BORN HULL 1896. SON OF GEORGE HENRY ESCRITT & MARY ANN SHEPHERD, OF THIS ADDRESS. A GARDENER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS GUNNER, 71825, IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. HE ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 27/09/1915. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/09/1916, AGED 19. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS UNCLE, GEORGE FREDERICK SHEPHERD. HE LEFT YOUNGER SIBLINGS, VIOLET, GEORGE AND GILBERT.
HE IS BURIED ON THE SOMME, AT QUARRY CEMETERY, MONTAUBAN.
First name:
WILFRED HARVEY
Military Number:
71825
Rank:
Gunner
Date Died
26/09/1916
Place died:
Quarry Cemetery, Montauban, Somme, France
Age:
19
5 WALTERS TERRACE, CAMPBELL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
