DORE, Harold William

Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, BelgiumCredit: Unknown

Private
15th Battalion
Hampshire Regiment

Harold was born in Newport in 1896 to Harry & Francis of 37 Fairlee Road. In both the 1901 & 1911 census he was recorded as living at 12 Fairlee Cottages.

During 1917 the Battalion took part in the Battles of Messines, Pilkem Ridge & Menin Road. On the 8th June 1917, Harold, aged 20, was killed in Action & laid to rest. His headstone features the Personal Inscription chosen by his family, “NOT LOST BUT GONE BEFORE”. He rests alongside 10,123 of his First World War comrades in the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery in Belgium.

Harold is also commemorated on the War Memorials of Newport Borough, Newport 1st Scout Group, Barton School, St Paul’s Parish Church & on Panel 4 of the IW County War Memorial at Carisbrooke Castle.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

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.