Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1
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Harold HAMPSON
Private 3020 Harold HAMPSON of 9th Bn., Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)
Killed in Action Friday 17th March 1916, France, age 21
| Of: | 12 Harrison Street, Gee Cross, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Born: | 1895, Gee Cross, Cheshire |
| Parents: | Elizabeth Ann Hampson and Frank Hampson of 12 Harrison Street, Gee Cross, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Occupation: | Felt Hat Manufactory |
| He enlisted in: | Manchester, Lancashire |
| Remembered on: | Louez Military Cemetery, Duisans, Pas De Calais, France, I. A. 3. |
| Link with Hyde: | Lived in Hyde |
From the Manchester Evening News, Saturday 25th March 1916, page 2, column 6:Killed in Action by Rifle Fire.
Private Harold Hampson, aged 21, of Harrison Street, Gee Cross, was killed in the trenches in France on the 17th inst. He was shot in the heart, and died in a few minutes. His officer in a letter states that this was the first casualty they had in the trench lines for many weeks. It is a sad coincidence that the mother of Private Hampson's fiancée, on hearing the news of his death, had a seizure and died within an hour or two.