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
United Kingdom

Place of Death: 

Somme
France

War Memorial Location: 

Grave Location: 

No known grave
France

World War I Address: 

45 Langley Road [now Latimer Road]
Luton
United Kingdom

Individual Location: 

Classifications: 

Images: 

Pte Harry Waller

Connects to: 

Year of Birth: 

1 883

Year of Death: 

1 916

Month of Death: 

Oct

Day of Death: 

24

Keywords: 

Most Relevant Date: 

Tuesday, October 24, 1916

Source: 

Source Date: 

Thursday, November 2, 1916