Henry WILD

Main CPGW Record

Surname: WILD

Forename(s): Henry

Place of Birth: Hawes, Yorkshire

Service No: ---

Rank: Lieutenant

Regiment / Corps / Service: Lincolnshire Regiment

Battalion / Unit: 1st Battalion

Division: 21st Division

Age: ---

Date of Death: 1918-08-21

Awards: M.C.

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: I. N. 2.

CWGC Cemetery: QUEENS CEMETERY, BUCQUOY

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: HAWES, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Henry Wild was the son of Henry and Margaret Elizabeth Wild, née Bousfield. Henry, senior, was born at Hummerbeck, West Auckland, Co. Durham and Margaret at Brough, Westmorland.

1901 Hawes, Yorkshire Census: White Hart Hotel - Henry Wild, aged 6 years, born Hawes, son of Henry and Margaret E. Wild.

1911 Barnard Castle, Co. Durham: North Eastern County School for Boys, Newgate - Henry Wild, aged 15 years, born Hawes, Yorkshire. [In 1911 Henry's mother, now a widow, was proprietress at the Golden Lion Hotel, Shipping Brow, Maryport, Cumberland.]

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: T/Lt Henry Wild, M.C., 14th (S) Bn Northumberland Fusiliers attached to 1st Lincolnshire Regiment. Theatre of War first served in: (1) France. Qualifying date [for 1914-15 Star]: 23 October 1915.

A short biography of Henry is included in: ‘Wensleydale Remembered – The Sacrifice made by the Families of a Northern Dale 1914-1918 and 1939-1945’ by Keith Taylor (2004).

Data Source: Local War Memorial

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

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