Harry Gunner (1889 - 1917)

Born 1889 in Virginia Water, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 4 Jun 1917 at about age 28 in French Flanders, Nord, France

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Biography

Harry was born in Virginia Water, Surrey in 1889. He is the son of William Gunner and Charlotte Clay. He was christened in Englefield Green, Surrey on 2 February 1890.

We see no evidence that Harry ever married or had children.

At the time of the 1911 Census, Harry was working as a plumber's mate. In 1915, at age 26, Harry enlisted with the British Army in Egham Surrey. Fittingly, he became a 'gunner', but he made the ultimate sacrifice when he was killed in action in French Flanders on 4 June 1917.

Harry is interred in Bapaume Australian Cemetery, maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (Bapaume is a town 22 kilometres south of Arras and 26 kilometres south-west of Cambrai).

Sources

• "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XYS-R6K : 1 October 2014), Harry Gunner, 1889; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Windsor, Berkshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.

• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NXS7-FHD : 20 March 2020), Harry Gunner, 1890.

• "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WMM9-GPZ : 2 May 2019), Harry Gunner in household of William Gunner, Beenham, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Berkshire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS3G-MCP : 20 May 2019), Harry Gunner in household of William Gunner, Egham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Egham subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7LV-ZM3 : 21 July 2019), Harry Gunner Junr in household of William Gunner Senr, Beenham, Berkshire, 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.

• Ancestry.com. British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920 - this record states: Harry Gunner, son of William Gunner; Birth Date: abt 1889 ; Enlistment Age: 26 ; Document Year: 1915 ; Residence Place: 4 Straude St., Egham, Surrey ; Regimental Number: 81398 ; Regiment Name: Royal Garrison Artillery.

• Military-Genealogy.com, comp. UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 - this record states: Harry Gunner ; Birth Place: Egham, Surrey ; Death Date: 4 Jun 1917 ; Death Place: France and Flanders; Enlistment Place: Egham ; Rank: Gunner ; Regiment: Royal Garrison Artillery; Regimental Number: 81398; Type of Casualty: Killed in action; Theatre of War: Western European Theatre.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV5-ZKCW : 13 December 2015), Harry H Gunner, 1917; Burial, Bapaume, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, Bapaume Australian Cemetery; citing record ID 25065033, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.