Hurd Harold Francis Cpl 120323

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Surname: Hurd;

Forename(s): Harold Francis;

Initials: HF;

Number: 120323;

Rank: Cpl;

Born in: Barking, Essex;

Enlisted in: Maidstone;

Resided in: Gillingham, Kent;

Previous Number: 1807;

Previous Regiment: E Kent Regt;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 74 Bn;

How killed: D;

Where: France;

When killed: 24-Oct-1918;

Other Data: War Office Casualty List 15/1/1918 (Nat Libr Sco) (wounded)
photo: GS Archives
Primitive Methodist Magazine 1919
Obituary
Chatham Church has lost two of its young men during the War, Lieut. May and CpI.
Harold F. Hurd. The last named died in his twenty-fourth year, in France from
pneumonia in October. He joined the Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Yeomanry in
May, 1915, and served two and a half years in Palestine, where he saw fighting and
was wounded in one of the battles. In the spring of last year he was transferred to
France, where he again saw many of the heavy engagements. He was a fine,
intellectual and handsome man, and as good in spirit as in looks. A memorial service
was held in Chatham Church, conducted by his minister, the Rev. J. Thomas Ridley,
on November 10th, when much sympathy was shown.;

Other Notes: HURD, Corporal, HAROLD FRANCIS, 120323. 74th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). Died of pneumonia 24th October 1918. Age 24. Son of William W. and Emily A. Hurd, of 27, Canterbury St., Gillingham, Kent. V. G. 9. Estaires Communal Cemetery Extension - Nord, France.;

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