Lance Corporal 12874 Harry Day

The St Helens Reporter
Courtesy Ste M

Regiment/Unit: Royal Dublin Fusiliers - 9th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 19/12/1915
Previous Reg/Num: 9/R.D.F. 12874 Pte

Age at death: 18
Date of death: 15th of April 1916 (Saturday)
Born: Earlestown, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Bois-Carre Military Cemetery Haisnes - F. 21.

BMD details:
Baptism: 19 May 1897 St John the Baptist, Earlestown, Lancashire, England Harry Day - [Child] of John Day & Mary Ellen Born: 1 May 1897 Abode: 6, Regent St. Occupation: Labourer Baptised by: E. W. Whittenbury Kaye Register: Baptisms 1896 - 1899, Page 30, Entry 270 Source: Original Parish Register

Census details:
1901 - 3 years old Harry and widowed father John a coal miner hewer aged 35 are boarding at 2 Regent Street, Earlestown with the Lambert family. 1911 - Not found.

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