Name
Harold Norman Perrin
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
08/04/1918
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
225468
London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) Depot
1st (City of London) Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
TOTTENHAM CEMETERY
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
St Mary's Church Memorial, Stapleford, Ind Memorials, St Mary's Church, Stapleford Not on the St Albans memorials, Not on the Watton-at-Stone memorials, We are not aware of any memorial in Woodhall Park
Pre War
Born on 3 Jun 1898 in St Albans, Hertfordshire son of James and Harriett Jane (White) Perrin, later of Home Farm, Woodhall Park, Hertford and baptised on 10 Jul 1898.
By 1911 the family had moved from Bengeo to Kingswell End, Kings Walden and his father was now a stockman on a farm.
Wartime Service
Formerly 266335 Suffolk Regiment. Died at home of wounds received in action.
Additional Information
His brother Corporal Alfred George Perrin also fell 10 Mar 1915.
Harold and his brother Alfred are also commemorated on a headstone in Stapleford (St. Mary) Churchyard - believed to be their mothers. Their inscription reads:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF HAROLD NORMAN PERRIN, DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION APRIL 8TH 1918 AGED 19 YEARS.
ALSO OF
ALFRED GEORGE PERRIN, KILLED IN ACTION MARCH 10TH 1915 AGED 25 YEARS.
AND THE MOTHER GAVE IN TEARS AND PAIN
THE FLOWERS SHE MOST DID LOVE
SHE KNEW SHE SHOULD FIND THEM BOTH AGAIN
IN THE FIELDS OF LIGHT ABOVE.
Acknowledgments
Gareth Hughes, Malcolm Lennox, Jonty Wild
