Private 1647 Harry MULLINS
1st/6th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
Killed in Action, Monday 13th November 1916, France, Age 18
Home address:
3 Mount Street, Hyde, Cheshire
Born:
1898, Mottram, Cheshire
Parents:
Jane Mullins and Henry Mullins
3 Mount Street, Hyde, Cheshire
Marital Status:
Single
Occupation:
School
Enlisted:
Hyde, Cheshire
Remembered:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France, pier 3.
Link to Hyde:
Lived in Hyde
Enlisted underage when he was 15 years old.
From the Hyde Reporter, 2nd January 1915, page 3 column 2:
A letter to his parents Christmas 1914:
Just a few line to let you know I have received your very welcome letter and parcel. I am very pleased with the way you have made me up a Christmas parcel, and I can assure you that the contents will not be needlessly wasted. I thank everyone that has contributed to it. Tell our Louis that I cannot send him a packet of French tabs now as it takes us all our time to get English ones. Let all know that I am doing as well as can be expected under the circumstances. I might as well tell you that we have been in the firing line, and we have only two casualties. The last time we were relieved we had a very hot five minutes coming out. I thought we should have been wiped out, but no one was hit. Our feet catch it worst in this job. Give Mr Wildgoose my best respects.
P.S. I am expecting to have a merry Christmas.
Just a few line to let you know I have received your very welcome letter and parcel. I am very pleased with the way you have made me up a Christmas parcel, and I can assure you that the contents will not be needlessly wasted. I thank everyone that has contributed to it. Tell our Louis that I cannot send him a packet of French tabs now as it takes us all our time to get English ones. Let all know that I am doing as well as can be expected under the circumstances. I might as well tell you that we have been in the firing line, and we have only two casualties. The last time we were relieved we had a very hot five minutes coming out. I thought we should have been wiped out, but no one was hit. Our feet catch it worst in this job. Give Mr Wildgoose my best respects.
P.S. I am expecting to have a merry Christmas.