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Harold's Bridge nr Wisbech OS map 1901

Harold’s Bridge, Gorefield, Wisbech

History of Harold's Bridge

1911

Michael Wright, 48, farmer, b Harold Bridge

Sarah E, 42, b Harold Bridge

Harold, 13, son working on farm, b Harold Bridge

Olive, 10, b Harold Bridge

Horace, 9, b Harold Bridge

Harold Wright of Harold’s Bridge nr Wisbech

Harold joined the Cambridge Volunteer Battalion when he was 16 in 1914. He died on the first day of the Battle of the Somme when he was 19.

Wright, Harold Private, Service Number 16585, from Gorefield

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• Cambridge Volunteer Battalion
• world war one

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