BORN HULL 1890. SON OF HARRY WEST (1856-1920) & PHOEBE SARAH LEONARD (1862-1943), OF 1 CUTHBERT AVENUE, AIRLIE STREET, HULL. LIVED OSGODBY, LINCS. MARRIED MILDRED CLARK (1896-1989), LINCOLN REGISTRY OFFICE, ON 1ST JANUARY, 1913. HE ENLISTED AT GRIMSBY. SERVED WITH THE 10TH LINCOLNSHIRE BATTALION. KILLED ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, 1ST JULY 1916, AGED 26. HE LEFT A WIDOW MILDRED AND YOUNG SON THOMAS.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE.
First name:
HARRY
Regiment:
Military Number:
544
Rank:
Private
Date Died
01/07/1916
Place died:
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE
Age:
26
