Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1
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Harry ARCHER
Private 260004 Harry ARCHER
10th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
Died of wounds received at the Battle of Messines, Monday 18th June 1917, at No.2 Canadian General, B. E. F., Hospital, France, age 37
| Home address: | 71 Ridling Lane, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Born: | 1880, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Parents: | Elizabeth Archer and Harry Archer 40 Green Street, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Marital status: | Widower |
| Occupation: | Out Looker Cotton Mill |
| Enlisted: | Hyde, Cheshire |
| Remembered: | Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Seine-Marilime, France, plot IV, row H, grave 8A. |
| Link to Hyde: | Born in Hyde |
Badly wounded and gassed on June 10th 1917, he died of gas gangrene on June 18th 1917.
Private Archer's wife Elizabeth had died in 1914. After Private Archer died their son Joseph, was brought up by his grandmother.