Algar H Rfn 3096 5th London Regiment. Taken on 15th Dec 1915 Photo copied and cropped from The Past on Glass at Sutton Archives.
Photographer David Knights-Whittome. Shared under the Creative Commons Non Commercial
Harold Wise Algar Born 14th Mar 1898 Woodford-Bridge, Essex. Parents Charles and Florence Algar
Attended Bancroft School (College For Boys), Woodford Green and London University
Enlisted 10th Nov 1915 (3096) 5th London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) Address on enlistment 35 Beacontree Road, Leytonstone.
Served in France and Flanders 14th July 1916 to 5th Aug 1916
Transferred to the 16th London Regiment (8505)
Served in France 6th Aug 1916 to 19th Nov 1916
Served in Salonica 30th Nov 1916 to 21st Jun 1917
Served in Egypt 25th Jun 1917 to 29th July 1918
Served in France 5th Aug 1918 to 9th Feb 1919
Address when demobilised The Clock House, Carshalton, Surrey.
Re enlisted in the 16th London Regiment 10th Oct 1920
Married Sylvia Tucker in Jan 1927 in Islington London
Died Oct 1968 in Chichester Sussex Aged 70