posted on 2024-02-23, 23:00authored byGreat War Archive Project Team
Extract of the war diary of the 8th Bttn Kings Royal Rifle Corps, December 1916. Harry Green was in the new draft of troops mentioned on December 15th. He was fatally wounded either on the 24th or 26th December and evacuated to the 37th Casualty Clearing Station at Avesnes Le Comte, wher he later died.
Editor's Comment:
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.