Name
Harry James Hallock
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
18/10/1917
31
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
G/22433
The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
8th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
JEANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
II. A. 20.
France
Headstone Inscription
Peace perfect peace
UK & Other Memorials
Letchworth Town Memorial, Hitchin War Memorial, St Mary's Church Roll of Honour, Hitchin
Pre War
Born Hignham Norfolk. He was the son of Edward James and Minnie Kate Hallock of Hardingham Ave, Ringham, Attleborough in Norfolk. 1911 Census has him living Paradise Road, Downham Market, Norfolk as an Assistant Grocer.
He was married and his home was at 8, Fishponds Road, Hitchin. Before joining the army he had been employed by W.B. Moss & Sons in the High Street, Hitchin. He was born, and had been resident at Hingham in Norfolk, but enlisted in Hitchin in March 1917.
Wartime Service
Harry was given Regimental Number G/22433 and posted to the 6th Battalion of the Regiment which was part of the 37th Brigade in the 12th Division. The reference by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission that he was in the 8th Battalion is probably an error. He went to France in June 1917 and developed trench fever. He was later killed in action in France. He had only been in the trenches for a week when, during the morning, he was walking along a road in the course of his duties and a stray shell struck him.
He was buried "in a little English cemetery behind the lines". This is Plot 2, Row A, Grave 20 of the Jeancourt Communal Cemetery Extension which is ten miles north west of St. Quentin in France.
Additional Information
A private inscription on the stone reads "Peace perfect peace".
Acknowledgments
Dan Hill, Janet Capstick, Jonty Wild, Adrian Dunne, David C Baines