Basic Details
Surname
Climpson
Forenames
Harry
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
7436
Notes
The Roll lists his address as New England.

(CWGC records that Private Harry Climpson, regimental number 7436, died on 9/5/1915 while serving in the 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, and is commemorated on Le Touret Memorial in France. They list no details of his next of kin or address. Soldiers Died in the Great War records that Private Harry Climpson, regimental number 7436, was born at March in Cambridgeshire. The Army registers of Soldiers' Effects record that his widow Nellie was his legatee. On the 1911 census Harry Climpson, aged 25, was recorded as living at 140 G.N. Cottages, New England, Peterborough with his wife Nellie and their son; on that census Harry gave his own place of birth as March, Cambridgeshire).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants Regt
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
1st
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Not Stated on Memorial
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1915
Month of death
May
Day of death
9
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
NEW ENGLAND
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial