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Died of wounds 2nd Oct 1918, France & Flanders. Private, Service No.:87900, Enlisted Wood Green. Awarded Victory and British War medals. Regiment: Machine Gun Corps (formed 1915, disbanded 1922), Infantry Battalion – The Infantry Branch was by far the largest and was formed initially by the transfer of battalion machine gun sections to the MGC, these being grouped into Brigade Machine Gun Companies, three per division. New companies were raised at Grantham. In 1917 a fourth company was added to each division. In February and March 1918, the four companies in each division were formed into a Machine Gun Battalion. Parents: William and Mary Haggar, of 13, Brunswick Park Rd., New Southgate, London.
Born June 1898, New Southgate, Middlesex, Edmonton RD At 14 Station Road, New Southgate, 1911 census with parents William and Mary and siblings Maria, Harold, Francis and Ethel.