STAFFORD Harry

  • First Name(s):
    Harry 
  • Surname:
    STAFFORD
  • Service Number:
    20194
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    4th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    6th August 1915
  • Age At Death:
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Helles Memorial, Turkey, Panel 104 to 113.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Ruth Lavinia Stafford, 16 Green Lane, Lye, Stourbridge, Worcestershire

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

STAFFORD Harry Is Named On These Memorials

Lye and Wollescote War Memorial
Lye Christ Church Window
Wollescote School

Further Information About STAFFORD Harry

Harry Stafford attended Wollescote school. He volunteered for the Worcesters and joined the 9th (Service) Battalion. After training at Blackdown on the Salisbury Plain they sailed from Avonmouth in May 1915 for the Mediterranean and Gallipoli, where the initial attack in April had failed to capture the peninsula. They spent some time on Imbros and a few days near Cape Helles. On the 6th August they landed at Suvla Bay without opposition. They moved cautiously forward but their assault on the Turkish position was a disaster. No ground was gained and the casualties were huge. Pte Harry Stafford was one of those killed in action on that day.

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Credits: Researched by The Black Country Society.