165947 Pte. Harold Thomas Shore British Army 2nd Btn. Queens Own Cameron Highlanders from:Liverpool (d.8th Sept 1939) The following is the story that my mother told me about her older brother, Harold Shore.
Harold was on duty at the Liverpool Docks at the beginning of the War. He was on night duty and when the morning came he was nowhere to be found. It was presumed that he had run away when the German fighters came and was therefore a deserter. White feathers were put through the letter box of his parents' house and people would turn their backs when the family walked down the street. When one of the docks was drained, Harold's body was found at the bottom with a German bullet in it. He was then declared one of the first victims of the war in Liverpool. The funeral hearse was pulled by black horses, his coffin covered with a Union Jack and a salute was fired over his grave. He is buried in a Commonwealth War Grave at Liverpool Allerton Cemetery. If anyone knows the truth or otherwise of this story I would like to know.
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