I've been helping a lady research a relative and from the family collection comes this photo which I thought would be nice to share. He's the lad holding the ball. Name: HARWOOD, OLIVER DUXBURY Initials: O D Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Lance Corporal Regiment/Service: South Wales Borderers Unit Text: 10th Bn. Age: 18 Date of Death: 26/04/1918 Service No: 48690 Additional information: Son of Oliver Duxbury Harwood and Sarah Harwood, of 125, Moorgate St., Blackburn. Native of Hellifield, Yorks. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: I. D. 11. Cemetery: BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURT
Thanks for sharing mate-I'm always amazed at how young most soliders from WW1 look compared to WW2 ones.
125 Moorgate St,Blackburn. Just looked that house up on Google Earth, much the same I imagine - now with a white plastic door. One of those long streets with terraced houses. I wonder how many houses could tell of a loss in that one street.
One of those long streets with terraced houses. I wonder how many houses could tell of a loss in that one street. You are quite right. And not just in Blackburn either. Accrington, Chorley, Salford, Swansea, Bradford, Leeds, Hull, Bradford, Barnsley...etc. The list goes on and on.
One of those long streets with terraced houses. I wonder how many houses could tell of a loss in that one street. ...And not just in Blackburn either. Accrington, Chorley, Salford, Swansea, Bradford, Leeds, Hull, Bradford, Barnsley...etc. The list goes on and on. Indeed... my Gt.Grandad lived on one such street in Burnley... a 22 house street in which only one suffered no loss... his! (though his brother did die in 1916...but he was a regular soldier and lived elsewhere) dave
