URRY, Frederick Albert

Frederick was born 1893 in Newport to George & Emily (nee HART) URRY. George predeceased his son & Emily was living at 42 Orchard Street around the time of Frederick’s death.

Harry served as a Rifleman with the 8th Bn. known as the Isle of Wight Rifles. 900 Rifles landed at Sulva Bay, Gallipoli, on 10th August 1915.

On the 12th August, together with other members of the 163rd Brigade, the Rifles were ordered to advance & occupy a ridge of hills in front of them, & in doing so, cut off the Turkish armies in the area of Anzac beach & cape Helles, in order to dominate the Dardanelles straights.  During the first attack, 8 officers over 300 men of the Rifles were reported killed or missing.

Frederick, aged 22, was listed as Missing Presumed Killed in Action on the 12th of August 1915. His body was never found or identified & so Frederick is commemorated by the Commission on the Helles Memorial to The Missing at Gallipoli in Turkey alongside 20,961 of his First World War comrades.

Frederick is also remembered on the Newport Borough & IW Rifles War Memorials. His brothers Edward & William also fell.