Private Joseph Harcourt
Rank or Title
Date of Death
9 Nov 1914
Regiment
Service Number
3/5014
Place of Birth
Witton
World War I Address
87 Cambridge Street
Luton
Place of Death
Belgium
Grave Location
No known grave
War Memorial Location
Soldier or Civilian
- Soldier
Private Joseph Harcourt, 3/5014, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, was killed in action on November 9th, 1914. Although commemorated on the Luton Roll of Honour, Warwickshire-born Joseph's death does not seem to have been reported in newspapers in Luton, where his brother William was living at the time.
But relative John Maries informs us that Joseph was killed in front of Herentage Chateau, along the Menin Road, east of Ypres - the Bedfordshires having been raced 25 miles north, by bus, and immediately sent into battle, during the 1st Battle of Ypres. His body was never found and he has no known grave.
Individual Location
Author: Deejaya
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