BORN HULL 1891. SON OF MATTHEW JOHN STANDALOFT (1854-1938) AND HANNAH POOLE RALPH,OF HULL. ONE OF THREE SONS. HE WORKED AS A CLERK FOR AN OIL SHIPPING COMPANY. HE MARRIED ELLENA REDMOND ON 31/05/1914. THEY LIVED AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 08/12/1915, AGED 24 YEARS AND 11 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7.5 INCHES TALL, 35.5 INCH CHEST. FORMERLY PRIVATE, 554, YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 19TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY.HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 14/10/1918, AGED 27. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, “ELEANOR”.
HE IS BURIED IN BELGIUM, AT DADIZEELE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
First name:
HAROLD
Military Number:
82554
Rank:
Private
Date Died
14/10/1918
Place died:
Dadizeele New British Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
27
