George Harte

Rank:	Private/ Guardsman
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Town/Village:	Kilpatrick, Dumbarton, West Dumbartonshire
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Country:	Scotland
Alternative Address:	Ballyminion, Longford town;
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Census 1911:
Regiment/Unit:	Irish Guards, 1st Battalion, 'C' Company
Regiment Number:	11320
Date of Death:	11-10-1917
Cause:	Died of Wounds, Battle of Poelcappelle, (3rd Battle of Ypres), Belgium
Memorial:	Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium.
Information:	George was born in Ballyminion, just outside Longford town in 5 June, 1893, but the family to Kilpatrick, Dumbarton in Scotland in his youth*. Guardsman Harte enlisted for war service in Clydebank in Lanarkshire. He died of wounds as a result of the battle of Poelcapple, an action of the 3rd Battle of Ypres, (Passchendaele). His sister Elizabeth Williamson and brothers, Patrick and John, were his next-of-kin.
Parents Names:	Son of John Harte and Anne (née Donnelly)
Notes:	This is given as his place of birth in some sources.
Links:	Link to his CWGC entry; link to Civil Record of birth; The Irish Guards in the Great War Vol 2, Rudyard Kipling;

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