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Surname: HARWOOD
Forename(s): Oliver Duxbury
Place of Birth: Hellifield, Yorkshire
Service No: 48690
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: South Wales Borderers
Battalion / Unit: 10th (Service) Battalion. (1st Gwent)
Division: 38th (Welsh) Division
Age: 18
Date of Death: 1918-04-26
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: I. D. 11.
CWGC Cemetery: BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURT
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
Oliver Duxbury Harwood was the son of Oliver Duxbury and Sarah Harwood, née Teasdale. Oliver, senior, was born at Darwen, Lancashire and Sarah at Malton, Yorkshire.
1901 Hellifield, Yorkshire Census: Oliver D. Harwood, aged 1 year, born Hellifield, son of Oliver D. and Sarah Harwood.
1911 Blackburn, Lancashire Census: 125, Moorgate Street, Livesey, Branch Road - Oliver Duxbury Harwood, aged 11 years, born Hellifield, Yorkshire, son of Sarah Harwood, widow.
The British Army Pension Record for Oliver (1532) exists but may be incomplete. Oliver served as a Driver with the 2/1st East Lancashire Brigade Ammunition Column R.F.A. in England, from 13 April 1915 to 7 January 1916. He was discharged as being underage.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Oliver Harwood, 48690, S. Wales Bord.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Oliver Harwood, 48690, S. Wales Bord. Infantry Base Depot; 48690, 10/S. Wales Bord.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Oliver Harwood, 48690, 10th Sth W. Bdrs. Date and Place of Death: 26.4.18. 29th C.C.S. France or Belgium. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother Sole Legatee - Sarah £9 10s. 6d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: Pte Oliver Harwood, 2748, 48690, S. W. Borderers. Date and cause of death: 26.4.18. Died of Wounds. Name(s) on card(s): Dependant: Mrs Sarah Harwood. Guardian of Soldiers Sister, Monica. Address: 125, Moorgate Street, Mill Hill, Blackburn.
Oliver is commemorated in the online 'Blackburn Roll of Honour 1914-1921': www.cottontown.org
Photograph courtesy of Jonathan Ball.
Data Source: Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19 Records
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Private Oliver Duxbury HARWOOD
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: South Wales Borderers
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 38th (Welsh) Division
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Driver Oliver Duxbury Harwood
Courtesy of Jonathan Ball
Annie Lawton and Oliver Duxbury Harwood
Courtesy of Jonathan Ball
Private Oliver Duxbury Harwood
Courtesy of Jonathan Ball
Oliver Duxbury Harwood (holding the ball)
Photograph probably taken early in 1918 at Broadstairs, Kent, where the 52nd (Graduated) Battalion, South Wales Borderers were stationed. The battalion belonged to the 67th (2/Home Counties) Division. Oliver Duxbury Harwood is holding the ball
Courtesy of Jonathan Ball
Blackburn, St Andrew's Church, Livesey Road: War Memorial (Church now closed)
Courtesy of the War Memorial Trust
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