Private 2163 Harold French

Regiment/Unit: Royal Army Medical Corps - 1st/3rd West Lancs Field Amb.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders

Age at death: 20
Date of death: 28th of September 1916 (Thursday)
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Longueval Road Cemetery - B. 8.

Family details:
Son of William and Margaret French, of St. Helens, Lancs.

Census details:
1901 - 4 years old Harold is living at 95 Rigby Street, St Helens with parents William (46), Margaret (47) and eight siblings: James (26), Thomas (22), [cas=1904]Alfred French[/cas] (19), Arthur (17), Annie Jane (15), Mary (12), William Joseph (10), Bessie (7). 1911 - Sees 14 years old 'Apprentice Bricklayer' Harold living at 111 Rigby Street, St Helens with widowed mother Margaret (57) and five siblings: James (36), Thomas (32), Annie Jane (25), Mary (22), Bessie (17).

Notes:
[note=184]Two French Brother who died in The Great War.[/note]

[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/FrenchH.jpg[/pic] [pic]imgs/WW1_misc/FrenchHarold_RAMC.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Reporter - Courtesy Ste M[/caption] [pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/2163FrenchHarold-1.jpg[/pic] [pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/2163FrenchHarold2.jpg[/pic][caption]A dedication for Private Harold French at St Helens Cemetery (Photo courtesy of Jeff Keenan)[/caption] [pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/French_H_2163_RAMC.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private Harold French at Longueval Road Cemetery (Photo courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]