Other Information:Harold entered the war on board a hospital ship on 28th August 1914. He was serving on H.M.H.S. “Asturias” when, on the night of the 21st March, 1917, she was torpedoed in the English Channel by a U Boat 5 miles South of Start Point. The “Asturias” was beached, but thirty five men lost their lives in the attack, Harold being one of them. He was the husband of Alice Horsley of Pit Lane, Smalley, Derbyshire
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