Harry Ellis (c.1896-1916)
An ongoing project to commemorate and research the lives of those who appear on war memorials and rolls of honour in the local area, who served in the military, or whose deaths were linked to conflict.
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Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922
The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:
- ELLIS, HARRY. Private. No 5558. 1/6th Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment. Born 1 St. John's Road, Huddersfield, 15.5.1896. Son of Mr and Mrs Fred Ellis, 62 Fitzwilliam Street, Huddersfield. Educated Spring Grove Council School. Assisted his father in the family restaurant at the corner of St. John's Road and Fitzwilliam Street, Huddersfield. Attended the United Methodist Church in Brunswick Street. Single. Enlisted 27.1.1916. Went over to France in Whit week, 1916. Killed in action by the bursting in the trench of a high explosive shell which buried him and others at Authuile, about three miles from Albert, France, on 16.9.1916, aged 20 years. Buried BLIGHTY VALLEY CEMETERY. Grave location:- Plot 1, Row G, Grave 7.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Private ELLIS
- regiment: Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding)
- died: Saturday, September 16, 1916
- age: 20 years
- record ID: 185028
Links
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission (ID #185028)
- Imperial War Museums: Lives of the First World War (ID #2449851)