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Surname: LEWTHWAITE
Forename(s): Harold Ervine
Place of Birth: Hull, Yorkshire
Service No: 143247
Rank: Gunner
Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Field Artillery
Battalion / Unit: 'C' Battery 189th Brigade
Division: ---
Age: 25
Date of Death: 1917-08-24
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: II. B. 7.
CWGC Cemetery: CHESTER FARM CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Harold Ervine Lewthwaite was the son of Isaac and Alice Lewthwaite, née Buxton. Isaac was born at Meal Bank, Westmorland and Alice at Foremark, Derbyshire.
1901 Nafferton, Yorkshire Census: North Street - Ervine Lewthwaite, aged 9 years, born Hull, Yorkshire, son of Isaac and Alice Lewthwaite.
1911 Skerne, Yorkshire Census: The Eagle Inn: Harold Ervine Lewthwaite, aged 19 years, born Hull, Yorkshire, son of Isaac and Alice Lewthwaite.
Harold was married to Norah Ireland in 1915 and was the brother-in-law of Sergeant William Ireland (265403) (q.v.).
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Gnr Harold E. Lewthwaite, 143247, Royal Field Artillery.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
LEWTHWAITE, Gunner Harold E., aged 26, R.F.A., son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Lewthwaite, 69, Broughton Street, Skipton, killed in action Aug. 24, 1917.
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Gunner Harold Ervine LEWTHWAITE
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Field Artillery
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07 September 1917
LEWTHWAITE – August 24th 1917, killed in action in France, Gunner Harold Ervine Lewthwaite, R.F.A., only son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Lewthwaite, 69, Brougham Street, Skipton, aged 26 years.
07 September 1917
SKIPTON GUNNER KILLED – GUNNER H.E. LEWTHWAITE, R.F.A.
News was received on Friday of the death in action of Gunner Harold Ervine Lewthwaite, R.F.A., only son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Lewthwaite, 69, Brougham Street, Skipton.
In a touching letter of sympathy to deceased’s wife, Captain J.W. Young says:– “I very much regret to have to inform you of the sad loss of your husband, Gunner H.E. Lewthwaite. He was in action with his Battery, and on the night of the 24th August he was killed by a German shell. I know this will be a great shock to you, and all the ranks in the battery send their deepest sympathy. His death was instantaneous, and he is being buried in a military cemetery not far behind the firing line. We all feel the loss of Gunner Lewthwaite very keenly. Although he had not been in this Battery very long, he had proved himself a very good comrade and a good soldier.”
Twenty-six years of age, deceased was in civil life an assistant to W.W. and K. Taylor, fruit merchants, Keighley Road, Skipton, and attended Skipton Parish Church. He enlisted at Easter 1916, and went to the Front the following August. After he had been in France three months he was invalided home suffering from trench feet and rheumatism, but returned to the fighting line at the latter end of May.
23 August 1918
LEWTHWAITE – In loving memory of my dear husband, Gunner H. E. Lewthwaite, who was killed in action at Ypres on August 24th, 1917.
“Eternal rest give unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him.”
From his loving wife, 13, Brookside, Skipton.
22 August 1919
LEWTHWAITE – In loving memory of my dear husband, Gunner Harold Ervine Lewthwaite, killed in action August 24th, 1917.
When days art dark and friends are few,
Dear husband, how I think of you;
Flowers may wither, fade and die,
Some may forget you, never shall I.
From his loving wife Nora, 13 Brookside, Skipton.
27 August 1920
LEWTHWAITE – In ever loving memory of my dear husband, Harold Ervine Lewthwaite (R.F.A.), killed in action August 24th, 1917, at Ypres.
Eternal rest give to him, O Lord,
And let perpetual light shine upon him.
“May he rest in peace.”
Ever remembered by his loving Wife, Nora, 13 Brookside, Skipton.
26 August 1921
LEWTHWAITE – In ever loving memory of my dear husband, Gunner H. E. Lewthwaite, who was killed in action at Ypres, August 24th, 1917. – R.I.P.
“Fond memories cling with silent thoughts.”
From his loving Wife, 13 Brookside, Skipton.
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07 September 1917
LEWTHWAITE – Killed in action, August 24th Gunner Harold Ervine Lewthwaite, of the R.F.A., husband of Mrs. Lewthwaite, and only son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewthwaite, of 69, Brougham Street, Skipton, aged 26.
07 September 1917
SKIPTON GUNNER KILLED IN ACTION
Information was received on Friday of last week that Gunner Harold Lewthwaite, of the Royal Field Artillery, husband of Mrs. Lewthwaite, and only son of Mr. aril Mrs. Isaac Lewthwaite, of 69, Brougham Street, Skipton, was killed in action on August 24th. In a letter to the deceased soldier’s wife Captain J.W. Young, of the R.F.A., writes:– “I very much regret to have to inform you of the sad loss of your husband, Gunner H.E. Lewthwaite. He was in action with his battery, and on the night of August 24th he was killed by a German shell. I know this will be a great shock to you, and all ranks in the battery send their deepest sympathy. His death was instantaneous, and he was buried in a military cemetery not far behind the firing line. We all feel the loss of Gunner Lewthwaite very keenly. Although he had not been in this battery very long he had proved himself a very good comrade, and a good soldier.”
Gunner Lewthwaite, who was 28 years of age, enlisted a year ago last Easter, and went out to France in August of the same year. He had only been in France about three months when he was invalided home with rheumatism and trench fever. He went back to the front last May. He attended Skipton Parish Church, and was formerly employed as an assistant by Mr. Taylor, fruiterer, Keighley Road, Skipton.
23 August 1918
In loving memory of my dear husband, Gunner H.E. Lewthwaite, who was killed in action at Ypres on Aug. 24th, 1917.
Eternal rest give unto him, O Lord,
And let perpetual light shine upon him.
– From his loving Wife, 13, Brookside, Skipton.
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