Kent, Harold –

Son of Rev. John Edward Kent, M.A., headmaster of the Bolton Church Institute (1902-1920), and of Emily Kent, formerly of 98, Castle Street, Haulgh, Bolton, Lancashire. Of The Raikes, Bolton, Lancashire. An old boy of the Bolton Church Institute. Formerly Private 3011, Duke of Lancaster’s Own Yeomanry / Lancashire Hussars. Commissioned 17/12/1916. Date of death wrongly recorded as 14/11/1917 on CWGC. Died at 36th Casualty Clearing Station, France.

Personal details

  • Surname: Kent
  • Forename: Harold
  • Date of birth: June 20th, 1892
  • Birth place: Lincoln, Lincolnshire
  • Place of residence: Not known
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: 24
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: November 16th, 1917
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Unit: "A" Battery, 10th Brigade.
  • Service number: Not known
  • Regiment: Not known
  • Enlistment date: Not known
  • Enlistment location: Not known
  • Conflict: Not known

Decorations

  • Service medals: St / V / BW
  • Silver War badge: Not known
  • Awards: Not known

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Zuydcoote Military Cemetery, Nord, France
  • CWGC reference: II. D. 9.

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 24/12/1914
  • Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 7d
  • Bolton Chronicle: 23/11/1917 30/11/1917 14/12/1917

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