Marcus, Harry

BORN POLAND 1895. LISTED ON THE HULL JEWISH MEMORIAL, LINNAEUS STREET. ONLY SON OF SAMUEL & KITTY MARCUS, STEPNEY, OF 100 CHARLES STREET, LONDON. BROTHER TO LILLY AND ANNIE. WORKED FOR FRANK J MILES, 455 COMMERCIAL ROAD, AS A TAILOR & CUTTER. HE ENLISTED IN DEPTFORD, LONDON, ON 28/02/1916, AGED 21 YEARS AND 11 DAYS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 36 INCH CHEST, & 124 LBS WEIGHT. AS AN EXPERIENCED SEWER, HE WAS RECOMMENDED FOR THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS AS A CANVAS WORKER. HE SERVED AS GUNNER, AND BATTERY TAILOR, AS 1471, ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY, 137TH HEAVY BATTERY. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 14/08/1916, AGED 21, AT 13TH GENERAL HOSPITAL, BOULOGNE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, KITTY. HE IS BURIED AT BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION READS, “HIS THE JOY AND OURS THE PAIN BUT ERE LONG WE’LL MEET AGAIN”.
HIS HULL CONNECTION, IS UNKNOWN, BUT MAY HAVE BEEN RELATED TO HARRY & SUSAN MARCUS, OF 9 WATERHOUSE LANE, HULL.