Harry Southwell
View Harry on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission websiteService number:
63728
Rank:
Private
Service:
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
Origin:
Date of birth:
05 May 1899
Date of death:
16 October 1918
Age at Death:
19
Known information
Harry Southwell was born at Nottingham on 5 May 1899, the son of Harry and Phillis Southwell. The family of six chidren and their parents later moved to live in Ayston Road in Uppingham. Harry Jnr was a gardener, and joined up on 5 June 1917 going out to France on 11 June the following year with the 1st/6th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment. On 12 October he was admitted to the 33rd Casualty Clearing Station suffering from a severe gun-shot wound in the chest. He died in the early morning of 16 October 1918. He was buried the same day at Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux, grave IV.G.30. His elder brother Albert also fought but survived.
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Rutland and The Battle of the Somme
More than 90 Rutland soldiers died in the Battle of the Somme which lasted from 1 July 1916 until the middle of November. Today they lie in cemeteries across the old battlefield in northern France or are remembered among the 72,000 names on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme. By using our interactive map, you can find out what happened to them.
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