Private Harry Waller
Title (Mr/ Mrs/ Capt/ Rev etc):
First name(s):
Harry
Surname only:
Waller
Pte Harry (Henry) Waller, 27820, 7th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment, was killed in action on the Somme on October 24th, 1916. He was aged 35.
His mother Sarah Ann, living at 45 Langley Road [now Latimer Road], Luton, was told in a letter from Second Lieut J. H. Kay that her son was killed by a piece of shell while at his post in the trenches on October 24th.
Before joining up eight months previously he had been employed at Stewart Hubbard's dyeworks in Regent Street. He had been at the Front for three months.
Pte Waller's father had died in 1904, and he had a brother, Fred, who had newly enlisted.
Service or Civilian?:
Service Number:
27820
Regiment:
Employer:
Stewart Hubbard
War time / or Pre War occupation:
Dyeworks employee
Place of Birth:
Luton
Place of Death:
Somme
War Memorial Location:
Grave Location:
No known grave
World War I Address:
45 Langley Road [now Latimer Road]
Luton
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Year of Birth:
1 883
Year of Death:
1 916
Month of Death:
Oct
Day of Death:
24
Most Relevant Date:
Tuesday, October 24, 1916
Source:
Source Date:
Thursday, November 2, 1916