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1206106Pte. Harold E. Black
Canadian Expeditionary Forces 78th Btn.
from:Canada
(d.19th Nov 1917)
Harold Black died of wounds received at Passchendaele on 19th of November 1917, aged 23 and is buried in the Etaples Military Cemetery.Harold was the youngest son of William Boyes and Sarah Black of Ballycastle, Co. Antrim. Harold emigrated to Canada in 1910 to join his other five brothers. He enlisted in 1915 and shipped to France in the same year. His brother Gordon, a Captain with the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force, was at his side when he died. He subsequently wrote to relatives in Ballycastle this short remembrance of Harold’s passing
"Ah, it breaks my heart to have to write on a subject like this. We little thought in the days of long ago he would be the first to be taken. His loss is just as fresh in my mind as ever- it is a picture I cannot erase, go where I will, do what I may. Still we must not forget the manner of his living, or the splendid example he showed in dying with such calm content in the knowledge of duty well and nobly done."
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I am the granddaughter of Captain Gordon Boyes Black. I have original records, letters, et cetera from my Grandfather & from the Crown. My Grandfather was not at his brothers side when he was injured in the Battle of Passchendaele, nor when he was subsequently was transferred to an Etaples Military Hospital where he died from his wounds. In fact Captain Gordon Black was trying with all his might to have his youngest brother removed from the front lines as he had epilepsy. Unfortunately he was killed in that terribly ill conceived battle. If you have documents that evident a different story I would be most grateful to see them.Gillian Stokvis-Hauer
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