Harold SUGDEN

Main CPGW Record

Surname: SUGDEN

Forename(s): Harold

Place of Birth: Embsay, Yorkshire

Service No: 75673

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Northumberland Fusiliers

Battalion / Unit: 1/4th Battalion

Division: 50th (Northumbrian) Division

Age: 19

Date of Death: 1918-05-27

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CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: ---

CWGC Cemetery: ---

CWGC Memorial: SOISSONS MEMORIAL

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: SKIPTON – ERMYSTED’S GRAMMAR SCHOOL, YORKSHIRE

Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Harold Sugden (born 13 May 1899) was the son of Edward and Sarah Alice Sugden, née Greenwood. Edward was born at Silsden, Yorkshire and Sarah at Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire.

1901 Embsay, Yorkshire Census: Cragg View Terrace - Harold Sugden, aged 1 year, born Embsay, son of Edward and Sarah A. Sugden.

1911 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 17, Brougham Street - Harold Sugden, aged 11 years, born Embsay, Yorkshire, son of Edward and Sarah Alice Sugden.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Harold Sugden, 75673, Northumberland Fusiliers.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Harold Sugden, 75673, 1/4 Bn Northumb Fusl. Date and Place of Death: 27.5.18. Presumed on or since. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - Edward. £6 6s. 9d.

Short biographies of Harold are included in:
‘A Grammar School at War – The Story of Ermysted’s Grammar School during the Great War’ by Steven Howarth (2007).
‘Though lost to sight to memory ever dear – Embsay-with-Eastby First World War Roll of Honour’ by Jane Lunnon, David Turner, Chris Lunnon (2018).

Photograph: 'Yorkshire Rugby Football Union – In Memoriam 1914-19'.

Data Source: Local War Memorial

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:

SUGDEN, Harold. [Additional]

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