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Lance Corporal

Herbert George Harrod

Service Number 306924
Military Unit 2/7th Bn Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
Date of birth Unknown
Date of Death 28 Mar 1918 (21 Years Old)
Place of Birth Radford Nottingham
Employment, Education or Hobbies Herbert Harrod was employed as an assistant in a chemists shop (C. 1911)
Family History

Herbert George Harrod was the youngest son of William Harrod and Matilda Goulder who married in the Basford registration district in 1877. Their children included: James (b.1880), Ada (b.1883/1892), Alice Jane (b.1885), Annie Matilda (b.1888), Walter (b.1891/1898), Percy Arthur (b.1894) and Herbert George (b.1896). The family lived at: 1 Bismark Square, Denman Street, Radford [C.1881]; 63 Norwood Road, Radford [C.1891]; 17 Lawrence Street, Radford [C.1901]; 76 Garfield Road Radford [C.1911 & n.e.p.16.4.1918]. William Harrod, who worked as a bricklayer, died in the Basford registration district, aged 79, in 1929. His wife, Matilda, had predeceased him, dying at Nottingham, aged 73, in 1926.

Military History

Enlisted at Nottingham; killed in action; his body was buried in the Pommier Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais.

Extra Information

Nottingham Evening Post obituary 15 April 1918. HARROD killed in action March 28th 1918, Herbert G Harrod, Duke of Wellington’s, youngest son of Mr and Mrs Harrod, 76 Garfield Road. Father, mother, brothers, sisters and fiancée.

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