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).
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