford.
His funeral was reported on in the Bradford Weekly Telegraph (28 January 1916)
“MILITARY FUNERAL IN BRADFORD CORPORAL DAVID NAYLOR
Full military honours were accorded at the funeral which took place this afternoon at Bowling Cemetery of Corporal David Naylor of 18, Back Proctor Street, Dudley Hill, a member of the 2nd/6th West Yorkshire Regt. who died from pneumonia at the Military Hospital, Newcastle.
A large crowd witnessed the departure of the cortege, which was headed by the Band of the 3rd/2nd West Riding Brigade (R.F.A.), in charge of Sergt. Crabtree. Along the route the Dead March in Saul was played. The coffin was borne on a gun carriage sent from Bradford Moor Barracks. A detachment of the Royal Field Artillery attended under the command of Lieut. Hollingworth.
The “Last Post” was sounded, and a firing party, in charge of Corporal Gibbard fired a volley over the grave.”
As the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s ‘Eyes On Hands On’ volunteer with responsibility for Bradford (Bowling) Cemetery I was always interested in the ‘stories’ of the WW1 soldiers whose headstones I looked after. Having been born and brought up in the nearby area, many of the names I came across seemed familiar to my childhood and I was interested to know more about who they were. The C.W.G.C. ‘For Evermore’ online archive gives me the opportunity to share my research into their lives.
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