Name
Harold Edward Hampton
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
03/12/1914
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lance Corporal
12602
Grenadier Guards
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 (Mons) Star (with Clasp & Roses), British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Y FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, BOIS-GRENIER
A. 2.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Bengeo War Memorial Plaque, Holy Trinity Church, Bengeo, Hertford Town Memorial
Pre War
Born on 2nd Dec 1888, in Muttra, India to parents Isaac and Jane Louisa. The 1911 census shows his father, who was listed as an army pensioner, and his mother who was listed as a retired army schoolmistress, living at 27 Duncombe Road, Bengeo, Herts. He had one brother Gerald and two sisters Vida and Eileen also living there.
Harold himself was a boarder in Newbridge, Monmouthshire and was employed as a shunter at the local tinplate works.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Canterbury. His unit fought at the 1st Battle of Ypres beginning on 19th October and lasted until early November and it is possible that Harold was wounded during this period and died later from his wounds.
Additional Information
His remains were transferred from Croix Blanche British cemetery to Y Farm on 20th August 1922, he was identified by his clothing and buttons.
Acknowledgments
Jonty Wild, Terry & Glenis Collins, Marilyn Taylor
