BORN HULL 1896. SON OF HARRY OSCAR WARDROBE AND MARY JANE WARDROBE, OF 20 RUSSELL PLACE, NORFOLK STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND OF THIS CWGC ADDRESS. SON OF A BRASS FINISHER. ELDEST OF SIX CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 37019, IN THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 30/08/1918, AGED 20. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, MARY.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON CLIFTON STREET SCHOOL ROLL OF HONOUR. HE IS BURIED ON THE SOMME. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “R.I.P. I HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT.”
NB: WARDROBE FAMILY AT 2 ST HILDA TERRACE, SYMONS STREET.
First name:
HENRY OSCAR (HARRY)
Regiment:
Military Number:
37019
Rank:
Private
Date Died
30/08/1918
Place died:
Fienvillers British Cemetery, Somme, France
Age:
20
