GASTON Harry Leonard Davis

  • First Name(s):
    Harry 
    Leonard 
    Davis 
  • Surname:
    GASTON
  • Service Number:
    83223
  • Rank:

    Corporal

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Corps:
    Machine Gun Corps
  • Regiment:
    Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
  • Former Units:
    Formerly 6388, Worcestershire Regiment.
  • Date of Death:
    28th September 1918
  • Age At Death:
    32
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Oxford Road Cemetery, Belgium, Grave IV. F. 5.
  • Place of Birth:
    Kidderminster, Worcestershire, enlisted Redditch
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Henry and Pamela Gaston, of Kidderminster; husband of Lillian Gaston, of Birchfield, 132, Other Rd., Redditch, Worcestershire

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GASTON Harry Leonard Davis Is Named On These Memorials

Kidderminster St John the Baptist Church
Kidderminster War Memorial
Redditch St George’s Church WW1 Memorial
Redditch War Memorial

Further Information About GASTON Harry Leonard Davis

Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for army casualties located in Worcester Cathedral under Kidderminster and Redditch casualties.

Harry Gaston enlisted in the army for the duration of the war on 9th December 1915 at Redditch. On his attestation form he gave his age as 29 years 4 months, his occupation as an Outfitters Manager and his address as 132 Other Road, Redditch. He was 5 feet 10 inches tall and gave his next of kin as his wife Lillian Gaston (nee Woolley) of the same address. The couple had married on 10th September 1914 at the Baptist Chapel in Evesham.

The following information has been researched and transcribed by Jillian Coombes:
The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger, Saturday 20th October 1917:
Wounded
Gaston H. L. D (830223) €“ Machine Gun Corps from Redditch

The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger, Saturday 16th November 1918:
Other Local Casualties
Killed
Gaston H. D. (83223) Act-Cpl. €“ M.G.C. from Redditch

Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger digitised by and courtesy of Martin Stephens: http://www.bromsgrovebmsgh.co.uk

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