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1890 - 10/07/1916

Place of birth: Bromley, Kent
Last known address in Bromley: 8 Weston Grove

Military information

Regiment/Service: Royal Fusiliers
Battalion/Ship: 13th Bn
Rank: Corporal
Number: 5942

Family information

Parents: William Stidolph & Martha Muncey (nee Crowson)
Parents' occupation: Inspector of postmen
Siblings: Frederick William, Katherine Sarah, Lily (d), Mabel Amelia, Marjorie Emily (d), Harold Crowson, Leslie Norman, Reginald (d)

Census information

1891
Address: 8 Weston Grove
1901
Address: 8 Weston Grove
1911
Address: 8 Weston Grove
Occupation: Surveyor's clerk

Extra details

Harry was the 4th of William Stidolph and Martha Muncey's nine children. He attended the Bromley National School, also the Farwig Wesleyan Sunday School and was a regular attendant at the Central Hall. On leaving school he became a clerk in the offices of the Bromley Gas Company, then the Land Valuation Department of the Board of Inland Revenue, and whilst there he became a Fellow of the Surveyors' Institute of London.

Harry was a very fine runner. He was very popular at the Charter Sports, and in 1914 won the Charter Cup outright, having won it for the third consecutive time. He had medals won racing with the Kent and Herne Hill Harriers, and was captain of the Old Bromleians F C 2nd X1.

He was engaged to Elsie Ward. Elsie's brother Albert died just a week before Harry.

Harry joined the Royal Fusiliers in October 1916, embarking for the Front at the end of July 1915. He gained his first stripe for drawing the plan of a trench taken over by the British from the French, and ultimately became a Corporal. His professional knowledge frequently proved useful, and whilst on service he was engaged part of the time in land surveying. Harry died in hospital in Etaples after a piece of shell pierced his helmet.

Harry's uncle Henry James Muncey, and cousins Herbert Henry and William Ernest Muncey also died.