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Cpl. Harold Wakeley Apthorpe
British Army 1/8th Btn. Warwickshire Regiment
from:Bedford
(d.1st July 1916)
Harold Apthorpe was born in Keysoe, Bedfordshire in 1893, son of Charles and Abigail Apthorpe of 181 Victoria Street, Dunstable. Educated at Bedford Modern school, Barton Manor School and Saltley College, Birmingham, he was Headmaster at Cople School, Bedford. He enlisted August 1914 and served with the 1/8th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment, embarking for France 22nd of March 1915.
He was killed in action on 1st of July 1916 age 23 years, during the first day of the Battle of The Somme. He has no known grave and is commemorated at the Thiepval Memorial. A pupil of of Bedford Modern School 1905-09, he is commemorated on the School War Memorial, which was unveiled in 1923 and in the Roll of Honour, published in The Eagle, December 1923. The Old Boys of this School who, as in duty bound, laid down their lives in a great cause. Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com