Ackrills 1915/105

LCpl Arnold E Day, 1/5th West Yorks, of Wheatlands, Harrogate.

Harrogate Herald - 21st July 1915

No fewer than four Harrogate lads have fallen in action this week : Lance Corporal Arnold [Ellis] Day; Lance Corporal Kelley [Probably Fred Kelly], 5th West Yorks; Private W A Haley, 5th West Yorks; Private J [John] Brown, 1/5th West Yorks. Their portraits appear on our picture page.

Claro Times - 23rd July 1915

In our last issue we were in the happy position of stating that no further news of casualties among Harrogate men had reached us, but within a few hours of publication arrived the information that Lance Corporal Fred Kelley and Lance Corporal A E Day, both of the 5th West Yorkshires, had died as a result of wounds received in action.

Lance Corporal Arnold E Day was the only son of Mr and Mrs E J Day, of Leeds Road, and previous to joining the 5th West Yorks last September he was engaged on the literary staff of a Bradford newspaper. He was the first Bradford journalist to enlist, and had been in the Front several weeks when he received his fatal wound in the head.

SDGW

Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 1/5th Battalion

Lance Corporal Arnold Ellis Day (2088)

Born : -

Enlisted : York

Residence : Harrogate

Died : 13th July 1915

Killed in Action

France & Flanders

CWGC

In Memory of

ARNOLD ELLIS DAY

Lance Corporal 2088 1st/5th Bn., West Yorkshire Regt. (Prince of Wales's Own) who died onTuesday, 13th July 1915. Age 26.

Additional Information:

Son of Edward J., and Adah Day, of 10, South Drive, Harrogate.

Commemorative Information

Memorial:

YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Grave Reference/Panel Number:

Panel 21