Harry Rosson was born on 24th November 1886 in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, 1 of 5 children born to Richard & Laura.

In 1891 the family are living on Hockliffe Road, Leighton Buzzard. Richard is 64 & a carpenter, Laura is 44. Frank the eldest son is 14 years old & working as a parchment maker's boy, 10 year old Lily & 8 year old George are at school, whilst 5 year old Harry & 2 year old Laura are at home.

Harry married Amy Gertrude Brightman on 24th December 1906 in Steppingly Bedfordshire. Their son Ronald Ernest was born in 1908 & daughter Marjorie Ethel 1910.

The 1911 census tells us that Harry is now 25 years old & head of the household, living with his family at 77 Bury Park Road, Luton. Amy is 29 & looking after their 2 children. Also living with the family are Harry's 63 year old widowed mother, his older brother George, 29 & Headley Farr, a boarder. The men are all working in the straw trade, Harry & George are straw hat stiffeners & Headley is a blocker.

Harry enlisted into the 5th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment on 10th July 1913, he was working as a blocker for Gurney & Cook of Cheapside, Luton at the time. His service record describes him as being 5ft 6 inches tall with a fair complexion, brown eyes, fair hair & honest, sober & reliable.

On 19th October 1916 Harry was transferred to the 3rd Battalion 6th Leicester Regiment & up until the 10th December that year Harry had been in the training unit until he was posted to France. On 2nd October 1917 Harry was wounded & sent back to England to The Red House, an auxiliary military hospital in Cromer, Norfolk to be treated for a GSW to his left hand. He was discharged as unfit on 10th May 1918.

Harry survived the war & returned home to 77 Bury Park Road where he found work as a painter.

On 11th April 1921 his service record tells us that he enlisted into the Royal Engineers with the rank of Sapper, served for a year & was discharged a Lance Corporal on 4th August 1922.

Harry died in September 1958.