Pte Harry Dennis Gutteridge, 27949, 7th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, was reported missing in action on February 5th, 1917, but his death on that date was not confirmed until the following November.

Born in Leighton Buzzard, Harry Gutteridge was a son of widow Mary Ann Isabella and the late Dennis Gutteridge. At the time of his death his family were living at 8 Holly Walk, Luton.

In the 1911 Census Harry was described as a straw hat stiffener. In early 1915 he had married Martha Ann Charlotte Preece, daughter of William and Elizabeth Preece, of 207 North Street, Luton. Martha was living at her family home at the time of her husband's death. She remarried in 1919.