BORN WELTON, EAST YORKSHIRE, 1894. SECOND SON OF ALBERT AND FANNY FENWICK, OF MILL COTTAGE, ELLOUGHTON ROAD, THORPE, YORKSHIRE. SON OF A BRICKLAYER. HE HAD AN ELDER BROTHER JAMES ALBERT FENWICK. EMPLOYED AS A DOMESTIC STABLE BOY (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN CHESTERFIELD. SERVED AS A GUNNER IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. DIED OF GAS POSIING WOUNDS, AT ETAPLES, ON 04/08/1917, AGED 23. BURIED AT ETAPLES, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “TOO DEARLY LOVED TO BE FORGOTTEN MOTHER & FATHER”
HE IS ALSO COMMEMORATED ON THE SIGGLESTHORNE WW1 MEMORIAL WHICH INCLUDES 75 MEN WHO SERVED AND ELEVEN WHO DIED IN WW1.
First name:
Harry
Military Number:
72274
Rank:
Gunner
Date Died
04/08/1917
Place died:
Étaples Military Cemetery, France
Age:
23
