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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
Gnr. Harry Wallis
British Army 20th Siege Battery Garrison Royal Artillery
(d.9th Apr 1918)
The following, is a list of those men, of the same 20th Siege Battery, who all died on 9th of April 1918, in alphabetical order:Harry Wallis was my Grandfather, and in 2016, I acquired a copy of a page from the Walsall Observer and South Staffordshire Chronicle dated Saturday 27th of April 1918. On it, is a list of local people 'Killed and/or missing'. Harry is listed as killed. There was a little write-up, which goes as follows:
- Connal, Alexander Cambell 2nd Lieu. 19 yrs.
- Cowdrey, Cecil Gnr. 119954 32 yrs.
- Docherty, Thomas Gnr. 182582 29 yrs.
- Gollop, William Henry Bmdr. 159424 21 yrs.
- Hallett, A.S. Gnr. 114748 30 yrs.
- Loader, John William Gnr. 28438? 30 yrs.
- McDonald, Daniel Gnr. 285026 39 yrs.
- Mackay, George Gnr. 145578 29 yrs.
- Spence, John Robert Cpt. 24 yrs.
- Wallis, Harry Gnr. 166989 28 yrs.
Gunner Harry Wallis, whose parents Mr. and Mrs. Geo Wallis, 281 Darlaston Road, have received information from the Chaplain who conducted the Burial Service, was killed on April 9th, while serving in France, with the Garrison Royal Artillery. An extract from the Chaplains' letter, reads as follows:- "He and the whole Battery did wonderful work that day. The enemy had pressed back our line and was firing on them with shells and machine guns, yet they showed magnificent spirit and stuck to their guns all the time. Eventually they had to retire, but they brought their guns with them, and continued to fight all night and the next day. Nobody could have died more bravely than your son". Twenty-eight years of age and a widower, with one child. Gunner Wallis joined the Colours in June 1917, and went on active service the following October.
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