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ROOT Harold Walter Lieut

Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/21162

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This record is about the ROOT Harold Walter Lieut dating from 2000-2024.

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SKR/DAT/IP/21162

Title

ROOT Harold Walter Lieut

Date

2000-2024

Description

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Surname: ROOT;

Forename(s): Harold Walter;

Initials: HW;

Rank: Lieut;

Resided in: Tulse Hill;

Previous Regiment: SOMLI;

Date of transfer to MGC: 07-Aug-1916;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 109 Coy;

Other MGC Unit Served (1): 109 Coy;

Other MGC Unit Served (2): 36 Bn;

How killed: DOW;

Where: France;

When killed: 22-Mar-1918;

Other Data: Inns of Court OTC Record of Service: 3/3332 21/4/1915. Cpl SOMLI, 4/10/1915 MGC, France, Lt, wounded-prisoner. Dow 22/3/1918.
War Diary 109 Coy - joined from Base 13/7/1916
The Sphere - Portrait
POW: 21/3/1918 - died 22/3/1918 at Labancourt
mentioned in E J Gillow's war memoirs "My Little Corner of The Great War" p 23/24;

Other Notes: Died as a POW.
ROOT, Lieutenant, HAROLD WALTER, 109th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). Died of wounds 22nd March 1918. Age 27. Son of Walter P. and Ann Root, of 176, Tulse Hill, London. V. A. 25. Premont British Cemetery - Aisne, France.;

END OF RECORD.

Held by
Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
Language

English

Creator(s)
Graham Sacker
Physical description

1 digital record

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Record URL
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SKR/DAT/IP

Machine Gun Corps Database

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ROOT Harold Walter Lieut