GULLIVER Harry

Harry Gulliver volunteered for the Worcester Territorials and joined the 1/7th Battalion who went to the Western Front in March 1915. They were posted to the Somme front line, which was quiet in that year. The winter of early 1916, however, was among the worst of the century and conditions for the Territorials in the trenches were dire. There were occasional raids and a high level of sickness. Private Harry Gulliver suffered severely in a raid near La Bassee when he was wounded by shrapnel in his back. He was sent to Netley Military Hospital where he died on the 3rd May 1916. His military funeral with a vast crowd present took place at Lye church and he was buried in the local cemetery.