BORN HULL 1894. SECOND SON OF WILLIAM LEDGER (1869-1937) & EDA PAGE (1870-1898). HE FATHER MARRIED BEATRICE LEDGER (1870-1960) IN 1902, AND LIVED AT 2 NEPEAN GROVE, TYNE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND THIS ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS. ONE OF FOUR CHILDREN. A PRINTER’S STOCK KEEPER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 08/09/1914, AGED 20 YEARS AND 2 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8.5 INCHES TALL, 137 LBS WEIGHT, 34.5 INCH CHEST, BROWN EYES AND BROWN HAIR. SERVED WITH THE 11TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (2ND HULL PALS BATTALION). DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY ON 17/03/1916 WITH SEVERE BRONCHITIS. DIED AT SKEFFLING CONVALESCENT HOME, ON 08/05/1917, AGED 22. HIS DEATH AND ADDRESS WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 09/05/1917.
First name:
HAROLD
Regiment:
Military Number:
11/478
Rank:
Private
Date Died
08/05/1917
Place died:
Kingston-Upon-Hull, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
22
