BORN HULL 1892. SON OF HENRY & ELIZA JANE FAIRCHILD, OF 69, CHANTERLANDS AVENUE, HULL. A FORMER CLERK FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, 22473, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS 51526, 2ND KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. PROMOTED TO SERGEANT. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 11/08/1918, AGED 27. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE.
HE HAD MARRIED LILY ROBINSON, AT HULL, IN 1917. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, AT 132 , CLUMBER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HIS BROTHERS, CHARLES & FRED FAIRCHILD ALSO SERVED IN THE WAR.
First name:
HARRY
Military Number:
51526
Rank:
Sergeant
Date Died
11/08/1918
Place died:
Vis-En-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
27
132 , CLUMBER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
