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Gnr. Wilfred Alexander Eli Hares
British Army 32nd Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Torquay, Devon
Wilf Hares was born in Devon in 1889. He served in the Royal Garrison Artillery, as Lance Bombardier with 250 Seige Battery, and, under 2nd Lieut George Warwick, with 32 Seige Battery as Gnr 117162 W A E Hares, attested 21st of May 1916, arrived in France 31st of January 1918. He was awarded the British War and Victory medals.
He married Nora Prowse in 1924. Wilf passed away in 1942 at the age of 52 from spinal cancer as a result of shrapnel in his spine. Nora emigrated to Canada with their daughter Muriel and baby granddaughter Carole in 1945.
Pte. Wilfred Charles Harfield
British Army 10th Btn. Sherwood Foresters
from:51 Arundel Street, Derby
(d.5th July 1916)
Wilfred Harfield was my grandpa who died aged 41 leaving a widow and 6 children. He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial and by his grandchildren.
2nd Lt. A. M. Harford
British Army 173rd Brigade, D Bty Royal Field Artillery
Pte. David Bernard Harford
Australian Imperial Force 28th Infantry Battalion
from:Australia
(d.31st Mar 1917 )
David Bernard Harford was born at Albany, Western Australia, on 28 October 1886. His mother would later state that "he was born in a spring cart at Albany after us doing a journey of [fourteen] hundred miles." Previous to the First World War, Harford had distinguished himself as a capable rifleman, winning several prizes in rifle club competitions while also taking up work as a miner and general labourer. The 28-year-old enlisted with the Australian Imperial Force on 14 July 1915 and departed Fremantle with the 28th Infantry Battalion aboard HMAT Miltiades on 12 February 1916.
On arriving in Egypt Harford noted in his diary his surprise at seeing gum trees lining some of the streets in Cairo. After being sent to England for further training he was deployed to the Western Front with the 51st Infantry Battalion. The unit fought its first major battle at Mouquet Farm in August and September where it suffered huge casualties. For the remainder of 1916 and throughout the bleak winter Harford and his battalion alternated between front-line duty, training, and labouring behind the line. During this time he continued to document his experiences at the front in his diary. Early the next year the Australian forces in France cautiously pursued the German Army as it withdrew to the heavily fortified Hindenburg Line. On 31 March 1917 Harford sustained a gunshot wound and died that same day whilst being treated by the 5th Australian Field Ambulance. David Bernard Harford is buried at Pozières British Cemetery at Ovillers-La Boisselle, France.
Pte. George Frederick Harford
British Army 2nd Battalion Middlesex  Regiment
from:Marylebone, London
(d.4th Nov 1915)
2nd Lt. R. E. Harford
British Army 173rd Brigade Royal Field Artillery
2Lt. Clifford Hargeaves MID.
British Army 22nd Btn. London Regiment
from:Margate
(d.22nd August 1918)
Clifford Hargreaves is burred at Beacon Cemetery, Sailly-Laurette.
Sgt. Frederick Samuel Hargrave
British Army 8th Btn. East Surrey Regiment
from:Leytonstone
(d.3rd March 1917)
Pioneer Sergeant Frederick Hargrave was based in Shwebo, Burma in 1913. By 1916 he was a Sergeant and was serving in Dover. He was killed in France and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial.
Pte. Henry Hargreave
British Army 14th Btn. Highland Light Infantry
from:Glasgow
(d.3rd Jul 1916)
My grandfather Henry Hargreave was killed at the battle of the Somme on the morning of the 3rd July 1916 between 1am and 7.15am. He was with the 15th HLI who advanced from Leipzig salient at 6.15am to the German front line trenches between X.1.a.59 and R.31.c.50.15, which they took but could not hold and were back in their original position in Leipzig salient by 7.15am. He was identified by his disc and eventually buried in Serre Road Cemetery No.2.
Pte. Albert Hargreaves
British Army 4th Btn. West Riding Regiment
Albert Hargreaves was discharged on the 31st of March 1916, time expired
Pte. Alfred Charles Henry Hargreaves
British Army 4th Battalion Middlesex Regiment
from:Willesden, Middlesex
(d.23rd Aug 1914)
Pte. Bell Hargreaves
British Army 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment
from:Yeadon, Leeds
(d.22nd Mar 1918)
Bell Hargraves died when my granddad was 3 years old and my Grandad never spoke about his family. He had enlisted in Leeds and served with the 13th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment.
Pte Cornelius Hargreaves
British Army 78th Coy. Machine Gun Corps
from:Blackburn, Lancashire
My Grandfather, Cornelius Hargreaves served with 78th Coy, MGC. He died in 1958. All my father can remember is that his Dad served in Mesopotamia.
Pte Frank Hargreaves
British Army 2nd Btt. South Wales Borderers
from:Liverpool
(d.11th April 1918)
Fred Hargreaves
British Army 8th Btn. Royal Fusiliers
from:Leeds
(d.20th November 1917)
Pte. Fred Hargreaves
British Army 1/5th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment
from:Nelson, Lancs.
(d.14th May 1915)
Fred Hargreaves was the son of John Hargreaves, of Barrowford and husband of Elizabeth E. Hargreaves, of 104, Gisburn Rd., Barrowford, Nelson, Lancs. He died on the 14th May 1915, aged 31 and is commemorated the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli in Turkey.
