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Harry Bousfield Died in Egypt during World War I.
Census Records
Census 1901 Livesey, Lancashire, England [1]
James J Bonsfield Head 45 Labourer Paper Mill Appleby, Westmorland
Mary Bonsfield Wife 38 Tockholes, Lancashire
Nancy H Bonsfield Daughter 15 Blackburn, Lancashire
Percy Bonsfield Son 9 Livesey, Lancashire
Harry Bonsfield Son 5 Livesey, Lancashire
Margaret Bonsfield Daughter 3 Livesey, Lancashire
James Bonsfield Son 0 Livesey, Lancashire
Moses Nowell 40 Tockholes, Lancashire
Moses Farnworth 50 Hoghton, Lancashire
Census 1911 Blackburn, Lancashire, England [2]
James Jackson Bousfield Head 55 Horse Keeper Appleby Westmorland
Mary Bousfield Wife 48 Tockles, Lancashire
Pearcy Bousfield Son 19 Livesey Blackburn, Lancashire
Harry Bousfield Son 15 Livesey Blackburn, Lancashire
Margaret Bousfield Daughter 13 Livesey Blackburn, Lancashire
Nancy Hannah Pendlebury Daughter 25 Married Cotton Weaver
Moses Nowell 50 Tockles Lancshire, Lancashire
Mary Pendlebury 4 Granddaughter Livesey Blackburn, Lancashire
Memorial
Private Harry Bousfield
DEATH 12 Aug 1915
BURIAL Alexandria Chatby Military Cemetery
Alexandria, El Eskenderiya, Egypt
PLOT K. 136.[3]
Research Notes
- Immanuel Church, Feniscowles: Harry and Percy Bousfield (War Memorial) :Source: [4]
Quote: "At around this time [February 1915] his [Percy's] brother Harry, who was 19, was joining up at Darwen and was sent off to do basic training at Chesham Fold Camp. [When] Harry had finished his training he was embarked at Southampton to sail for Gallipoli. Here he joined the regiment at Cape Helles some two weeks after his brother had died. One of the largest causes of death was disease and it was here that Harry contracted dysentery and only two months after his brother he died. We now know that the cure for dysentery is simply clean water. By the end of August, the division had lost about 2/3rd of its men through battle casualties, injuries or sickness. ... Percy is buried at Cairo and Harry at Alexandria."
Sources
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9JG-2KF : 21 May 2019), James J Bonsfield, Livesey, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Witton subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4MB-W24 : 29 March 2022), James Jackson Bousfield, Blackburn, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (findagrave.com/memorial/12072918/harry-bousfield: accessed July 5, 2024), memorial page for Private Harry Bousfield (unknown–12 Aug 1915), Find A Grave: Memorial #12072918, citing Alexandria Chatby Military Cemetery, Alexandria, Al Iskandariyah, Egypt; Maintained by Remembering (contributor 46946602).
- ↑ Link to memorial