BORN BARTON ON HUMBER 1894. SON OF WILLIAM GIBSON TROWILL (1859-1941) & ROSE EMMA WOOD (1864-1936), OF 4, GREAT UNION STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) AND 14. ENDYKE LANE, HULL. SON OF A FURNITURE BROKER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND A SISTER. HE WORKED AS AN IRON MONGER.
POSTED TO FRANCE ON 20/04/1915. HE SERVED AS A GUNNER IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. DIED OF WOUNDS, AT YPRES, ON 23/05/1915, AGED 21.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, WILLIAM G.
NB: HENRY TROWHILL LIVED AT, 7 PLEASANT PLACE, NEPTUNE STREET, HULL.
First name:
HAROLD
Military Number:
1843
Rank:
Gunner
Date Died
23/05/1915
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
21
