BORN YORK 1892. SECOND SON OF JOHN ALEXANDER & MARY JANE GARNISS. ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN AT THIS ADDRESS (1911 CENSUS) AND 23 BLAYDES STREET. EMPLOYED AS A MOTOR BUS GREASER AND WIREMAN FOR THE HULL CORPORATION ELECTRICAL TRAMWAYS.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL AT THE START OF WAR. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 1311, 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 150TH MACHINE GUN CORPS. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/04/1917, AGED 24. HE WAS UNMARRIED AND HIS ARMY PENSION WAS LEFT TO HIS MOTHER. BURIED AT WANCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH AND I WILL GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE”
First name:
HARRY
Military Number:
23480
Rank:
Private
Date Died
23/04/1917
Place died:
Wancourt British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
24
