DODSWORTH, Harry Lawrence

Credit: Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Rifleman

C Company 1st/8th Battalion Isle of Wight Rifles

Hampshire Regiment

Harry was born 1896 in Leeds, Yorkshire to Colin & Emma DODSWORTH who were living at 42 Fairlee Road in Newport around the time of Harry’s death.

Harry, aged 20, was listed as Missing Presumed Killed in Action on the 19th of April 1917. His body was never found or identified & so Harry is commemorated by the Commission upon the Jerusalem Memorial together with 3,318 of his missing First World War comrades. It is quite possible Harry died in the city as a Turkish prisoner of war, buried in a grave that was subsequently lost.

Harry is also remembered on the Newport Borough & IW Rifles War Memorials.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetery

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.