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247163 Sgt. Harold Victor Wageman British Army 1/8th Btn. Middlesex Regiment from:Acton, London (d.10th April 1917) Harold Wageman was born in Acton on the 14 November 1896, youngest child and only son of Thomas and Caroline Wageman. His father was an accountant and bank inspector. By 1911 the family had moved to 48 Chatsworth Gardens, Acton. After leaving school he started working in a bank and his army records show that when he enlisted he was employed as a bank clerk at the LCM Bank, Marylebone . He had been a Cadet with the 10th Middlesex Regiment and on the 9th of September 1914 he enlisted at Ealing with the 8th Middlesex Regiment (Reserves). On the 1st of February 1915 he embarked with the Regiment from Southampton to Gibralter, remaining there for a few months. During this time he was promoted to Lance Corporal on the 27th of February and then to Corporal on the 31st of July. The Regiment left Gibralter on the 23rd of August travelling first to Alexandria and then on the 4th of December 1915, as part of the Western Frontier Force, travelled to Western Egypt. On the 4 March 1916 he was admitted to hospital in Mersa Maturah with a diffused lacerated wound on face, after treatment and a short 5 day stay in hospital he returned to his unit. On the 8th of May 1916 the Regiment embarked from Alexandria and after a week arrived in Marseilles, where they were then sent to Rouen, arriving on the 13th of June 1916. 11 days later on the 24th June he was admitted to Hospital with an inflamed stomach, after treatment and a period of respite he rejoined his unit in Etaples on the 2 September 1916. He was promoted to Sergeant on the 19th of September 1916 with the 1/8th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment On the 10th of April 1917 he was killed in action aged 20 years, believed by shell concussion, during the Battle of Arras. He has no known grave and he is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, Northern France. He is remembered on both the War Memorial at the Territorial Army Drill Hall, Hanworth Road, Hounslow and the War Memorial, St Mary's Church, Acton, London. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please put first part of your email, (before the @ sign) in the first box, and the second part in the second box. Do not include @, it is automatic. Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**