William Stanley Harpham
he was a drayman upon his enlistment.
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William Stanley Harpham was born on 16th May 1897,in Ruddington and was the son of George Ernest a bricklayers labourer and Clara Harpham née Hallam of Grand View Addition South Hill Moose Jaw Saskatchewan Canada.
His father George was born in 1873 in Ruddington and his mother Clara Hallam was born in 1872 also in Ruddington, they were married in 1894 in Nottingham and went on to have the following children, Mabel b1896, William b1897 and Annie b1901, all the children were born in Nottingham.
In the 1901 census the family are living at Church Street, Ruddington.
The family emigrated to Canada prior to the 1911 census.
Private William Stanley Harpham, enlisted on 3rd June 1916 at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Canada, giving his age as 19 yrs his date of birth was 16th May 1897, he was a drayman, his next of kin was his mother Clara of Grand View Addition, Moose Jaw Saskathchewan, he served with the 50th Canadian Infantry Battalion, he landed in Englad from the SS Grampian on 24th August 1916 and landed in France on 14th December 1916. He was killed in action on 3rd June 1917, a year to the day since his attestation. He is buried in La Chaudiere Military Cemetery, Vimy.
Death notice published 24th October 1917 in the Nottingham Evening Post :-
“HARPHAM. – Killed in action, June 3rd, 1917, Private W. Harpham, Canadian Expeditionary Force, aged 20 years, the deeply-loved and only son of Ernest and Clare Harpham, of Moose Jaw, Sask., Canada (late of Ruddington, Notts.)”
Above is courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918
Photo of William Stanley Harpham
HARPHAM William Stanley grave at La Chaudiere Military Cemetery, Vimy, France, courtesy of the Canadian Virtual Memorial website.