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Private Men of "B" Company, 7th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment (WW1) Harry Lane Service Number: 4740 203764 20799 Regiment & Unit/Battalion Worcester TT 3/8th Worcester 1/7th Date of Death Buried or commemorated at Broadwas Roll of Honour Country of Service United Kingdom Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas & Eliza Lane Family history Harry's parents were Thomas and Eliza Lane and they lived at Broad Green, Broadwas, Worcestershire. In 1911 census Harry was 22 years old, and had four sisters and two brothers; Amy Lane, aged 26; Alice Lane, aged 24; Albert Lane, aged 19; May Lane, aged 15; and Frances Lane, aged 12; and Denis Lane, aged 6. [Another brother Walter, aged 17,was living with the Spencer family and worked there as a butchers boy] Harry enlisted on the 11th November 1915, he lived at Brook House, Broadwas. He gave his occupation as Butcher's assistant, his height was 5ft 51/4in. He did lots of action and received the War and Victory medals; and was discharged on the 27th February 1919. He gave his father Thomas Lane, of the Old Police Station as his next of kin. During his term of service he had to suffer wounding by gas shells, and a gun shot wound in his right hand. HISTORY INFORMATION   1/7th Battalion Territorial Force 4th September 1914 Stationed at Kidderminster at the outbreak of war, as part of the Gloucester & Worcester Brigade of the South Midlands Division. August 1915 Moved to Swindon and then onto Maldon, Essex. 31st March 1914 Mobilised for war and landed at Boulogne. 13th May 1915 Formation became the 144th Brigade of the 48th Division and the Division was engaged in various actions on the Western Front including; During 1916 The Battle of Albert, The *Battle of Pozieres Ridge, The Battle of the Ancre Heights, The Battle of the Ancre. During 1917 The German Retreat to the Hindenburg Line, in which the Division occupied Peronne, The Battle of Langemarck, The Battle of Polygon Wood, The Battle of Broodseinde, The Battle of Poelcapelle. November 1917 Moved to Italy and the Division was engaged in various actions including; During 1918 The fighting on the Asiago Plateau, The Battle of the Vittoria Veneto (in Val d'Assa rather than the Vittoria Veneto). 4th November 1918 Ended the war in Austria, Pergine east of Trent. “*Battle of Pozieres Ridge 23rd July - 3rd September; QF 18 pounder gun, its crew stripped to the waist in the sunshine, putting over curtain fire or barrage. Carnoy Valley, near Montauban, 30 July 1916." Photo by Lieutenant John Warwick Brooke.