BORN BEVERLEY 1886. SON OF WILLIAM AND ANNIE BROWN, OF 11 , BOYNTON STREET, HULL. HE WORKED AS A LABOURER IN AN IRON FOUNDRY. HUSBAND OF KATE, AT 9 , PRINCESS AVENUE, MASSEY STREET, HULL. THEY HAD ONE DAUGHTER, FRANCES.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED TOFRANCE, ON 08/09/1914. KILLED AT YPRES, ON 09/08/1915, AGED 29.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 30/03/1917. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE MENIN GATE MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS PARENTS WILLIAM AND ANNIE.
HIS NAME IS INSCRIBED ON HE ST MATTHEWS CHURCH, WW1 MEMORIAL, BOULEVARD, HULL.
First name:
HAROLD
Regiment:
Military Number:
7702
Rank:
Private
Date Died
09/08/1915
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
29
