Harold Fudge
Memorial: Kingswood - Summerhill Methodist
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Silver War Badge, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 24014
Parents: James and Sarah Ann Fudge
Marital status: Single
Home address: 2 Bell Hill Road, St. George, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Chocolate Maker
Date of birth: 1897
Place of birth: Bitton, Bristol
Date of death: 08/09/1916
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, Pas de Calais, France. Commentated at Summerhill Methodist Church Memorial Kingswood
Age: 19
Further information:
Harold was born in Bitton, the son of a bootmaker and a middle child of ten children with five brothers and four sisters. An older brother Thomas also died in the service of his country, two years after Harold.
Harold mobilised to France with the 14th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment in January 1916 and fought on the Western Front. He was killed in action during the Battles of the Somme (1 July 1916 – 18 November 1916) which were an allied defeat resulting in minor territorial gain at a cost of 620,000 casualties. The cemetery where he is buried was used by front line field ambulances and fighting units.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/