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Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
Links to
- CWGC Headstones -
- Belgium : Ypres area : Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery CWGC -
- Archibald John Harvey -

Location

In Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
 
Description

Standard CWGC Headstone.
Grave location : XXVII. A. 6.
Headstone


 
Inscription


LIEUTENANT
A.J. HARVEY
29TH BN CANADIAN INF.
12TH NOVEMBER 1917 AGE 32



 
Further Information

Archibald John Harvey

Son of John William Harvey and Jane Grace Harvey (née Baker), of Shalfleet, Isle of Wight.

Born : 1885, Shalfleet, Isle of Wight.

On his Canadian Army Attestation Form, he gives his date of birth as 5 February 1887, and his trade as Salesman, with 4 years previous service with Canadian Army Medical Corps. He was 5 ft 5 in tall, with grey eyes and brown hair.

Census Information :

1891 : John and Jane Harvey, with their children including Archibald aged 6, are at Ningwood Green Farm, Shalfleet, Isle of Wight. John Harvey is a Farmer.

1901 : John and Jane Harvey, with their children including Archibald aged 16, are at Ningwood Green Farm, Shalfleet, Isle of Wight. John Harvey is a Farmer; Archibald is a Grocer's Apprentice.

1911 : Archibald Harvey not located; his family are at Palmers Farm, Shalfleet, Isle of Wight.

CWGC record ...
 
Veteran Affairs Canada record ...
 
Commemorated on the following Isle of Wight Memorial(s) :

Carisbrooke Castle County War Memorial Panel 06 [2 entries, as HARVEY A and HARVEY A J]
Shalfleet St Michael's Church War Memorial
Shalfleet St Michael's Church A J Harvey Memorial
Newport Grammar School Book of Remembrance


 
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