Doughty, Harry

Cpl, Harry Doughty, CEF

BORN HULL 09/08/1888. SON OF ELIZABETH ANN DOUGHTY, OF 14 WHITECROSS STREET, BARTON UPON HUMBER. A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF HOPPER ELSWICK CYCLE WORKS. HE EMIGRATED TO CANAD IN 1911. RESIDED IN EDMONTON, CANADA AND WORKED AS A LUMBER YARD, TEAMSTER. HE ENLISTED AT EDMONTON, ON 18TH JANUARY 1915, AGED 26 YEARS AND 9 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 36 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, DARK BROWN HAIR, WESLEYAN RELIGION.

HE ENLISTED IN JANUARY 1915. SERVED AS CORPORAL IN THE 5TH CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. HE WAS BADLY WOUNDED IN JULY 1916AND INVALIIDED TO EDMONTON AND ST LEONARD CONVALESCENT HOME. HE RETURNED TO DUTY IN FEBRUARY 1917 AND WAS KILLED AT LENS (HILL 70) ON 15/08/1917, AGED 29.
HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH WERE PUBLISHED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON  08/09/1917.
HE IS BURIED AT LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION, LONGUEVAL.


First name:
HARRY
Military Number:
436451
Rank:
Corporal
Date Died
15/08/1917
Place died:
London Cemetery And Extension, Longueval, Somme, France
Age:
29
14 WHITECROSS STREET, BARTON UPON HUMBER, NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE, UK