STAUNTON Rev Harvey

  • First Name(s):
    Rev 
    Harvey 
  • Surname:
    STAUNTON
  • Service Number:
    Unknown
  • Rank:

    Chaplain 4th Class

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Support Services
  • Corps:
    Army Chaplain's Department
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    14th January 1918
  • Age At Death:
    45
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq, Grave XX. J. 7.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of the late Reverend Frances Staunton, of Staunton Hall, Nottingham Rise, and of Mrs L.A. Staunton Lees, 5 The Mount, St Leonards-on-Sea

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STAUNTON Rev Harvey Is Named On These Memorials

Bromsgrove School WW1 Memorial

Further Information About STAUNTON Rev Harvey

Additional information on the memorial: C.F.

Harvey Staunton attended Bromsgrove School from 1883 to 1889 where he was a Head Monitor and Captain of the XV and XI teams. On leaving Bromsgrove he went to Selwyn College, Cambridge and took his degree in 1895. He was awarded his “Blue” for Rugby Football and he played regularly with the Notts County Cricket XI for some years. He was ordained in 1896 and in 1907 was appointed Rector of Upper Boughton, Melton Mowbray. From 1911 he was a chaplain in India. He died of pneumonia on active service in Mesopotamia.

Source: Bromsgrove School at War 1914-19 by Philip Bowen and Bromsgrove School at War 1914-19 by David Cross.

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