WAVELL, Harold

Gaza War CemeteryCredit: CWGC

Serjeant
1st/8th Battalion Isle of Wight Rifles
Hampshire Regiment

Harold was born 1887 in Newport to Leonard & Elizabeth Ann (nee HAYWARD) WAVELL who were living at ‘Hartwell’, New Road in Lake around the time of Harold’s death. Before moving to Lake, the family lived at New Street in Carisbrooke. Before joining the Army Harold was the village Bootmaker in Newchurch.

Harold was a veteran of the Gallipoli campaign, but, aged 29, was Killed in Action at the Battle of Gaza on the 19th of April 1917. Harold is buried in the Gaza War Cemetery beneath a Commission Headstone alongside 3,216 of his First World War comrades, 781 of whom remain unidentified.

Harold is also remembered on the Lake, Newchurch & IW Rifles War Memorials.

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.