BORN ANLABY, HULL 1889. AN ORPHAN WITH NO KNOWN FAMILY. WORKED AS A SHIP MOULDER. HE MARRIED ETHEL LOUISE NELSON, AT NEWINGTON CHURCH, HULL, ON 10/12/1912. THEY LIVED WITH THEIR DAUGHTER NELLIE (BORN 15/02/1914), AT 6 CHURCHILL AVENUE, DE LA POLE AVENUE (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 10/12/1915, AGED 26 YEARS AND 5 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 7 INCHES TALL, 148 LBS WEIGHT, 38 INCH CHEST, SCAR ON LEFT THUMB. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 13/07/1916. POSTED TO THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 24/04/1917, AGED 27. HE HAD SERVED FOR 1 YEAR AND 136 DAYS. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ETHEL. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING, FRANCE.
First name:
HARRY
Regiment:
Military Number:
22814
Rank:
Private
Date Died
24/04/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
27
