Harry Passmore
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Henry Passmore was born in Sneinton in 1896 and was the son of George, a wood cutting machinist, and Elizabeth Passmore née Rowbotham. His father George was born in 1863 in Chard, Somerset and his mother Elizabeth Rowbotham was born in 1865 in Nottingham. They were married in 188 in Nottingham and went on to have 5 children; George b1887 Nottm, John b1890 Nottm, Henry b1896 Nottm, Hilda b1903 Colwick and Ida b1904 Colwick. In the 1911 census the family are living at 9 Woodland Grove, Colwick, and are shown as George 48 yrs a wood cutting machinist. He is living with his wife Elizabeth and their children Henry 15 yrs a French polisher, Hilda 8 yrs a scholar and Ida 7 yrs a scholar. Also at the address is Jane Rowbotham 88 yrs a widow (mother-in-law) and William Young 29 yrs a wood cutter who was a boarder. Harry's family later lived at 11 Beck Street, Nottingham (CWGC).
Rifleman Henry Passmore enlisted at Nottingham on 10th September 1914. He was 19 years and 13 days old, a hosiery factory hand. He was posted to “D” Company 13th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps. He was wounded on 15th November 1916 with a gunshot wound in his right thigh and initially treated at the General Hospital in Rouen. He was medically evacuated to England aboard H.M.H.S. Gloucester Castle on 27th November 1916. He was admitted to the military hospital in Perth on 30th November 1916. His army service records give details of how he died four days later:- “3/12/16 Small concealed haemorrhage in thigh – collapse – tourniquet applied. Digitalis & strych. Injections & saline infusion given. No reaction – died 2 hours after first symptoms.” His body was brought back to Nottingham for burial and he rests in the General Cemetery.
Nottingham Evening Post, ‘In Memoriam’, 3 December 1917: ‘Passmore. Died of wounds, December 3rd, 1916, Rifleman H Passmore, KRR, aged 21 years. A light has from our household gone, a voice we loved is still, a place is vacant in our hearts which never can be filled. From his sorrowing father, mother, sisters, & brothers.’
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