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SSgt Harry Wright Spink

British Army 2nd Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment

from:Hull

(d.16th Aug 1915)

Harry Spink was orphaned following the death of his father in 1888 and mother in 1889. He was placed in the Seamans and General Orphans Asylum in Hull at the age of 8.

When old enough he joined the East Yorkshire Regiment. At the outbreak of war he was stationed at Kamptee in India, the regiment forming part of the Jubbulpore brigade of the 5th Indian Army Division. The regiment returned to England and was mobilised for war, ending up fighting in the Middle East. He was attached to he Supply and Transport Corps. Having contracted Black Water fever, Harry was transferred to the BE Hospital in Basra, where he died on 16th of August 1915.



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