GITTUS Henry

  • First Name(s):
    Henry 
  • Surname:
    GITTUS
  • Service Number:
    20565
  • Rank:

    Guardsman

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Grenadier Guards
  • Battalion:
    4th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    12th April 1918
  • Age At Death:
    35
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension, France, Grave IV. E. 35.
  • Place of Birth:
    Crowle, enlisted Worcester
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Henry and Harriet Gittus, of Sale Green, Droitwich

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

GITTUS Henry Is Named On These Memorials

Crowle School
Crowle St John the Baptist Church

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Crowle St John the Baptist Church with the additional information: Pte

Further Information About GITTUS Henry

Henry Gittus was a friend of William Perkins who was also a casualty of the Great War. They lived almost next to each other in Garden Cottages, Marlbrook Lane, Sale Green. The pair enlisted together in the Grenadier Guards at Worcester on 16th November 1914. Henry was 31 years of age and employed as a farm labourer.  He was posted to France on 15th August 1915 and spent 3 years fighting before being killed in action in 1918.

Source for additional information:
Crowle in the Great War, The Parish in 1914.

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