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Harry Duggleby, aged 25, was killed in action 18 Aug 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He incurred "a gunshot to the head" according to the Beverley Guardian 9 Sep 1916. The paper also reported on a recent memorial service held in Walkington Parish Church where Reverend M W B Dawe described Harry as being a person "of exemplary character and a loyal churchman" who "always showed a Christian spirit". It was noted that Harry was "the first child that the preacher had baptised on coming to Walkington 25 years ago".
Harry enlisted in Beverley on 8 Dec 1915. He joined the 8th Battalion of the East Yorkshire Regiment as a Private and embarked for France 8 Jul 1916, joining his Battalion on 22 July. On 17 Aug his Battalion attacked German trenches to the South East of Guillemont. Harry was killed on the 18th.
Harry was born in Walkington Apr 1891. His mother, Emma E Duggleby was unmarried and Harry's Army Service Records note that his father had "disappeared" and was unnamed. Emma moved to Tibthorpe, near Driffield to be a housekeeper on John W Harrison's farm and eventually married him in 1911. Harry lived in Walkington with his grandmother Emma Duggleby, the widow of a local farmer, John Duggleby, and continued to live on the income from the farm at Walkington. Harry worked as a labourer in a local whiting works on the edge of Beverley Westwood. He was unmarried.
Harry is remembered on Walkington's War Memorial and on the East Riding Memorial in Beverley Minster. He is buried at Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension, France. He was posthumously awarded the War and Victory Medals
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