posted on 2024-02-23, 17:56authored byGreat War Archive Project Team
<p dir="ltr">R31363 Rifleman Harry Green, photograph taken on leave prior to embarkation for France in 1916. Note marksman badge and best civilian boots.</p><p dir="ltr"><br>Editor's Comment:<br>Skill at arms badge of crossed rifles on lower left sleeve. Note also the black pressed-bone Rifle Corps buttons.</p><p dir="ltr"><br></p><p dir="ltr">Rifleman R/31363 Harry William Green, 8th Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps (part of the 14th (Light) Division), the son of Walter H. and Mary E. Green, originally of King's Lynn, Norfolk, died of wounds 27th December 1916, age 19. He is buried in Avesnes-Le-Comte Communal Cemetery Extension.</p>