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Pte. Percy Harold Harwood

British Army 7th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

from:Forton, Somerset

(d.9th Aug 1917)

Percy Harwood and his brother Thomas Trott, were conscripted, their services numbers were just two digits apart. They were brothers-in-law who were on the reserved occupation list as farm workers. An army captain was injured and sent to Chard near Forton to recuperate, when he was deemed fit for work he was sent to oversee the works at Manor Farm, Forton where Percy and Tommy were working moving timber with their horses for the war effort. The state of the land was awful and Percy's father argued with the captain that the mud and heavy work were killing the horses. The captain retaliated by telling Percy and Tommy they would see a lot worse in the trenches. A short time later both Percy and Tommy received their conscription papers. They were sent to fight and were killed within a week of each other; Percy on 9th August 1917 and Tommy on 16th August 1917.



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