217948 Capt. Harold James Page British Army Royal Field Artillery from:Wisley, Surrey Harold James Page prior to WW1 was employed as a soil scientist by ICI and living at Wisley in Surrey. Educated at Oundle School, Northamptonshire and University College, London. He was married in 1915.
His WW1 record is as follows. Joined RFA( Special Reserve) 15th August 1914 - 9th June 1915. ADC Personal Staff in 7th August 1915. T/Capt RFA in 23rd February 1916. Employed by ministry of munitions 3rd November 1917 - 12 June 1919 . Capt RFA (SR) 3rd November 1917 - 12th June 1919.
He was sent to France with his regiment in September 1914 to October 1914, and then from November 1914 to July 1916 when he was fighting at The Somme. In July 1916 he was hit by a sliver of white hot shrapnel which entered his face just below his left jaw bone and exited just behind his left ear. He sustained considerable damage to his jaw losing many teeth but remarkably survived. He was treated by Dr Gillies in France as one of his earliest patients for plastic surgery, facial reconstruction, and although his face was scarred, his facial hair on his chin grew in many different directions in later life, he had a few other lasting injuries.
His first born son Michael Page was born in November 1916 when he was still recovering from his injuries back in England, in Kent. He was invalided out of the war but by January 1917 he was working in the research department at Woolwich until March 1919. He was awarded an MBE for his research. Mentioned in dispatches twice and mentioned in a WO Communique.
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