BORN HULL 1898. SON OF THOMAS & EMILY ELIZABETH RAMSDALE. ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND/8TH SHERWOOD FORESTER. KILLED IN ACTION ON 7TH APRIL 1917, AGED 19. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FATHER, THOMAS. HIS DEATH IS RECORDED ON THE FAMILY GRAVE AT HULL WESTERN CEMETERY.
NB: WALTER RAMSDALE LISTED ON KINGS HALL CHURCH ROH, SYMONST ST. HE IS BURIED AT VADENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, MAISSEMY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “SOON, SOON TO FAITHFUL WARRIORS COMES THEIR REST ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA”.
| Name | Harold Ramsdale |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Hull, Yorkshire, 1898 |
| Death Date | 7 Apr 1917 |
| Death Place | Vadencourt British Cemetery, Maissemy, Aisne, France |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | Notts and Derby (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment |
| Battalion | 2/8th Battalion |
| Regimental Number | 306993 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
First name:
HAROLD
Military Number:
306993
Rank:
Private
Date Died
07/04/1917
Place died:
Vadencourt British Cemetery, Maissemy, Aisne, France
Age:
19
5, HUNTINGDON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
