Private G/13468, Harry Driver
Harry was born in Somersham in 1895 but later lived in Bramford where, before the war, he worked at Packards Factory. He enlisted on 28th February 1916 aged 20 years, 3 months and crossed to France on 25th July – joining his battalion on 3rd August. He survived just 4 weeks.
The Battle of Guillemont (3rd – 6th September)
The 1st Queens Own (Royal West Kent) was in 5th Division (XIV Corps) and situated just south of the village of Guillemont facing the German trenches near Falfemont Farm. As part of the battle to take the village, units of the Division attacked the farm on the 4th September but did not succeed in taking it until the following day. Harry was killed in action on the 4th – he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, the Packard factory memorial and the village memorial.
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