Private Harry Waller

Rank or Title

Date of Birth

1883

Date of Death

24 Oct 1916

War time / or Pre War occupation

Dyeworks employee

Employer

Stewart Hubbard

Service Number

27820

Place of Birth

Luton
United Kingdom

World War I Address

45 Langley Road [now Latimer Road]
Luton
United Kingdom

Place of Death

Somme
France

Grave Location

No known grave
France

War Memorial Location

Soldier or Civilian

  • Soldier

Source

The Luton News , 2nd November 1916
Pte Harry 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 Henry had died in 1904, and he had a brother, Fred, who had newly enlisted.

 

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Pte Harry Waller

Author: Deejaya

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