Pte. George Arthur Hargreaves
British Army 16th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment
from:4 Doctors Row, Shotton Colliery
George Hargreaves was 24 years old when he joined the 16th West Yorkshire Regiment on 6th September 2014. His Commanding Officer was Captain PK Allen. The Battalion embarked for France on the 13th of July 1915, landing at Boulogne. He served there till 24th of November 1916. He was badly wounded in his arm and discharged on 14th of January 1918 as being no longer fit for war service.
L/Cpl. Harold Hargreaves
British Army 9th Battalion Manchester Regiment
from:Droylsden, Manchester
(d.17th March 1918)
Harold Hargreaves earned the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal.
L/Cpl. Harold Hargreaves
British Army H Coy., 1/9th Battalion Manchester Regiment
from:Droylsden, Tameside, Manchester
(d.17th Mar 1918)
Harold Hargreaves served with H Coy., 1/9th Battalion, Manchester Regiment
Pte. Stuart Hargreaves
British Army 4th Battalion King's Regiment (Liverpool)
from:20 Naples St, Darwen, Lancs
(d.22 Sep 1917)
Pte. Thomas Hargreaves
British Army 8th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment
from:Bradford
(d.18th April 1918)
2nd Lt. Thomas Hargreaves
British Army 8th Btn. Manchester Regiment
from:Droylsden, Tameside, Manchester
Thomas Hargreaves enlisted with his brother Harold Hargreaves in the 1/9th (Ashton Pals) Battalion, Manchester Regiment and sailed to Egypt in September 1914 as part of the 42nd Division. On 10th of May 1915, the battalion landed at Seddul Bahr during the Dardanelles campaign. Thomas was a sergeant in H Company of the battalion and on 24th of June 1915 was wounded by shrapnel from Turkish shelling whilst digging a communications trench. Several of Thomas's friends were killed or wounded, and he received wounds to the left hand.
Thomas saw action at the Helles Bridgehead and the battle of Krithia Vineyard in Gallipoli in 1915. He was evacuated with the rest of the 42nd Division in December 1915 and, due to casualties reducing the division to a third of its strength, was tasked with defending the Suez Canal.
In March 1917, the 1/9th Battalion landed at Marseilles and proceeded to the Western Front. Thomas saw action at the battles of Passchendaele, Nieuport, and Cambrai. In January 1918, Thomas was transferred to the 8th Battalion, Manchester Regiment and commissioned to the rank of second lieutenant as part of the 126th (East Lancashire) Brigade. He was demobilised in March 1919. He was awarded the Victory Medal, the British War Medal, and the 1915 Star.
Pte. Tom Hargreaves
British Army 6th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment
(d.27th Feb 1917)
Tom Hargreaves died on 27th February 1917 and is buried in the Amara War Cemetery in Iraq.
Pte. William Hargreaves
British Army 4th Btn. Worcestershire Regiment
(d.23rd Apr 1917)
William Hargreaves was my great granddad, would like to know more about him and how he died. I found out that his battalion on the date he died was at the second Battle of the Scarpe and it seems he was killed on the first day of the battle.
23079 Private William Hargreaves served with the 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment and died age 29 on the 23rd April 1917. He is remembered in Bay 6, Arras Memorial. William was the husband of Lilian Hargreaves of 20 Queen Victoria Street, Mill Hill, Blackburn.
Pte. Joseph Harie
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte George Harker
British Army 29th Tyneside Scottish Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.27th September 1916)
George Harker was was wounded and brought to a hospital, he died of war wounds on 27th September 1916 in France.
Able Sea. Adam Harkess
Royal Navy Reserve HMS Coquette
from:Cockenzie, East Lothian
(d.7th March 1916)
Pte. Thomas Harkin
British Army 8th Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
(d.18th March 1916)
Thomas Harkin is known to me through the stories my mother used to tell me. Her mother, my grandmother, was a Harkin. According to the stories she told me it seems that Thomas wanted to become an engineer. He was told by the recruiter that he would be trained as an engineer if he joined up. He had some military training in Ireland and then shipped out to France. A few months after he arrived, he was killed. According to what my mother told me, he was gassed. I have since been able to confirm some of the details. Not many of his direct family are still alive and apart from my direct relatives I have only met one other (now elderly) person who now lives in England near Manchester. I have visited the memorial in France where his name is recorded at Dud Corner near Loos.
Gnr. James Andrew Harkins
British Army 291st Brigade, D Bty. Royal Field Artillery
from:Falkirk, Stirlingshire
(d.25th Aug 1918)
James Harkins served with D Bty, 291st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
2nd Lt. William Frederick Samuel Harkness
Royal Garrison Artillery 42 Bde.
from:Templemore, Co Tipp
My father, William Harkness, joined up from the Trinity College Dublin OTC in 1917 and was commissioned 2Lt on 1/10/1917. He served in France and subsequently in the occupation of Germany in 1919, was promoted Lt on 1/4/1919 and was demobilised on 7/11/1919, relinquishing his commission, retaining the rank of Lt, on 1/4/1920.
I have a map of Koln area indicating that he was in the 195th Siege Bty during this latter period. I would like to find out more about his service. He left behind Richard Blaker's Medal Without Bar (published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1930) which gives a very vivid account of the life of a junior officer in the Artillery in action in France.
His slim record at Kew described him as a good officer and mentioned one or two periods of leave and his appointment as Brigade gas officer(42 Bde & 29 Bde, RGA) 13/5/1918-3/6/1918. He never talked of his service so if anyone out there can add anything I would be delighted.
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