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Pte. Harry Gardiner
British Army 14th Btn. Manchester Regiment
from:Dark Lane Farm, Denton, Lancashire
Harry was the son of William and Susannah Gardiner who where farmers of Dark Lane Farm, Haughton Green, Denton in Lancashire. Harry was born in 1890 on a farm in Gee Cross, Hyde, Cheshire and had eight siblings. By the start of WW1 both his parents had died and the farm was being run by the his sister Martha and siblings. Harry enlisted in the Manchester Regiment in April 1916. His brother Herbert also joined the Manchesters.
After training Harry was sent with his battalion to fight in France where he was wounded in the chest and stomach which became infected, he spent some six months in hospital where he contracted kidney problems which he was never to recover from. He died on the 16th April 1919 at home on the farm and is buried in St Mary's Graveyard in the village. His name appears on the churches war memorial plaque and on Dentons Town War Memorial.
