COE, HARRY. Private. No 30652. 8th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment. Born Crosland Moor, Huddersfield. Son of Henry and Annie Elizabeth Coe, of Heymoor House, Abbey Road, Shepley. Employed by Messrs Firth Brothers, New Mills, Shepley. Died of wounds in Whitechapel Hospital, London, 15.4.1918, aged 21 years.
Buried EMMANUEL CHURCHYARD, SHELLEY. Grave location:- 350.
ROH:- Shepley War Memorial.
Harry was born in late 1896 in Crosland Moor but by 1911 had moved to Shelley. Like his father he was a textile worker. He worked as a "beamer" and was responsible for carrying beams of yarn to the looms.
Harry was in the 8th (Service) Battalion of the North Staffordshire Regiment which was involved in much fighting on the Western Front in 1918. Battles included The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Messines, The Battle of Bailleul, The First Battle of Kemmel Ridge, The Battle of the Aisne, The Battle of the Selle. Harry was injured in one of these and died later of his wounds.
COE, HARRY. Private. No 30652. 8th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment. Born Crosland Moor, Huddersfield. Son of Henry and Annie Elizabeth Coe, of Heymoor House, Abbey Road, Shepley. Employed by Messrs Firth Brothers, New Mills, Shepley. Died of wounds in Whitechapel Hospital, London, 15.4.1918, aged 21 years.
Buried EMMANUEL CHURCHYARD, SHELLEY. Grave location:- 350.
ROH:- Shepley War Memorial.
Harry was born in late 1896 in Crosland Moor but by 1911 had moved to Shelley. Like his father he was a textile worker. He worked as a "beamer" and was responsible for carrying beams of yarn to the looms.
Harry was in the 8th (Service) Battalion of the North Staffordshire Regiment which was involved in much fighting on the Western Front in 1918. Battles included The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Messines, The Battle of Bailleul, The First Battle of Kemmel Ridge, The Battle of the Aisne, The Battle of the Selle. Harry was injured in one of these and died later of his wounds.
Inscription
Inscriptions
The First World War inscription reads:
To the Glory of God
and in memory of the men of Shelley
who gave their lives in the Great War
1914 - 1918
Names and plaques
1914-1918
Norman Addy
Albert Armitage
Henry Vincent Armitage
Vincent Armitage
Fred Barden
John Livingstone Barnicot
Benjamin Barraclough
Ernest Brawn
George Henry Brawn
Christopher T Botterill
Charles William Brook
Fred Charlesworth
Harry Coe
George Dearnley
Willie Haigh
Wilfred Holsey
Thomas Hopkin
David Irvine
Harry Irvine
Ernest Jones
Joe Kirk
Alfred Lacey
Tom Lister
Walter Mallory
Percy Nowell
John Allen Pearson
Arthur Roden
George Oswald Rowlands
James Willie Rollinson
Amos Senior
Hilbert Senior
Hugh Silverwood
Douglas Smith
Harry Smith
Norman Smith
William Henry Tann
Charles Thorpe
Harry Wray
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