Basic Details
Surname
Hitchen
Forenames
Harold Wilson
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler record him as having been a keen local footballer and employed as a tram driver. They provide his death details and that he died in a Canadian casualty clearing station.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army (British)
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Royal Field Artillery
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Gunner
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Country of burial
France
Cemetery
Pernes British Military Cemetery
Year of death
1918
Month of death
May
Day of death
28
Age at death
30
Manner of death as stated
Unknown
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds