The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private H Harland

Private Harold HARLAND, 205471, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 316409, Northumberland Fusiliers), assumed to have been killed in action, 31st July 1917, age 21.

26th February 1896, born Scarborough, Yorkshire, son of George Charles, (Lamp Oil Merchant), and Elizabeth Harland, (daughter of George Dale), of 51, Wykeham St., Scarborough, Yorkshire.

Educated Gladstone Road Council School, Scarborough, Yorkshire.

1911 Census - 51, Wykeham St., Scarborough, Yorkshire - George Charles Harland, head, age 57, married, oil 7 firewood merchant, own account, at home, born Whitby, Yorkshire; Elizabeth Harland. wife, age 50, married 17 years, 2 children, both still alive, assisting in the business, born Allerston, Yorkshire; Gertrude Harland, daughter, age 16, single, dressmaker, worker, at home, born Scarborough, Yorkshire; Harold Harland, son, age 15, single, shoemaker, worker, at home, born Scarborough, Yorkshire.

2nd January 1917, enlisted Scarborough, Yorkshire. Formerly boot repairer.

Served with the Expeditionary Force France & Flanders from July 1917.

31st July 1917, reported missing after the fighting on the Menin Road, Flanders France,

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 and 47., Belgium.

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