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Private William Henry DARLOW, 202233.
4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 5087 Northants Regt. Son of
the late Alfred and Louisa Darlow.
Killed 23 April 1917. Aged 19.
Born Northants, Enlisted Northampton.
Commemorated on Bay 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Michael Simpson (<mickjsimpson@hotmail.co.uk>) has kindly sent the photo
of Lance Corporal Darlow from the Northampton Independent newspaper of 19/05/1917.
Michael Simpson provided the following additional information;-
"At the time he was living with his Aunt (My GG grandfathers second wife.)
referred to in the clipping. His cousin Frederick Simpson (my G Grandfathers
brother) who also was formerly in the Northamptonshire Regiment, subsequently
the Berkshire Regiment. He too was unfortunately Killed two weeks earlier.
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