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Surname: GAMBLE
Forename(s): Harry
Place of Birth: Blackburn, Lancashire
Service No: 13047
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 10th (Service) Battalion
Division: 23rd Division
Age: 19
Date of Death: 1916-01-09
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: C. 51. Old ground.
CWGC Cemetery: KELBROOK (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: EARBY, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: KELBROOK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Harry Gamble (born 1 November 1896) was the son of Henry and Mary Ann Gamble, née Woods. Henry was born at Tockholes near Darwen and Mary at Blackburn, Lancashire.
1901 Darwen, Lancashire Census: 74, Gillibrand Street - Harry Gamble, aged 4 years, born Blackburn, Lancashire, son of Henry and Mary A. Gamble.
1911 Barrowford, Lancashire Census: 95, Gisburn Road - Harry Gamble, aged 14 years, born Blackburn, Lancashire, son of Henry and [stepson of] Florence Gamble. [Mary Ann died in 1908 and Henry had married Florence Jowett in 1909.]
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Harry Gamble, 13047, W. Rid. R. Died 9.1.16.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Harry Gamble, 13047, 10th W. Rid. R. Died 9.1.16.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Harry Gamble, 13047, 10 W. Riding Regt. Date and Place of Death: 9.1.16 Brompton Hospital for Consumption. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father and Sole Legatee - Henry. £13 5s. 7d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) for Harry not found.
Photograph: 'Colne & District Roll of Honour & War Record 1914-1919'.
See also:
‘Earby in the First World War’ by Stephanie Carter, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2014).
‘Our Finest Crop’ by Steven Marshall, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2020).
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: ---
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Private Harry GAMBLE
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 23rd Division
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St Mary's Churchyard, Kelbrook
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St Mary's Churchyard, Kelbrook
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St Mary's Churchyard, Kelbrook
CWGC Headstone - personal inscription
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