CF
Wilfrid John Harding
Informations sur naissance
Date de naissance: 02/12/1885 |
Lieu de naissance: Battersea, Surrey, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni |
Informations générales
Profession: Vicaire |
Informations service militaire
Pays: Angleterre, Royaume-Uni |
Force armée: British Expeditionary Force |
Rang: Chaplain 4th Class |
Numéro de service: 43130 |
Incorporation date: 17/10/1914 |
Unités: — Army Chaplains' Department attd. Drake Bn. (Dernière unité connue) |
Informations sur décès
Date de décès: 31/10/1917 |
Lieu de décès: Wallemolen, Passendale, Belgique |
Cause du décès: Killed in action (K.I.A.) |
Âge: 31 |
Mémorial
Tyne Cot Memorial Panneau: 160 |
Distinctions et médailles 3
British War Medal Médaille |
Military Cross Médaille |
Victory Medal Médaille |
Points d'intérêt 2
#1 | Lieu de naissance | ||
#2 | Lieu du décès (approximatif) |
Mon histoire
Chaplain 4th Class Harding Wilfrid John of the Army Chaplains' Department was administered to the Drake Battalion of the 189th Brigade of the 63th (Royal Naval) Division. He died on the 31st October 1917, while working as a stretcher-bearer during heavy fighting. He helped the stretcher-bearers in search of wounded men under heavy enemy fire and was subsequently killed by a shell just behind the line, while returning from no man’s land north of Wallemolen (Source Trench, Varlet Farm, Bray Farm, Berks Houses). For his actions he was awarded the Military Cross (London Gazette, 18 Jan. 1918) “For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty; continual tending the wounded during four days’ operations and repeatedly crossing ‘No Man’s Land’under heavy fire to carry them in to the front line.”
Sources 4
Drake Battalion (The National Archives, Kew (TNA) WO 95/3114/1). http://www.nmarchive.com/ Sources utilisées |
Jerrold D., The Royal Naval Division, (Uckfield, The Naval and Military Press, 2009). Sources utilisées |
McCarthy Chris., Passchendaele. The Day-by-Day Account (London, Unicorn Publishing Group, 2018). Sources utilisées |
Reay S., The Half-shilling Curate, A personal account of war and faith 1914-1918 ( Warwick, Helion & Company Limited, 2018). Autre référence |
Complément d’informations 3
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/838428 |
Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=5fa979ec-38c3-49ba-a715-22a0a937b49e |
Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/1551171 |