79 Main Street, Skidby. List the names of 42 men who served including 6 died in WW1
Born at Skidby, Yorkshire, 1894. Only son of Fred Grantham (1868- 1955) and Mary Ann Grantham, of 4, Lennoxe Villa, Paddock, Anlaby Park, Hull. Son of a farm labourer. He had one sister, called Ivy.
He enlisted in Hull. Served with the 23rd Battalion (Tyneside Scottish), Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in action, on 17/08/1917, aged 22.
Buried in France. His Grave inscription, reads, “REST IN THE LORD”.
His army efects were left to his mother, Mary. He iis commemorated on the Skidby WW1 memorial.
First name:
HAROLD
Military Number:
242185
Rank:
Private
Date Died
19/08/1917
Place died:
TEMPLEUX-LE-GUERARD BRITISH CEMETERY, FRANCE
Age:
22
4, Lennoxe Villa, Paddock, Anlaby Park, Hull, UK
Place Buried
