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Surname: THELWELL
Forename(s): Harry Roland
Place of Birth: Leeds, Yorkshire
Service No: ---
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 2nd Battalion
Division: 4th Division
Age: 23
Date of Death: 1916-07-08
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: I. A. 34.
CWGC Cemetery: ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
Harry Roland Thelwell was the son of George and Ann Stapleton Thelwell, née Beeson. George was born at Settrington, Yorkshire and Ann at Whitham, Lincolnshire.
1901 Long Preston, Yorkshire Census: Prospect House - Harry R. Thelwell, aged 8 years, born Leeds, Yorkshire, son of George and Ann S. Thelwell.
1911 London Census: 97, Wimpole Street - Harry Roland Thelwell, aged 18 years, born Leeds, Yorkshire. [Harry was boarding with John James and Mary Susannah Coppock.]
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte H.R. Thelwell, 1769, 1/9th London Regiment & 2/Lieut West Riding Regiment. Theatre of War first served in: [1 - France]. Date of entry therein: 4 November 1914. Commissioned 3rd West Riding Regiment, 8 November 1915. Correspondence: Mrs A.S. Thelwell applies for 1914 Star in respect of her late son, 3 December 1917. Address: 34, Commercial St. Leeds, Yorks. [This address is crossed out and replaced with the following:] 5, Palmerston Close, Welwyn Gdn. City, Herts.
Harry is commemorated on St Cuthbert's College (now Worksop College) War Memorial.
Photograph: Courtesy of Worksop College.
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:
THELWELL, Lieutenant Harry Roland, aged 23, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, son of the late Mr. George Thelwell of Long Preston, died from wounds in hospital in France, July 8.
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2nd Lieutenant Harry Roland THELWELL
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 4th Division
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2nd Lieutenant Harry Roland Thelwell
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14 July 1916
THELWELL – July 8th (died from wounds) aged 23, Lieut. Harry Roland Thelwell, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment, formerly of Queen Victoria’s Rifles, only son of Mrs. Thelwell and the late George Thelwell, 34, Commercial Street, Leeds, and formerly of Long Preston.
14 July 1916
FORMER LONG PRESTON OFFICER KILLED
Lieut. Harry Roland Thelwell, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment, has died in hospital in France on July 8th from wounds. When war broke out Lieut. Thelwell rejoined Queen Victoria’s Rifles, in which regiment he had already served for four years as a Territorial, and went to France as a private in October, 1914. He took part in the attack on Hill 60, following which he was in hospital in France and also in England, suffering from a damaged eardrum. Later he was given a commission in the Duke of Wellington’s, and about ten weeks ago was again sent to France, where he received his second star. He was the only son of Mrs. Thelwell, and the late Mr. George Thelwell, of Commercial Street, Leeds, and formerly for many years a resident at Long Preston. He was 23 years of age, and was educated at St. Cuthbert’s College, Worksop.
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14 July 1916
LONG PRESTON OFFICER DIES IN FRANCE
Lieut. Harry Roland Thelwell, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, died in hospital in France on July 8th from wounds. When war broke out Lieut. Thelwell rejoined Queen Victoria’s Rifles, in which regiment he had served four years as a Territorial. He went to France as a private in October 1914. He took part in the attack on Hill 60, following which he was in hospital suffering from a damaged eardrum. He was afterwards given a commission, and about 10 weeks ago was again sent to France, where he received his second star. He was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Thelwell, formerly of Prospect House, Long Preston, where Mr. Thelwell died a little over seven years since. Lieut. Thelwell was 23 years of age, and when in Long Preston he was well known as a boy vocalist.
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