Name
Harry Ernest Case
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
14/08/1915
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Second Lieutenant
Royal Engineers
1st Field Company
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES
IX. C. 4.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Royal Masonic School Memorial, Rickmansworth
Pre War
Born on 17 Apr 1896 in Hornsey, Middlesex son of Harry Ernest and Sarah Isabella Case later of Islington. Educated at the Royal Masonic School 1907-12 and became a civil engineer in Newcastle.
Wartime Service
Enlisted on 29 Dec 1914 as a sapper 1740 in the Royal Engineers but was given a commission two weeks later. Entered France on 21 Jul 1915 and was shot by a sniper while repairing a front line trench just like his brother.
Additional Information
Brother of Lieutenant Elliot Dryden Case who was killed in action on 27 Jul 1915 and is also commemorated on this memorial.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Old Masonians Association
