Service No: 240306
Regiment/Service: Yorkshire Regiment, 2nd Bn.
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AGAR Harold (Harry) Clifford Corporal 240306 - 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Died 17th November 1918. (Prisoner of War) Born Lockington (Beverley, Yorkshire), Enlisted Driffield, Resided Kirby Grindale.
The Family grave North Cave Cemetery inscription;-
ILM of Sarah Alice beloved wife of William Agar who died June 10th 1924 aged 67 years 'Blessed are They that Mourn for They Shall Be Comforted' R.I.P.
also of Harry Clifford son of the above who died November 7th 1918 in Germany as a Prisoner of War aged 22 years
also of William Agar Husband of the above who Died July 19th 1951 aged 90 years
'Lifes Work Well Done'.
Buried Cologne Southern Cemetery grave X. A. located within the civilian cemetery, Sudfriedhof Koln Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany. More than 1,000 Allied prisoners and dozens of German servicemen were buried in Cologne Southern Cemetery during the First World War. Commonwealth forces entered Cologne on 6 December 1918, less than a month after the Armistice, and the city was occupied under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles until January 1926. During this period the cemetery was used by the occupying garrison. In 1922 it was decided that the graves of Commonwealth servicemen who had died all over Germany should be brought together into four permanent cemeteries at Kassel, Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne. Over the course of the following year, graves were transferred to Cologne Southern Cemetery from over 180 different burial grounds in Hanover, Hessen, the Rhine and Westphalia.
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Regiment/Service: Yorkshire Regiment, 2nd Bn.
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AGAR Harold (Harry) Clifford Corporal 240306 - 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Died 17th November 1918. (Prisoner of War) Born Lockington (Beverley, Yorkshire), Enlisted Driffield, Resided Kirby Grindale.
The Family grave North Cave Cemetery inscription;-
ILM of Sarah Alice beloved wife of William Agar who died June 10th 1924 aged 67 years 'Blessed are They that Mourn for They Shall Be Comforted' R.I.P.
also of Harry Clifford son of the above who died November 7th 1918 in Germany as a Prisoner of War aged 22 years
also of William Agar Husband of the above who Died July 19th 1951 aged 90 years
'Lifes Work Well Done'.
Buried Cologne Southern Cemetery grave X. A. located within the civilian cemetery, Sudfriedhof Koln Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany. More than 1,000 Allied prisoners and dozens of German servicemen were buried in Cologne Southern Cemetery during the First World War. Commonwealth forces entered Cologne on 6 December 1918, less than a month after the Armistice, and the city was occupied under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles until January 1926. During this period the cemetery was used by the occupying garrison. In 1922 it was decided that the graves of Commonwealth servicemen who had died all over Germany should be brought together into four permanent cemeteries at Kassel, Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne. Over the course of the following year, graves were transferred to Cologne Southern Cemetery from over 180 different burial grounds in Hanover, Hessen, the Rhine and Westphalia.
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Service No: 240306
Regiment/Service: Yorkshire Regiment, 2nd Bn.
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AGAR Harold (Harry) Clifford Corporal 240306 - 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Died 17th November 1918. (Prisoner of War) Born Lockington (Beverley, Yorkshire), Enlisted Driffield, Resided Kirby Grindale.
The Family grave North Cave Cemetery inscription;-
ILM of Sarah Alice beloved wife of William Agar who died June 10th 1924 aged 67 years 'Blessed are They that Mourn for They Shall Be Comforted' R.I.P.
also of Harry Clifford son of the above who died November 7th 1918 in Germany as a Prisoner of War aged 22 years
also of William Agar Husband of the above who Died July 19th 1951 aged 90 years
'Lifes Work Well Done'.
Buried Cologne Southern Cemetery grave X. A. located within the civilian cemetery, Sudfriedhof Koln Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany. More than 1,000 Allied prisoners and dozens of German servicemen were buried in Cologne Southern Cemetery during the First World War. Commonwealth forces entered Cologne on 6 December 1918, less than a month after the Armistice, and the city was occupied under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles until January 1926. During this period the cemetery was used by the occupying garrison. In 1922 it was decided that the graves of Commonwealth servicemen who had died all over Germany should be brought together into four permanent cemeteries at Kassel, Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne. Over the course of the following year, graves were transferred to Cologne Southern Cemetery from over 180 different burial grounds in Hanover, Hessen, the Rhine and Westphalia.
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Regiment/Service: Yorkshire Regiment, 2nd Bn.
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AGAR Harold (Harry) Clifford Corporal 240306 - 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Died 17th November 1918. (Prisoner of War) Born Lockington (Beverley, Yorkshire), Enlisted Driffield, Resided Kirby Grindale.
The Family grave North Cave Cemetery inscription;-
ILM of Sarah Alice beloved wife of William Agar who died June 10th 1924 aged 67 years 'Blessed are They that Mourn for They Shall Be Comforted' R.I.P.
also of Harry Clifford son of the above who died November 7th 1918 in Germany as a Prisoner of War aged 22 years
also of William Agar Husband of the above who Died July 19th 1951 aged 90 years
'Lifes Work Well Done'.
Buried Cologne Southern Cemetery grave X. A. located within the civilian cemetery, Sudfriedhof Koln Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany. More than 1,000 Allied prisoners and dozens of German servicemen were buried in Cologne Southern Cemetery during the First World War. Commonwealth forces entered Cologne on 6 December 1918, less than a month after the Armistice, and the city was occupied under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles until January 1926. During this period the cemetery was used by the occupying garrison. In 1922 it was decided that the graves of Commonwealth servicemen who had died all over Germany should be brought together into four permanent cemeteries at Kassel, Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne. Over the course of the following year, graves were transferred to Cologne Southern Cemetery from over 180 different burial grounds in Hanover, Hessen, the Rhine and Westphalia.
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