Heslop, Harold Linton | Universities at War

Personal details

Badges and Insignia - Royal Army Medical Corps. Image kindly provided by Wartime Memories Project.

Name on Memorial:

Heslop, H. L.

Forename(s):

Harold Linton

Surname:

Heslop

Date of Death:

Tuesday, October 30, 1917

Age at Death:

University life

College:

College of Medicine, Newcastle upon Tyne

Staff or Student:

Student

Degree(s):

M.B., B.S. (1903)

Military Service

The information displayed here is at the time of death.

Rank:

Captain

Service:

Army

Unit:

Royal Army Medical Corps, 7th Battalion Durham Light Infantry

Prisoner of War:

Theatre of War:

France and Flanders

Biography

Harold was born in Rotherham. He attended the College of Medicine and graduated in September 1903 (M.B., B.S.). He became an MD in April 1906 and practiced in Sunderland.

Harold married Isabella Sinclair of Selwood House Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, in 1913 and they had one child.

Harold was attached to 7th Battalion Durham Light Infantry. A pre-war Territorial, he went overseas in 1915 but returned to England on sick leave later in the year. In April 1916 he was fit enough to return to France. Harold died of heart failure on 30th October 1917, aged 36 years old.

Addresses before and during the war

Place of Burial or Battle Site Memorial

Haringhe (Bandaghem) Military Cemetery

Memorials

Additional images

Research information

Sources:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission. The Haydon News (April 2014 - http://www.haydon-news.co.uk/issues/2014apr.pdf) Newcastle University Archives (Roll of Service, College of Medicine Calendar)

Researched by:

Ben Howson

Alan Callender

Sha Qi