Corporal Harold Lidstone
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
Place of birth:
Next of kin: Nathaniel and Elizabeth Lidstone; parents; St. John’s, Newfoundland
Marital status: no data
Occupation (attested): Dry goods clerk
Address:
St. John’s, Newfoundland
Date of death:
1917-11-20
Cause of death:
Died in war, unknown cause
Buried:
Marcoing British Cemetery, II. G. 18.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 163
Highest Rank:
Corporal
Rank detail
Corporal (British Army).
Survived war: no
Awards
Military Medal
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RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 586623
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Lidstone, of St. John's, Newfoundland.
Military Medal
London Gazette, 17th September 1917
This N.C.O. was one of the foremost men in a raid on the enemy trenches east of the Yser Canal on the night of 17/18 July 1917. He took a leading part in entering a dug-out, killing one German and taking another prisoner. His work contributed in a great measure to the success of the raid. (Strength of the raiding party - 2 officers and 50 O.R's).
Uploader's Research notes: [Corporal Army British Infantry 1st Battalion, Royal Newfoundland Regiment Military Medal ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2012-08-03