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Harold SUGDEN

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Surname: SUGDEN

Forename(s): Harold

Place of Birth: Embsay, Yorkshire

Service No: 75673

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Northumberland Fusiliers

Battalion / Unit: 1/4th Battalion

Division: 50th (Northumbrian) Division

Age: 19

Date of Death: 1918-05-27

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: ---

CWGC Cemetery: ---

CWGC Memorial: SOISSONS MEMORIAL

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: SKIPTON – ERMYSTED’S GRAMMAR SCHOOL, YORKSHIRE

Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Harold Sugden (born 13 May 1899) was the son of Edward and Sarah Alice Sugden, née Greenwood. Edward was born at Silsden, Yorkshire and Sarah at Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire.

1901 Embsay, Yorkshire Census: Cragg View Terrace - Harold Sugden, aged 1 year, born Embsay, son of Edward and Sarah A. Sugden.

1911 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 17, Brougham Street - Harold Sugden, aged 11 years, born Embsay, Yorkshire, son of Edward and Sarah Alice Sugden.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Harold Sugden, 75673, Northumberland Fusiliers.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Harold Sugden, 75673, 1/4 Bn Northumb Fusl. Date and Place of Death: 27.5.18. Presumed on or since. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - Edward. £6 6s. 9d.

Short biographies of Harold are included in:
‘A Grammar School at War – The Story of Ermysted’s Grammar School during the Great War’ by Steven Howarth (2007).
‘Though lost to sight to memory ever dear – Embsay-with-Eastby First World War Roll of Honour’ by Jane Lunnon, David Turner, Chris Lunnon (2018).

Photograph: 'Yorkshire Rugby Football Union – In Memoriam 1914-19'.

Data Source: Local War Memorial

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:

SUGDEN, Harold. [Additional]

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Private Harold SUGDEN

Private Harold SUGDEN

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Northumberland Fusiliers

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Northumberland Fusiliers

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 50th (Northumbrian) Division

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 50th (Northumbrian) Division

Data from Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914 - 1919 Records

Soldiers Died Data for Soldier Records

Surname: SUGDEN

Forename(s): Harold

Born: Embsay, Yorks

Residence:

Enlisted: Halifax, Yorks

Number: 75673

Rank: Private

Regiment: Northumberland Fusiliers

Battalion: 1/4th Battalion (Territorials)

Decorations:

Died Date: 27/05/18

Died How: Died

Theatre of War: France & Flanders

Notes:

Data from Commonwealth War Graves Commission Records

CWGC Data for Soldier Records

Surname: SUGDEN

Forename(s): Harold

Country of Service: United Kingdom

Service Number: 75673

Rank: Private

Regiment: Northumberland Fusiliers

Unit: 1st/4th Bn.

Age: 19

Awards:

Died Date: 27/05/1918

Additional Information: Son of Edward and Sarah A. Sugden, of 42, Bolton Rd., Silsden, Yorks.

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Silsden Nonconformist Burial Ground

Silsden Nonconformist Burial Ground

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Silsden Nonconformist Burial Ground

Silsden Nonconformist Burial Ground

Family gravestone - detail of memorial inscription

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