(Henry) Harry James Bryant
Memorial: Wick - St Bartholomew's Church
Regiment: Worcestershire Regiment
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 44976
Parents: William and Louisa Florence Bryant
Marital status: Married
Home address: Home Address: Grocer’s shop, Wick Lived: Carpenter’s Arms, Wick
Pre-war occupation: Publican
Date of birth: 1882
Place of birth: Wick, Bristol
Date of death: 20/02/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: St. Bartholomew Churchyard, Wick, Bristol and commemorated at Wick
Age: 34
Further information:
Harry was born in Wick in July 1882, the son of a grocer and the eldest of five children with two sisters and two brothers. Harry’s father died when Harry was 16 and Harry continued to help run the grocery shop with his widowed mother until he married Elizabeth Alice Bell, a miller’s daughter in 1912. Harry and his wife then ran the public house, The Carpenter’s Arms in Wick.
Harry served on the home front and his battalion, the 15th, (Transport Worker’s Battalion) was formed in December 1916 from skilled personnel unfit for field service. His battalion together with the 16th Battalion Worcestershires, was employed on transport duties in the south of England with their headquarters being at Swindon. Harry died at the Military Hospital Chiseldon Camp and the cause of his death is not known.
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/
http://www.worcestershireregiment.com/wr.php?main=inc/bat_15