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Harold VERNON
1883 - 1917 (34 years) Has 10 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.-
Name Harold VERNON Birth Between Jan 1883 and Mar 1883 Patricroft / Barton I / Bolton, Lancashire, England [1, 2] - JFM 1883 Barton Upon Irwell, Volume 08C, Page 664
Mother's Maiden Surname: Hill
Gender Male 1891 Census 5 Apr 1891 94 Green Lane, Patricroft, Barton Upon Irwell, Lancashire, England [3] Age: 8y - RG12/3153, Folio 93, Page 17
Son, School Boy
1901 Census 31 Mar 1901 12 Bolton Road, Elton, Bury, Lancashire, England [4] Age: 18y - RG13/3636, Folio 112, Page 33
Son, Single, Apprentice to Leather Trade
1911 Census 2 Apr 1911 12 Bolton Road, Elton, Bury, Lancashire, England [5] Age: 28y - RG14PN23462 RG78PN1368 RD462 SD2 ED4 SN474
Son, Single, Leather Lace Cutter
Military Record 11 May 1916 [6] Reference Number V 0027a Death 4 Oct 1917 Ypres, Belgium [7, 8, 9] Age: 34y - Killed in Action
Gunner in 8th Brigade Australian Field Artillery
Service Number: 20882
Registered in Queensland No. 008962, Page 2049
Burial Aft 4 Oct 1917 34 Belgian Battery Corner Military Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium [9, 10] Age: 34y - Overseas: Oct 1917
Memorial Panel 15, Plot 1 , Row O. 14
AWM145 Roll of Honour Cards, 1914-1918 War, Army
Person ID I492 Vernon Last Modified 27 Dec 2023
Father George Douglas VERNON, b. Abt 1847, Montrose, Fifeshire / Forfar (now Angus), Scotland d. 18 Aug 1924, 3 Halstead Street, Bury, Lancashire, England (Age 77 years) Mother Isabella HILL, b. Abt 1850, Fairnington, Roxburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland d. 23 Jun 1935, 45 Milbourne Road, Limefield, Bury, Lancashire, England (Age 85 years) Marriage 10 Jul 1871 Charlestown Church of St George, Charlestown, Salford, Lancashire, England [11, 12, 13, 14] - JAS 1871 Salford, Volume 08D, Page 6
Both could sign their names
George Douglas was a Bachelor, Clerk, Living at 5 Ivy Place
Isabella was a Spinster, Living at Whit Lane
Witnesses: Thomas Hill
Harriet Hill
Family ID F14 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- JFM 1883 Barton Upon Irwell, Volume 08C, Page 664
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Event Map = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - HAROLD VERNON
Second Son of George Douglas & Isabella Vernon
School: Wood Street, Bury, Lancashire
Emigrated to Australia in approx 1911 when aged 28
Joined Australian Army in First World War on 12 October 1915. Enlisted at Brisbane, Queensland
Enlisted through reading the Weekly Sketch, an Illustrated English Newspaper.
Embarked on Ship HMAT Argyllshire No. A8 on 11 May 1916 from Sydney
Methodist or non-conformist
ADDRESSES:
94 Green Lane, Patricroft, Barton Upon Irwell, Lancashire (05 April 1891)
12 Bolton Road, Elton, Bury, Lancashire (31 March 1901)
12 Bolton Road, Elton, Bury, Lancashire (02 April 1911)
Charleville, Towoomba, Queensland, Australia (12 October 1915)
Aldershot
Belgium Battery Corner Military Cemetery, Plot 1, Row O, Ypres, Belgium (October 1917 - Burial)
OCCUPATIONS:
School Boy (05 April 1891)
Apprentice to Leather Trade (31 March 1901)
Leather Lace Cutter (02 April 1911)
Lace Cutter with Messrs Kay and Wilkinson, Bury
Sheep Shearing in Queensland
Labourer
Gunner No. 20882, Unit 9 FAB (8th Field Artillery Brigade) and 1 to 8 Reinforcements (May 1916 - February 1917)
CENSUSES: (1883-1917)
05 April 1891 - yes
31 March 1901 - yes
02 April 1911 - yes - Last checked:
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Sources - [S13] BMD - GRO Index - Birth, 31 Oct 2004, JFM 1883 Barton Upon Irwell, Volume 08C, Page 664.
- [S764] BMD - Lancashire Index - Birth, 25 Sep 2011, BAR/51/69.
- [S254] 1891 Census - Vernon, George Douglas & Isabella, 18 Nov 2005, RG12/3153, Folio 93, Page 17.
- [S257] 1901 Census - Vernon, George Douglas & Isabella, 30 Oct 2005, RG13/3636, Folio 112, Page 33.
- [S609] 1911 Census - Vernon, George Douglas & Isabella, 17 Jan 2009, RG14PN23462 RG78PN1368 RD462 SD2 ED4 SN474 (Reliability: 3).
- [S2278] Military Record - Vernon, Harold, 13 Feb 2013.
- [S347] Newspaper - Bury Times - Vernon, 3 Jun 2007, Saturday 27 October 1917 - Local Heroes & Roll of Honour.
- [S404] Monumental Inscription - Vernon, Harold - Ypres, Belgium - CWGC, 10 Jan 2009.
- [S1659] Cemetery - Belgian Battery Corner Military Cemetery, Ieper (Ypres), West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, 18 Jan 2012.
- [S404] Monumental Inscription - Vernon, Harold - Ypres, Belgium - CWGC, 15 Jun 2006, 34 Belgian Battery Corner Military Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium.
- [S284] Certificate - Marriage - Vernon, George Douglas & Hill, Isabella - 1871, 18 Oct 2005, JAS 1871 Salford, Volume 08D, Page 6 (Reliability: 3).
- [S2712] Parish Registers - Lancashire - Marriage - Vernon, George Douglas & Hill, Isabella - 1871 - Charlestown, 9 Oct 2013, Page 160, No. 319.
- [S14] BMD - GRO Index - Marriage, 26 Feb 2006, JAS 1871 Salford, Volume 08D, Page 6.
- [S765] BMD - Lancashire Index - Marriage, 18 Sep 2011, C37/1/319.
- [S13] BMD - GRO Index - Birth, 31 Oct 2004, JFM 1883 Barton Upon Irwell, Volume 08C, Page 664.