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Private Harold Andrew served in the Machine Gun Corps, his photograph appeared in the Beverley Guardian of 10 Feb 1917 (along with his three half brothers). He stayed in the army until 1920 and was awarded the War and Victory Medals.
Harold was born in Beverley on 20 Oct 1897. His father, Robert Andrew, a farm labourer and later a rulleyman (carter) was originally from Roxby, Lincolnshire he married Martha Alice Grice (nee Webster) on the 24 Apr 1897 at Beverley Minster. Martha was from Duggleby in North Yorkshire.
The family lived at Enfields, Railway Terrace and later at 40 Trinity Terrace in Beverley. The 1911 census has Harold working as an errand boy for a drapery business in Beverley after having left school.
After the war Harold worked at a tannery in Beverley and in the 1939 Register is recorded as being a weighman. Harold married Muriel Annie Horsman on the 31 Jul 1937 at Beverley Minster. They lived at 1 Butt Lane in Beverley. Harold died in late 1962; Muriel in 1981.
It would seem that Harold’s brother, Ernest, did not serve in the war but his three half-brothers did. Alfred Grice, a Beverley policeman and also a rugby league player for Hull FC served in various regiments at home between 1916 and 1917. William Grice served in the Royal Field Artillery and Arthur Grice served in the East Riding Yeomanry in the Middle East and then transferred to the Machine Gun Corps. He died of wounds on 25 Oct 1918. They all featured in a photo spread in the Beverley Guardian of 10 Feb 1917.
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