Harry GAMBLE

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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, West Riding Regiment.

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.

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

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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