BORN PENDLETON, SALFORD 13/091897. SON OF WILLIAM KING DUNTHORN (1865-1940) & ANN SHAND MACKAILL (1864-1937) OF 43, PARROT STREET, SELBY STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). THIS WAS ALSO HIS 1918 MILITARY VOTERS ADDRESS. SON OF A GENERAL LABOURER. HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND THREE SISTERS.
HE ENLISTED IN SALFORD. SERVED WITH THE 1/7TH LANCAHIRE FUSILIERS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 27/03/1918, AGED 21. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, WILLIAM K. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON ST MATTHEWS CHURCH, BOULEVARD.
HE IS BURIED AT DOUCHY-LES-AYETTE BRITISH CEMETERY, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE, HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN”
First name:
HAROLD WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
281164
Rank:
Private
Date Died
27/03/1918
Place died:
DOUCHY-LES-AYETTE BRITISH CEMETERY, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE
Age:
21
43, PARROT STREET, SELBY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
