Basic Details
Surname
Wade
Forenames
H W
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Harold Walter
Served or died
Died
Notes
Entered College in Michaelmas Term, 1907. Classical Scholar. A member of the 1st Association Football XI, 1907 – 1911; 1st Cricket XI, 1908 – 1911 (Captain, 1911); 1st Hockey XI, 1908 – 1911. President of the JCR, 1910. A member of the Debating Society, 1910. A member of the University Contingent of the Officers’ Training Corps. 2nd Class. Mods., 1909; 2nd Lit. Hum., 1910. Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant on the Unattached List for the Territorial Force on the 25 of November 1911. Attached to the 3rd Brahman Regiment on the 23 of March 1913; Lieutenant, April 1913. Killed in action near Neuve Chapelle, 28 October 1914 although he is also listed on the Menin Gate.
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Neuve Chapelle
Year of death
1914
Month of death
October
Day of death
28
Age at death
26
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action