Kitching, Harry

Burstwick WW1 Memorial, 132 Main Street. Unveiled on 10th July 1920, by Colonel R Hall;

BORN BURSTWICK, 1893. SON OF THOMAS & MARTHA KITCHEN. ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 13/07/1915. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 12454, 7TH YORKSHIRE HUSSARS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 08/02/1917. COMMEMORATED AT THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Notes:

  • ‘Burstwick Shrine’, Hull Daily Mail, 5 December 1916
  • Yorkshire Heroes, Vol I: A Journey from Hull to Withernsea, Around Hornsea and Back to Hull Again, Malcolm Mann, 1996. pp. 397-398
  • ‘Burstwick Shrine Unveiled’, Hull Daily Mail, 8 December 1917
  • Burstwick Primitive Methodist Shrine, dedicated December 1917. Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries. Records 74 men serving in WW1.
  • Burstwick WW1 Memorial, unveiled 10/07/1920. Attended by: Colonel R Hall; Local Clergy/Dignitaries; Ex-Servicemen. Records 17 died and 58 men returned.

First name:
HARRY
Military Number:
12454
Rank:
Private
Date Died
08/02/1917
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
24
BURSTWICK, , EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE, UK