Name
Harry Haggar
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
23/10/1918
21
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Rifleman
11929
King's Royal Rifle Corps
13th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BEAURAIN BRITISH CEMETERY
C. 8.
France
Headstone Inscription
Peace perfect peace
UK & Other Memorials
Hitchin War Memorial,
St Mary's Church Roll of Honour, Hitchin
Pre War
His parents were George and Laura Haggar of 12, Chapman's Yard, Queen Street, Hitchin. Born, resident and enlisted in Hitchin.
Wartime Service
Harry was given the number 11929 and posted to the 13th Battalion which was in the 111th Brigade of the 37th Division in IV Corps of the 3rd Army. He was killed in action in France.
His death coincides with the Battle of the Selle. This was a day of massive attacks during which the 37th Division seized Ghissignes and its bridge in the area of Le Quesnoy. He was buried in Row C, Grave 8 in the Beaurain British Cemetery in France.
Additional Information
Son of George and Laura Haggar, of 12, Chapman's Yard, Queen St., Hitchin, Herts. A private inscription on the stone reads "Peace perfect peace".
Acknowledgments
Adrian Dunne, David C Baines, Jonty Wild
