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Pte. Harold Victor Rowbotham
British Army 6th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
from:Clee, Grimsby
(d.1st May 1917)
Harold was afisherman working out of Grimsby. On the 5th of June 1916, at the age of 20, he married Florence Adelaide Barwick at St Andrews Church. Two weeks later he joined the Lincolnshire Regiment.
Harold died of his wounds on 1st of May 1917, leaving his young wife a widow after 11 months. His daughter Iris Nellie Rowbotham was born on the 22 June 1917, but she died a few weeks later. Harold’s body lies at Grevillers Cemetery near Bapaume.