4231, 241203, Private, 1st/5th and 1st/4th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
Harold, the son of Frank and Hannah Sophia Mumby, was born on 17th March 1898 in Churchside, Winterton.
The 1901 census showed the family were living in a cottage in High Risby and by 1911 the family had moved to Idle Stop, Westwoodside, in the Isle of Axholme.
Harold’s service record has survived and states that he enlisted in Haxey on 20th June 1915 and joined the 5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment. His parent’s address at the time was listed as Idle Stop, Westwoodside, but they later moved to Misson Springs, Bawtry.
Harold was aged 17 when he enlisted and couldn’t be sent overseas until aged 19 due to army regulations. He disembarked in Le Havre in northern France on 24th February 1917 and less than a month later was wounded in the right foot and sent to hospital in Rouen. He later returned to England.
His medical records show that he was in hospital in Aberdeen until April 1917 and returned to France in June. Harold was back in hospital again in Eastbourne from November 1917 to January 1918, and returned to France on 31st March 1918.
He was transferred to the 1st Battalion (C Company) on 4th April and received a gunshot wound on 19th April. Harold rejoined the 1st Battalion (C Company) and was killed in action on 25th August 1918. By then, his parents were living at ‘The Hut’, Austerfield, Bawtry.
Harold Mumby is buried in Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont in northern France.
Harold, the son of Frank and Hannah Sophia Mumby, was born on 17th March 1898 in Churchside, Winterton.
The 1901 census showed the family were living in a cottage in High Risby and by 1911 the family had moved to Idle Stop, Westwoodside, in the Isle of Axholme.
Harold’s service record has survived and states that he enlisted in Haxey on 20th June 1915 and joined the 5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment. His parent’s address at the time was listed as Idle Stop, Westwoodside, but they later moved to Misson Springs, Bawtry.
Harold was aged 17 when he enlisted and couldn’t be sent overseas until aged 19 due to army regulations. He disembarked in Le Havre in northern France on 24th February 1917 and less than a month later was wounded in the right foot and sent to hospital in Rouen. He later returned to England.
His medical records show that he was in hospital in Aberdeen until April 1917 and returned to France in June. Harold was back in hospital again in Eastbourne from November 1917 to January 1918, and returned to France on 31st March 1918.
He was transferred to the 1st Battalion (C Company) on 4th April and received a gunshot wound on 19th April. Harold rejoined the 1st Battalion (C Company) and was killed in action on 25th August 1918. By then, his parents were living at ‘The Hut’, Austerfield, Bawtry.
Harold Mumby is buried in Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont in northern France.