BORN CARDIFF 1899. SON OF BENJAMIN & ANNIE ALMOND (1871-1928), OF 57 WALKER STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS), & 32 FLORENCE AVENUE, HULL ROAD, HESSLE, HULL. (Hull Daily Mail address, 05/12/1918). SON OF AN ENGINE DRIVER.
HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY. SERVED WITH THE 1/5TH TERRITORIALS, NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS.
HE DIED OF BRONCHITIS AND GAS POISONING, IN GERMANY, 05/09/1918, AGED 19.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 13TH DECEMBER 1918, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. * HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, BENJAMIN.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH WHICH RECORDS 98 NAMES.
HE IS BURIED AT LA VILLE-AUX-BOIS BRITISH CEMETERY, AISNE, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “THOSE WHO HAVE LOVED AND LOST UNDERSTAND WARS BITTER COST – MOTHER”
NOTE: PTE. HARRY ALMOND, ASC, LIVED 2 MELBOURNE GROVE, WYNDHAM STREET, HULL.
