BUSBY Harry

  • First Name(s):
    Harry 
  • Surname:
    BUSBY
  • Service Number:
    5252048
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    1st Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    13th May 1944
  • Age At Death:
    21
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Alvechurch (St. Laurence) Churchyard, Worcestershire, England, Row F. Grave 23.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Henry and Margaret Busby, of Barnt Green, Worcestershire

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BUSBY Harry Is Named On These Memorials

Alvechurch St Laurence Church WW2 Memorial
Barnt Green St Andrew’s Church

Further Information About BUSBY Harry

Appears on the Army casualties list for Worcestershire.

Bromsgrove Weekly Messenger, Saturday 27th May 1944:
ALVECHURCH DESPATCH RIDER’S DEATH
FATAL CRASH IN KENT
The funeral took place at Alvechurch on Thursday in last week of Private Harry Busby (21), only son of Mr and Mrs H. Busby, Coopers Hill Farm, who was killed on May 13th, while acting as a despatch rider in Kent. He collided with another despatch rider from the same platoon, and died in hospital while undergoing an operation. Pte. Busby was a member of Bromsgrove Territorials for two years prior to the war, and assisted his grandfather on the farm.

The funeral service was conducted by the Rev. G.J. Hodgins (Rector), and among those attending was the Chief Constable of Worcester City, Mr E.W. Tinkler, representing his son, who was the deceased’s platoon commander. The report includes a photograph of Harry Busby.

Private H. Busby of Coopers, Hill Farm, Alvechurch appears on a list of men from the Bromsgrove District killed in the 1939 – 1945 war, provided by the Reverend C.W. Banner, “Tuffley”, 19 Stourbridge Road, Bromsgrove, dated 29th June 1950.

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