WHYSALL

		Source
		CWGC	SDGW	Uttoxeter Advertiser	Other
Parents	The late Mr. and Mrs. Whysall	Yes
Parents	Mrs Cooper			1a
Where born	Netherseal, Leicester		Yes		2
When born	1885 or 1886				3
Position in the family	2^nd son			1a	2
Address	Uttoxeter		Yes
	Parents: Market Street, Uttoxeter	Yes
	At the time of his death his mother, Mrs. Cooper, lived at the Black Swan in Uttoxeter			1a	2
	Self and Wife: 32, The Crescent, Uttoxeter, Staffs.	Yes
Spouse	Eva Mary Whysall	Yes
Spouse	Yes			1a
Children	An infant child he had never seen			1a
Employment Before Joining up	He had taken up employment with G. Orme and Sons as a youth and had remained with the firm ever since, working in their outfitting department in the High Street of Uttoxeter.			1a
When enlisted	About January 1917			1a	2
Where enlisted	Uttoxeter		Yes		2
Regiment	Bedfordshire	Yes	Yes	1a, 1c
Regiment	Formerly M/2/267639, Army Service Corps		Yes
Unit	4^th Bn.	Yes	Yes
	4^th (T.F)				2
Rank	Private	Yes	Yes	1a, 1b, 1c	2
Service Number	39403	Yes	Yes		2
Date of Death	26 December 1917	Yes	Yes	1a, 1c	2
Age at time of death	31	Yes
Age at time of death	32			1a
Where Killed or died	France/Flanders		Yes	1c
	Villers Plouich -Somme
	Cambrai region of Flanders			1a
How he died	Killed in Action		Yes	1c
How he died	Killed in Action - shellfire				2
Location of Grave or Memorial	Thiepval Memorial for the Missing - Pier and face 2C	Yes
Location of Grave or Memorial	Uttoxeter Town War Memorial (Market Place)
Awards

Harry was well-known in Uttoxeter before he enlisted^[1a]. He had taken up employment with G. Orme and Sons as a youth and had remained with the firm ever since, working in their outfitting department in the High Street of Uttoxeter.

Although his quiet and retiring disposition brought him into contact with few people outside work, those who knew him privately valued him for his upright character and ‘sterling principles’^[1a].

Initially, after joining up, he was attached to the motor transport section^[1a], but he was later transferred to the Bedfordshire Regiment, with which he went to the front^[1a].

He was killed in the Cambrai region of Flanders on Boxing Day of 1917^[1a], having served for just under twelve months^[1a].

Shortly afterwards, one of his comrades contacted his family to let them know that he had been hit and had failed to answer the roll-call. His family hoped that better news would be forthcoming, but at the end of the first week in January, they received official notification that he had been killed^[1a].

He was in a trench with three other men when he received fatal wounds and he died while being conveyed back to the advanced dressing station. The three other men were also wounded at the same time.^[1b]

The Uttoxeter Advertiser roll of honour says that he died at Villers Plouich, France.

He has no known grave and his name is recorded on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing