BORN HULL 1890. SON OF FREDERICK H & SARAH ANN VAREY OF 44 GIBSON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). A FORMER PAINTER AND PAPER HANGER.
HE MARRIED GERTRUDE W. MOODY (BORN 7/2/1894), AT HULL, IN 1913. THEY HAD TWO SONS, FREDERICK HARPER (BORN 26/11/1913) AND NORMAN (BORN 23/12/1915)
HE ENLISTED AT SCUNTHORPE. SERVED AS SERGEANT IN THE 6TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. WOUNDED AT GALLIPOLI (GUN SHOT WOUNDS & FRACTURED SKULL). HE DIED OF WOUNDS IN MALTA, ON 20/10/1915, AGED 25.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, GERTRUDE, AT 4, BELLE VUE, MIDDLEBURG STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SHE WAS AWARDED A WEEKLY WAR PENSION, OF 19/6 SHILLINGS, ON 1 MAY 1916.
First name:
FREDRICK HARPER
Regiment:
Military Number:
10288
Rank:
Sergeant
Date Died
20/10/1915
Place died:
Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery
Age:
25
