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Name Joseph Harold Fletcher
Regiment 19th Bn RWF
Service Rank and Number Captain (15779)
Military Cemetery/Memorial Cambrai Memorial Louveral
Ref No. of Grave or Memorial Panel 5
Country of Cemetery/Memorial France
Medals Awarded Victory, British War and 1915 Star
Date and Circumstances of Death Died aged 31 on 25th November 1917
Biographical Details Known The 1911 census places Joseph Harold Fletcher in 8 King Street, Mold. He was single and a 25 year old manager of a brewery. He lived with his widowed mother, Eleanor, his 30 year old sister Catherine A and his 12 year old brother Charles. In 1911, he married Olive Muriel Bell from Rhuddlan. His CWGC certificate states that Olive's address after the war was 'Windyridge 68 Wentworth Rd Barnet Herts. His Flintshire Roll of Honour Card gives Earl Road as an address and is signed by E Fletcher - his mother?
Regiment 19th Bn RWF
Service Rank and Number Captain (15779)
Military Cemetery/Memorial Cambrai Memorial Louveral
Ref No. of Grave or Memorial Panel 5
Country of Cemetery/Memorial France
Medals Awarded Victory, British War and 1915 Star
Date and Circumstances of Death Died aged 31 on 25th November 1917
Biographical Details Known The 1911 census places Joseph Harold Fletcher in 8 King Street, Mold. He was single and a 25 year old manager of a brewery. He lived with his widowed mother, Eleanor, his 30 year old sister Catherine A and his 12 year old brother Charles. In 1911, he married Olive Muriel Bell from Rhuddlan. His CWGC certificate states that Olive's address after the war was 'Windyridge 68 Wentworth Rd Barnet Herts. His Flintshire Roll of Honour Card gives Earl Road as an address and is signed by E Fletcher - his mother?
Visit to the Cambrai Memorial on 13th October 2010 to pay homage to Joseph H Fletcher and other Flintshire soldiers named on it.
The battle of Cambrai was a famous WW1 battle bcause it was where the British, used tanks for the first time. The tanks made a spectacular breakthrough of German lines and considerable ground was gained. unfortunately the infantry was unable to keep up with the tanks and were left exposed to a relentless German counter attack and the ensuing massive losses.
The memorial is very grand and majestic. It lists the 7,048 men who died in the battle but who have no known grave
We found Harold's name on panel 5