Name
Harry William Green
1895
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
10/08/1917
22
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Corporal
26032
The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
9th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Panel 41 and 43.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
N/A
UK & Other Memorials
Hemel Hempstead Town Memorial, St Mary's Church Memorial, Hemel Hempstead
Pre War
Harry William Green was born on 25 August 1895 in Hemel Hempstead, Herts, the son of Robert and Mary Green and one of three children.
On the 1901 Census the family were living at 51 Cotterells Road, Hemel Hempstead, where his father was working as a Baker and Grocer on his own account. The Bakery and Grocer's shop was next door at no. 52.
He was educated at Boxmoor School from February 1902 and left in July 1909 to work in an engineer's shop, but by the 1911 Census he was employed as a Baker by David Cox and living at his home at Church Lane, Longworth, Faringdon, Berkshire.
Prior to enlistment he had moved to London Colney, near St Albans where he was working as a Baker.
Wartime Service
He attested in St Albans, Herts on 20 December 1915 and initially served with the Bedfordshire Regiment (reg. no. 26008). He was called up in January 1916 and, after basic training, was sent to France later in the year, having been transferred to the9th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment and at some point was promoted to Corporal.
He would have been in action in the Somme offensive in the Battles of Albert and Pozieres in July, as well as Ancre Heights in October. He survived the Battle of Messines in June 1917 where there were heavy casualties, but was killed in action on 10 August 1917 during the successful capture of the Westhoek Ridge, part of the 3rd Battle of Ypres.
He has no known grave but his name is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
Additional Information
His father received a pension of 5 shillings a week. His sister Frances received a war gratuity of £7 10s and pay owing of £8 6s 3d. His brother Robert was already a serving soldier at the outbreak of war and survived the war.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Jonty Wild, www.hemelheroes,com.,
