IRONSIDE Harold Allan Major

The user is advised to read the FINDING AIDS document linked to this catalogue for an explanation of the method by which this record has been created and any terms used.

Surname: IRONSIDE;

Forename(s): Harold Allan;

Initials: HA;

Rank: Major;

Resided in: Orpington;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 96 Coy;

How killed: D;

Where: France;

When killed: 15-Oct-1916;

Other Data: OC at formation of 96 Coy 10/2/1916
War Diary 15/10/1916 " Major Ironside died at Bethune……"
reports that Ironside committed suicide

Forename(s): Harold Allan
Surname: Ironside
Date of Birth: 10/03/1879
Country of Death: France
Father: William Ironside
Mother: Margaret Ironside (nee Lockhart)
Siblings: William Allan Ironside, Edward Allan Ironside, Alfred Allan Ironside, Margaret Hunter Ironside,
Dorothy Helen Ironside, Elsie Lilian Ironside
Date of Baptism: 20/04/1879
Date of Death: 15/10/1916
Age: 37
Service Type: Army
Regiment/Unit: Machine Gun Corps
Battalion, sub-unit or ship: 96th Company
Rank: Major
Service record or other biographical information: Death was not war related. See Lives of the First World
War for more information: https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/2054406. Probate lists address at time of
death as Clovelly, Tower Road, Orpington.
Census Years: 1881, 1891, 1901
CWGC Website Link: https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/63369/ironside,-harold-allan/
IWM Life Story Link: https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/2054406
Related Memorials/Cemetery:
Bethune Town Cemetery, France
Orpington War Memorial
Orpington, All Saints Church - WW1
St Mary Cray, St Andrews Parishioners - WW1
Sutton War Memorial
Sutton, Christ Church, Memorial Painting;

Other Notes: IRONSIDE, Major, HAROLD ALLAN, 96th Coy. Machine Gun Corps. 15th October 1916. III. K. 42. Bethune Town Cemetery - Pas De Calais, France.;

Related National Archives files: WO339/10621;

END OF RECORD.

Users to read Finding Aids page. Further information may contain GDPR-protected information and not be released. Appointment required for access or paid research.