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Surname

Forename/s

Rank

Service Number

HEPTON

Harry

Drummer (Private)

16686

Place of birth

Age

Regiment / Ship

Date of death

Filey

 

6th Battalion, Yorkshire Regt.

Tue. 5th Dec. 1916

Last known military action

Location of death

Cause of death

Killed in action

Cemetery/ Memorial

Plot/Plaque

Country

Thiepval memorial

Pier and face 3A and 3D

France

Known family

Family details

Town of origin

F. Hepton (Father)

Father was a tobacconist in Cammish's Yard.

Filey

Decorations

UK memorials commemorated on

Filey town memorial, St. Oswalds church memorial

Notes

Has no known resting place. Memorial photo available.

Previously worked at the Scarborough Aquarium and Vernon Place Picture House before enlisting. Had aanother brother serving (Jack Hepton) who was wounded.

Mentioned in the Scarborough Mercury (Filey News) on 27th April 1917.