I was hoping there might be some sort of cemetery register that would help, but it looks like I will have to check all the local ones individually. Still, it was worth a try.
His family used the words “Died of Wounds” in an In Memorandum notice in the Holmfirth Express, but the official cause of death was given on the death certificate as tuberculosis of the lungs and spine.
He will have been buried at Holmfirth but where as not yet been established.
His Christian name is spelt in a variety of ways:
He is Gamiliel Boothroyd, an 11 year old schoolboy at Wooldale, Holmfirth, on the 1901 census.
He is Gamaliel Boothroyd on the Holmfirth Parish Church Memorial.
He is Camaliel Boothroyd on the main Holmfirth Memorial: Wooldale section.
The Medal Rolls have a Private Gambel Boothroyd, 23419, 20th battalion, Durham Light Infantry.
So he is Gamiliel, Gamaliel, Camaliel, and Gambel.
But his birth and death are registered as Gamaliel, so I am using that as the correct spelling. His father had the same Christian name and was known as locally as Gam Boothroyd.
Tony.
