- First Name(s):Harry
- Surname:MALE
- Service Number:24388
- Rank:
Private
- Conflict:WW1
- Service:Army
- Army Sector:Infantry
- Regiment:Worcestershire Regiment
- Battalion:2nd Battalion
- Former Units:None
- Date of Death:15th July 1916
- Age At Death:27
- Place of Death:Unknown
- Place of Burial:Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, France, Pier and Face 5A and 6C.
- Place of Birth:Stourbridge, Worcestershire
- Home Town:Unknown
- Casualty's Relatives:Unknown
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Stourbridge Old Swinford Hospital School with the information: Worcestershire Regiment. Killed in action 15 July 1916. Age 33.
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Additional information on the memorial: Worcestershire Regiment. Killed in action 15 July 1916. Age 33.
Harry Male was born in 1882 and was admitted to Old Swinford Hospital in 1892. He was apprenticed in 1896 to Mr C. Ward, a blacksmith. He volunteered for the Worcesters and joined the 2nd Battalion some time in 1915. After its losses at Loos the battalion had been in a quiet sector. They joined the 1916 Battle of the Somme, however, for its second phase which started on the 14th July. They were to attack High Wood where the Germans had already repulsed several British attempts. It was well defended and approached over open fields. The Worcesters tried several times during a week in the front line but could not dislodge the enemy. Their casualties exceeded 300 and among the killed in action was Private Harry Male. He was 33 years of age.
Harry Male has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Thiepval Memorial.
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