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MAWMAN, Harold
 | Rank: Private Year of death: 1917 Date of birth: 1895 Date of death: 9/8/1917 Place of death: Mesopotamia Service number: 28443 Regiment: 6th Battalion South Lancashire Regiment Medals: Cemetery location: Section M Where remembered?: Buried Baghdad North Gate Cemetery |
Biographical Information
Harold was born in Scarborough, son of George and Mary Anne, of 7 Rothbury Street. He worked as a joiner’s apprentice. He and his brother Walter served in the campaign in Mesopotamia. Harold died of heatstroke, one of 12,676 men who died of illness in the dreadful conditions of this campaign. Walter died of wounds.
The Scarborough Mercury reported on 17/8/1917 “Mr G Mawson, late 7 Rothbury Street, has learnt that his son Private Harold Mawman, Lancashire Regiment, has died from heatstroke in Mesopotamia. Previous to leaving Scarborough he was a member of Holy Trinity Chutprch choir. This is Mr Mawman’s second loss, having had another son die in Mesopotamia from wounds in January of this year. Another son has been wounded and two more are with the forces”