Name
Harry Walter George Waldock
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
12/11/1918
18
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
185733
Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ASHWELL (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Ashwell Village Memorial,
St Mary's Church Roll of Honour, Ashwell
Pre War
Born 28th April 1900 in Ashwell. Son of Mr. Frank Benjamin and Mrs. Florence Mary Ann Waldock, of Silver St., Ashwell. Enlisted 30th May 1918 and joined the Machine Gun Corps.
Wartime Service
He died of pneumonia at Cannock Chase Military Hospital. Buried in Ashwell on 19th November 1918.
The Hertfordshire Express featured an article on 30th November 1918 announcing Harry's death of bronchitis following influenza. At the funeral his coffin, covered with the Union Jack, was carried on a gun carriage by a firing party of R.E.s who fired three volleys over the grave.
Acknowledgments
Jonty Wild, Derry Warners
Adrian Pitts
