Date of Birth
9 September 1889
College
Borough Road College
Job(s)
Teacher at Brandon (Durham), Browney C.S.
Service number
201610
WW1 rank
Sergeant
Border Regiment
Theatre of war
Europe
Date of death
22 March 1918
Buried/memorial
Poziers Memorial, France (Grave/Memorial reference: Panel 46)
Biography
Second Lieutenant Joseph Armstrong was the son of George and Mary Armstrong and attended Borough Road College for two years. At the college he excelled in sciences and teaching and also represented Borough Road College at rugby, acting as the rugby secretary 1908-09. Armstrong enlisted in Kendal, Westmorland on 1 April 1915 into the 5th Battalion Border Regiment. He rose to Corporal and was later commissioned. Annely was 30 when he died on 22 March 1918, leaving a widow Mary Armstrong.
Sources
Mentioned on Framed Borough Road College Roll of Honour, BFSS/2/9/14/4, Borough Road College 1906 applications, Borough Road College 1906 applications, Secondary source information provided by Douglas Craik (taken from Commonwealth War Graves Commission), 1910 Annual Report