Brierley, Harold Holland | Universities at War

Personal details

Badges and Insignia - Machine Gun Corps. Image kindly provided by the Wartime Memories Project.

Name on Memorial:

Brierley, H. H.

Forename(s):

Harold Holland

Surname:

Brierley

Date of Birth:

Thursday, July 30, 1891

Date of Death:

Friday, July 28, 1916

Age at Death:

University life

College:

Armstrong College, Newcastle upon Tyne

Staff or Student:

Student

Degree(s):

BSc Applied Science (1913)

Military Service

The information displayed here is at the time of death.

Rank:

Lieutenant

Service:

Army

Unit:

Machine Gun Corps, 15th Battalion

Prisoner of War:

Military Training:

Officers’ Training Corps

Theatre of War:

France and Flanders

Biography

Harold was born on the 30th July 1891 in Rochdale, Lancashire. He was the youngest child of Reuben and Sarah Brierley, who later moved to the North East, residing at 52 Otto Terrace, Sunderland. He had two older sisters, Mabel, born around 1889, and Gertrude, born around 1890.

He studied at Armstrong College between 1909 and 1913.

Harold was commissioned into the Machine Gun Corps, 15th Battalion and served in France in 1916, attaining the rank of Temporary Captain. He was killed in action on 28th July 1916.

Addresses before and during the war

52 Otto Terrace, Sunderland (place of residence as entered in the 1901 Census)

Memorials

Additional images

Research information

Sources:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

The War Graves Photographic Project.

Newcastle University Archives (The University of Durham Roll of Service 1914 – 1919, Durham University Gazette Vol II 1912-1929, Armstrong College Calendars.)

UK Census registers, National Archives (available via Ancestry.co.uk)

UK Military Service Records, National Archives (available via Ancestry.co.uk)

Researched by:

Sophie Anderton

Holly Johnson

Benjamin Howson

Alan Callender