2nd Lieutenant Andrew Ormerod
Royal Field Artillery 6th Btty 130 Howitzers
Attached Royal Flying Corps
Missing whilst Flying 13th April 1917, aged 27
Lived at 328 Colne Road
Commemorated on the Arras Flying Services Memorial, France

Burnley Express 20/10/1917 (P)

1909,joined the TF RHA-RFA & was the youngest Sgt/Major in England, commissioned Dec 1915 and att to 59 Bty & transfered to the 130 Howizers & was on active service Egypt,Gallipoli & Salonika & qualified as Ob/Pilot March 1917.Missing with 2/Lt Arthur Horace Tanfield in 2 seater Biplane No RE8-23225-WF.Attented St Andrews Church & School a choir boy,Boys Bdg,Freemasons & local Conservative politician.Brother Pte Harry Ormerod RAMC serving in F&F.Mother a confectioners shop.Parents John & Jane.