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Surname: HARPER
Forename(s): Rowland
Place of Birth: Liverpool, Lancashire
Service No: 28754
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 9th (Service) Battalion
Division: 23rd Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1917-06-07
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 33.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: COTTERDALE, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: GARSDALE, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: HAWES, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Rowland Harper was the son of John and Mary Harper, née Handley and cousin of Private John Winn (30972) (q.v.). Both parents were born at Garsdale, Yorkshire. John was the son of Rowland and Ann Harper and Mary the daughter of John and Eleanor (Ellen) Handley.
1891 Garsdale, Yorkshire Census: Fawcetts - Rowland Harper, aged 6 years, born Liverpool, Lancashire, grandson of Ann Harper, widow.
1901 Garsdale, Yorkshire Census: Rodgerpot - Rowland Harper, aged 16 years, born Liverpool, Lancashire, son of Mary Harper (married) [sic]. [John died in 1897. Mary married John Winn in 1907.]
1911 Garsdale, Yorkshire Census: Roger Pot - Rowland Harper, aged 26 years, born Liverpool, Lancashire.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Rowland Harper, 28754, York. R. Dead.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Rowland Harper, 28754, 2/York. R.; 9/York. R. Dead.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Rowland Harper, 28754, 9th Bn Yorks. Date and Place of Death: 7.6.17. In action France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother - Mary Winn. £3 0s. 0d.; £6 1s. 9d. for distribution. Brother - John. £1 10s. 5d.
A short biography of Rowland is included in: ‘Sedbergh and District 1914-1918 – But who shall return the children?’ Compiled by Sedbergh and District History Society. Edited by Diane Elphick (2016).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
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Private Rowland HARPER
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 23rd Division
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Mourning Card for Private Rowland Harper
Courtesy of Sedbergh & District History Society
Mourning Card for Private Rowland Harper
Courtesy of Sedbergh & District History Society
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02 May 1919
HAWES – A GARSDALE HERO
The photograph is that of Private Rowlnd Harper, 9th Yorkshire Regiment, son of Mr. And Mrs. M. Winn, West Hive Cottage, Garsdale, near Sedbergh, who was killed in action on June 17th, 1917, but whose death was not publically reported at the time. Formerly a farmer, deceased was living with Mr. Pratt, of Collier Holm, near Hawes, prior to enlisting in May, 1916. He went out to France in September, 1916. Of a quiet disposition, he was much respected in the district.
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