BORN SUNK ISLAND, HULL 1879. SON OF JOHN AND SARAH ANN KING, OF CHURCH FARM OTTRINGHAM. HE HAD THREE SISTERS ADA AND TWINS ROSIE & ANNIE KING. A BRICKLAYER BY TRADE.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 25005, EYR. TRANSFERRED TO TH 2ND KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION ON 12/02/1917, AGED 38. HIS BODY WAS NOT FOUND AND HE IS COMMEMORATED AT THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
HE LEFT WIDOW LILY & FIVE CHILDREN AT 8, POPLAR GROVE, NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, HULL, (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SHE RECEIVED A WEEKLY WAR PENSION OF 33 SHILLINGS & THREE PENCE, ON 15TH OCTOBER 1917.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE STREET ROH.
First name:
HARRY
Military Number:
42336
Rank:
Private
Date Died
12/02/1917
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
38
8, POPLAR GROVE, NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
