27 July 1916

Private Bernard David DAY
Born	Hitchin, Hertfordshire
Died	27 July 1916, Age 21 years
Regiment	1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment
Commemorated	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Occupation	Gardener

Private Henry George MURRELL
Born	Cherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire
Died	27 July 1916, Age 24 years
Regiment	99th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Commemorated	Cayeux Military Cemetery, Somme, France

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26 February 1915

Private Tom SWAIN
Born	Baldock, Hertfordshire
Died	26 February 1915, Age 22 years
Regiment	1st Batallion, Bedfordshire Regiment
Buried	RE Farm Cemetery, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

WW1 Service Records (a selection)

Private William John STRONGITHARM b1897
Regiment	Machine Gun Corps
Occupation	Clerk
Other
1916-1918	Served in France (except for period of injury)
Dec17-Feb18	Hospitalisation & convalescence for Trench Foot & Trench Shin

Private Harold STRONGITHARM b1899
Regiment	Royal Field Artillery & Grenadier Guards
Occupation	Builder’s Apprentice
Other
1915	Enlisted to Royal Field Artillery in Glasgow, giving false information about his age (he was 16).  He was dismissed soon after for being underage.
Apr 1918	Enlisted, served with Grenadier Guards
1918-1920	Unclear where service took place, but was discharged in 1920

William & Harold were brothers

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