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Surname: HAWORTH
Forename(s): Harry
Place of Birth: Blackburn, Lancashire
Service No: 266206
Rank: L/Corporal
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 2/7th Battalion
Division: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division
Age: 30
Date of Death: 1918-04-09
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: IX. B. 2.
CWGC Cemetery: BIENVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Harry Haworth (born 24 October 1887) was the son of John and Frances Ellen Haworth, née Riding and brother of Private Gilbert Haworth (202894) (q.v.). Both parents were born at Blackburn, Lancashire.
1891 Blackburn, Lancashire Census: 38, Craig Street - Harry Haworth, aged 3 years, born Blackburn, son of John and Frances E. Haworth.
1901 Blackburn, Lancashire Census: 107, Hancock Street - Harry Haworth, aged 13 years, born Blackburn, son of John and Frances E. Haworth.
1911 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 14, Fountain Street - Harry Haworth, aged 23 years, born Blackburn, Lancashire, son of John and Frances Ellen Haworth.
Harry was married to Florence Jane Griffin in 1911.
The British Army Pension Record for Harry (45878) exists but may be incomplete. Harry joined the R.A.M.C., 17 October 1914 and discharged as: not likely to become an efficient soldier (on medical grounds) 20 October 1914.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Harry Haworth, 266206, W. Rid. R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Harry Haworth, 266206, 2/7 W. Rid. R. K. in A. 9.4.18.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: L/Cpl Harry Haworth, 266206, 2/7th Bn W. Riding. Date and Place of Death: 9.4.18. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow and Sole Legatee - Florence J. £23 5s. 4d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Harry. Name(s) on card(s): Widow: Florence Jane, born 16.3.92. Address: 15, Clifford Street, Barnoldswick, Yorks. Children: Fred, born 8.1.12.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: joint card(s) exist for Harry and John Mather [Gilbert]. Name(s) on card(s): Dependant: Mrs Frances Ellen Haworth. Relationship to Man: Mother. Address: 17, Wellhouse Square, Barnoldswick, Yorks.
The 1921 Census shows that Florence (born Burnley, Lancashire), her children Fred, Nora Arras (born Barnoldswick, aged 2 years, 6 months) and her grandmother Selena Law, were living at 15, Clifford Street, Barnoldswick. The 1939 Register shows that Florence was living at 4, Vicarage Road, Barnoldswick, also living with her were Alan Haworth (born 21 April 1927) and her father George H. Griffin. Florence died in 1988.
A short biography of Harry is included in: ‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).
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:
HOWARTH, Lance Corporal Harry, aged 30 years, West Riding Regiment, 15, Clifford Street, [Barnoldswick], killed in action April 9, 1918.
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L/Corporal Harry HAWORTH
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division
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10 May 1918
Lance-Corporal H. Haworth, Barnoldswick
Lance-Corporal Harry Haworth, West Riding Regiment, killed in action on April 9th, was 30 years of age and the second son of Mr. and Mrs. John Haworth, 15 Clifford Street, Barnoldswick, to pay the price. Lance-Corporal Haworth joined up in November, 1914, and had spent 15 months in France, whither he returned from leave only a fortnight before his death. He worked for Walter Dewhurst Ltd., Long Ing Shed. Another brother is in hospital in France.
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10 May 1918
HAWORTH – Killed in action April 9th, Lance-Corpl. Harry Haworth, West Riding Regiment, son of Mr. And Mrs. John Haworth, 15, Clifford Street, Barnoldswick, aged 30.
10 May 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
Lance-Corpl. H. Haworth, Barnoldswick
Lance-Corporal Harry Haworth, West Riding Regiment, killed in action on April 9th, was 30 years of age and the second son of Mr. and Mrs. John Haworth, 15, Clifford Street, Barnoldswick, to pay the price. He leaves a wife and one child. Lance-Corporal Haworth joined up in November, 1914, and had spent 15 months in France, whither he returned from leave only a fortnight before his death. He worked for Walter Dewhurst Limited, Long Ing Shed. Another brother is in hospital in France.
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