Hyde War Memorial Trust

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.