242174 Private Harold John Landy British Army 9th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment from:Liverpool Harold Landy was my grandfather, he served in the Salonika campaign. He died in 1957 but as I was very young cannot remember very much about him. No photos have survived of him either. He was born in 1888 in Liverpool. He married in 1922 and had one son, my father Eric. He was with 9th battalion and then joined 78th brigade of 26th division and moved to Cheltenham from Bristol. April 1915 moved to Longbridge Deverell, 21 September 1915 mobilised for war and landed in France. November 191 moved to Salinika and served at Battles of Horseshoe Hill in 1916, Battle of Doirn in 1917. 4th of July 1918 left the 26th Division returned to France on 17th of July 1918 at Serqueux and joined 198th Brigade of 66th Division. Sounds like a very brave man to me, wish I could have known him better.
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