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HARWOOD, John William

Harwood, John William

Rank: Private

Year of death: 1916

Date of birth: QE Jun 1896

Date of death: 16.9.1916

Place of death: France

Service number:
(1) 2576 Yorkshire Regiment
(2) 34915 KOYLI

Regiment:
(1) Yorkshire Regiment
(2) King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 9th Battalion

Medals: Family grave “Killed in France”.

Cemetery location: Dean Road Cemetery, Scarborough, C Border
Family grave

Where remembered?:
CWGC, Thiepval Memorial, France, Pier & Face 11C & 12A
Remembered on family grave in Dean Road Cemetery, Scarborough & on St Martin’s Church War Memorial, Scarborough.

Biographical Information

Born in 1896 in Scarborough. Parents, John Edward (School Caretaker, Central School, Scarborough) & Ruth Harwood. 1911 census, living at 4 Melrose Street, Scarborough, John W age 14.

Inscription

In/loving memory of/RUTH/dearly beloved wife of/J E HARWOOD/died 14th May 1931/aged 63 years/those willing hands/will toil no more/also JOHN WILLIAM/killed in France 1916.