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Pte. Harold Bown Warhurst
15th Service Battalion Royal Scots
from:Manchester
(d.1st Jul 1916)
I don't know a lot about Harold Warhurst. He was my grandmother's cousin and worked as a Junior Clerk in a Cotton Waste Mill in Manchester before joining up. He was killed on the first day of The Battle of the Somme. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial there. He was just 20 years old. Poignantly his only possessions found after his death, which were returned to his parents were a writing pad, a letter and his disc.