SAMPSON, HARRY
Photograph with kind permission from the Uttoxeter Advertiser
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Uttoxeter Advertiser |
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Parents |
Mr. & Mrs. Sampson |
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Position in the family | Brother of Councillor Sampson | 3a | |||
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When born |
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Address |
Colin Street or Terrace , Uttoxeter(parents) |
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31,3c |
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Uttoxeter |
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Employment Before Joining up |
Fitter at the Leighton Ironworks |
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Mould Maker, Messrs. Bamford’s Leighton Ironworks, Uttoxeter,Staffordshire |
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When Enlisted |
Before August 1916 |
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Where enlisted |
Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire |
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Regiment |
North Staffordshire (Prince of Wales’s) |
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Unit |
1st Bn. |
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Rank |
Private |
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3a, 3b, 3c |
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Service Number |
40009 |
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Former Service | 2928, Pte, North Staffordshire Regiment |
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Date of Death |
4 August 1917 |
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6 August 1917 |
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Age at time of death |
Killed in action |
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Where Killed or died |
Ypres salient - Hulluch |
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3c |
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France/Flanders |
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How he died |
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Location of Grave or Memorial |
Aeroplane Cemetery Grave III. A. 45. |
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Before the war Harry was employed as a fitter in the Leighton Ironworks of Messrs. Bamford’s Company in Uttoxeter.
Harry’s first service was as 2928, Private in the North Staffordshire Regiment[1]. At some time later his number changed to 40009 in the same regiment[1].
The Staffordshire Soldiers of the Great War website[1] states that he was serving with the Royal Engineers and was wounded in the shoulder and ear on the 7th June 1917. This is not consistent with the information given by the majority of other sources and therefore needs to be viewed with suspicion.
News of his death was brought to his parents in a letter from Second Lieutenant E. T. Pearson of the North Staffordshire Regiment, and an extract was published in the Uttoxeter Advertiser[1, 3a]. He said the following:
“I am very sorry to have to tell you of the death of your son, Pte. H. Sampson, who was killed in action on August 4. He was engaged with a working party at the time, and fell at the post of duty like a true British soldier.
He was buried in a cemetery behind the lines and a cross erected to his memory.
I offer you my deepest sympathy in your great loss, but I hope that in the midst of your sorrow you will feel pride in your gallant son’s noble self-sacrifice for his Country’s cause. He was very popular with his comrades, and we all feel his loss keenly.
I trust the Lord will be with you and comfort you in your sorrow”.
He had served in France and Belgium for 12 months prior to his death[1].
This memorial notice was placed in the Uttoxeter Advertiser on 31st August 1918 to mark the first anniversary of his death |
In Loving Memory of Pte. Harry Sampson, North Staffs. Regt., killed in action at Hulloch, August 4, 1917. – Ever remembered by Father, Mother, Brothers and Sisters. – Colin Street, Uttoxeter |
Harry is buried in Aeroplane Cemetery in the Ypres sector of Belgium[2]
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His brother Edwin John Sampson and his nephews Edwin John and Charles Sampson also served[1].