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Sergeant harry webster
« on: Sunday 24 September 17 10:07 BST (UK) »
Looking for help with sergeant harry Webster of the royal engineers 470 field company serv no 426762

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Re: Sergeant harry webster
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 24 September 17 11:29 BST (UK) »
This man was originally 7369 of the 3/1st. (N. Midland) RE (Territorial) Coy. renumbered the 470th (59th. Div.).
Early 1917 all TF men were given a 6 digit service no.
Warks:Ashford;Cadby;Clarke;Clifford;Cooke Copage;Easthope;
Edmonds;Felton;Colledge;Lutwyche;Mander(s);May;Poole;Withers.
Staffs.Edmonds;Addison;Duffield;Webb;Fisher;Archer
Salop:Easthope,Eddowes,Hoorde,Oteley,Vernon,Talbot,De Neville.
Notts.Clarke;Redfearne;Treece.
Som.May;Perriman;Cox
India Kane;Felton;Cadby
London.Haysom.
Lancs.Gay.
Worcs.Coley;Mander;Sawyer.
Kings of Wessex & Scotland
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Re: Sergeant harry webster
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 24 September 17 11:30 BST (UK) »
Harry Webster - Enlistment Place St. Helens, Lancs - Regiment Royal Engineers - 426762
died of wounds - 30 September 1917 France and Flanders. (Belgium)
widow Katie

Harry Webster married Katie Seed - Prescot - Registered October 1914 - 8b 1162

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Re: Sergeant harry webster
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 24 September 17 11:33 BST (UK) »
Harry Webster was born 1889 and aged 25 years - son of William Webster. Married Katie Seed aged 24 years - daughter of James Seed - 18 November 1914 - Ravenhead, Lancashire.

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Re: Sergeant harry webster
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 24 September 17 12:05 BST (UK) »
26/9/1917 the 470th. were supporting the 5th./6th. & 8th. Batts. Notts. & Derbys. Regt. at Zonnebeke Belgium during an assault that took place there. Their task was to assist in the consolidation of the captured positions. This would have entailed setting up "strong points". These were mainly m/c gun emplacements.
He was 1 of 18 men wounded during this action.

I hope you will return to these after all of the information you've been given as I notice you haven't previously:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=777020.0
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=777019.new;topicseen#new
Warks:Ashford;Cadby;Clarke;Clifford;Cooke Copage;Easthope;
Edmonds;Felton;Colledge;Lutwyche;Mander(s);May;Poole;Withers.
Staffs.Edmonds;Addison;Duffield;Webb;Fisher;Archer
Salop:Easthope,Eddowes,Hoorde,Oteley,Vernon,Talbot,De Neville.
Notts.Clarke;Redfearne;Treece.
Som.May;Perriman;Cox
India Kane;Felton;Cadby
London.Haysom.
Lancs.Gay.
Worcs.Coley;Mander;Sawyer.
Kings of Wessex & Scotland
Census information is Crown copyright,from
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

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Re: Sergeant harry webster
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 24 September 17 12:16 BST (UK) »
Made the same comment myself earlier Jim.  It is nice to have the threads acknowledged after RootsChatters make a great effort to look for information.

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Re: Sergeant harry webster
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 24 September 17 13:58 BST (UK) »
Thanks for the help much appreciated