BORN BROUGH, ON 23/09/1898. SON OF CHARLES MOUNTAIN (1868-1943) & ELIZABETH JOHNSON (1870-1949), OF 14 CARLTON GROVE, BRIDLINGTON (CWGC ADDRESS) AND 49 WESTBOURNE GROVE, HESSLE, HULL (HDM ADDRESS 22/10/1917). HE SERVED AS PRIVATE, 44637, MACHINE GUN CORPS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 08/10/1917, AGED 19. BURIED AT TYNE COT CEMETERY, BELGIUM. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “A SECRET THOUGHT A SILENT TEAR KEEP THEIR MEMORY EVER DEAR”
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 22/10/1917, BY HIS MOTHER AND SISTERS.
HIS BROTHER, GUNNER. CHARLES MOUNTAIN, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY, WAS KILLED ON 24/04/1917, AGED 20.
First name:
HAROLD
Military Number:
44637
Rank:
GUNNER
Date Died
08/10/1917
Place died:
TYNE COT CEMETERY, BELGIUM
Age:
19
