Son of Thomas and Mary Ellen Fletcher (nee Livesey); husband of Jane Fletcher (nee Smith), of Leyland, Lancashire. Enlisted Private 7991, 4th/5th Bn., Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Admitted 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station 14/03/1917 with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to a toe; transferred to No.15 Casualty Clearing Station at Hazebrouck and placed in confinement awaiting trial. Tried on 02/04/1917 for “Conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline; carelessly wounding himself in the left foot?. For this his sentence was 28 days. He finally re-joined his Bn. on 08/05/1917.
Fletcher, Harold –
Personal details
- Surname: Fletcher
- Forename: Harold
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Leyland, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Leyland, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 28
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: September 2nd, 1918
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Private
- Unit: 1st/5th (Territorial) Battalion.
- Service number: 243404
- Regiment: Not known
- Enlistment date: February 9th, 1916 - 1916-02-09
- Enlistment location: Preston, Lancashire
- Conflict: Not known
Decorations
- Service medals: V / BW
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: M.M.
Memorials
- CWGC Memorial: Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
- CWGC reference: Panel 7.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 01/08/1930
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 13f