Harold Thomas Boulstridge

1893 - 1917  (24 years)

• Name	Harold Thomas Boulstridge
  Birth	1893	Leicester, Leicestershire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Harold Thomas Bolstridge
  GRO Birth Index	Jun 1893
  	Leicester 7a - 205
  Residence	Between 1911 and 1914	4, Cashes Lane, Coventry, Warwickshire, England   [2]
  	Boarder with Maria Robottom
  Occupation	Between 1911 and 1914  [3]
  	Clerk at Printing Works
  Service Number	Between 1914 and 1917
  	Private 13396
  Miltary Service	1917
  	1st Battalion Goldstream Guards
  Burial	1917	Solferino Farm Cemetery, Leper, Belgium
  Death	10 Oct 1917	Belgium
  	Cause: Wounds received in Action
  Notes	Boarding with Maria Robottom in 1911 There may well have been an unofficial adoption after Father Thomas died in 1909 *********************************************** Harold enlisted on 17th August 1914 at Tamworth and was discharged to the reserve list. At his enlistment he was assigned to the Hussars of the Line S/no 20617 Age 21 Years six months born Leicester Occupation Clerk At enlistment his address was 4 Cashes Lane Coventry and Miss Maria Robotham quoted as next of Kin. It appears he was mobilised about 1917. In the 1901 Census Maria was his father's House Keeper. His father Thomas died in 1909 in Coventry. Maria eventually married his Uncle James a widower at Netherseal near Ashby de la Zouch ********************************************************************** ******************************** First World War Casualty Details Name: BOULSTRIDGE Initials: H T Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment: Coldstream Guards Unit Text: 1st Bn. Age: 24 Date of Death: 10/10/1917 Service No: 13396 Additional information: Brother of Arthur J. Boulstridge, of 4, Cash's Lane, Coventry. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: I. B. 4. Cemetery:Cemetery: SOLFERINO FARM CEMETERY pp The Commonwealth War Graves Commission ********************************************************************** *******************************
  Person ID	I1825	bolstridge
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Thomas Boulstridge,   b. Jan 1866, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England d. 1909, Coventry, : Registration District, England (Age 42 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Ann Hands,   b. 1869, Hartshill, Warwickshire, England d. Aug 1898, Leicester, Leicestershire, England (Age 29 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	18 Aug 1891	All Saints, Sheepy Magna, Leicestershire, England   [4]
  Witness	Thomas Hands
  Witness	Sarah Bolstridge
  GRO Index	Sep 1891
  	Atherstone 6d - 689
  Family ID	F1212	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1893 - Leicester, Leicestershire, England Residence - Boarder with Maria Robottom - Between 1911 and 1914 - 4, Cashes Lane, Coventry, Warwickshire, England Burial - 1917 - Solferino Farm Cemetery, Leper, Belgium Death - Cause: Wounds received in Action - 10 Oct 1917 - Belgium  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  WW1 Death Notification Harold Thomas Bolstridge

  
  

• Sources

  [S42] Public Records Office, 1901 UK Census, (Name: PRO Find My Past and Ancestry.co.uk;), See Notes Father, RG 13. [S645] War Office WO series, WWI Campaign Medals, (Name: PRO;), 1914-1920 WO 372/2. Medal card of Boulstridge, Harold T Corps: Coldstream Guards Regiment No: 13396 Rank: Private... [S647] War Office WO series, WWI Soldiers? records, (Name: Public Records Office;), Wo series. [S447] Parish Registers LEI, Sheepy Magna Marriages 1837 - 1995, (Name: From original Register;), Aug 18 1891, DE ??. Thomas Bolstridge Dairy Man age 24 son James, of St. George Leicester and Anne Hands of Sheepy Magna dau Thomas age 23