HARRY LOFTUS WARWICK
Born: 1876, St. Peter’s, St. Alban’s, Hertfordshire.
Baptised: 29th April 1877, at St. Alban’s, Hertfordshire. Parents: John & Emliy Warwick.
Died: 12th December 1900; age: 24; Died of Disease at Braberton, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
Residence: 6, Virginia Terrace, Freehold Road, Ipswich.
Enlistment Date: 18th January 1897.
Rank: Acting Bombardier; Service Number: 18191.
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery, 20th Battery, South Africa Field Force.
Clasps Awarded: Cape Colony, Orange Free State & Transvaal.
CENSUS
1881 Inkerman Road, St. Peter’s, St. Alban’s, Hertfordshire.
Harry was 5 years old and living with his parents & siblings.
John Bry Warwick, 36, a Straw Hat Blocker, born St. Alban’s.
Emily Warwick (Keys), 36, a Straw Hat Finisher, born St. Alban’s.
John Bry Warwick, 11, born St. Alban’s.
Christina Warwick, 7, born St. Alban’s.
Alfred George Warwick, 8 months, born St. Alban’s.
1891 30, Boundary Road, Sandridge, Hertfordshire.
Harry was 14 years old, a Hat Blocker. He was living with his father, brothers, his father’s wife & step brother.
John, 46, a Hat Blocker.
Emily Warwick (nee Shepherd), 28, a Needlewoman – shirts, born Baldock, Hertfordshire.
John, 19, a Hat Blocker.
Alfred, 11.
Frank Charles Warwick, 8, born St. Alban’s.
William Walter Warwick, 1, born St. Alban’s.
In 1899, Ipswich, Harry married Maud Emma Crane, born May 1880, Ipswich – daughter of George Crane, a corporation labourer and Martha Crane (nee Crisp), of 6, Virginia Terrace, Freehold Road, Ipswich.
They had 1 son:
Harry Frederick George Warwick, born 1899, Ipswich.
Soldiers’ Effects to Maud E. Warwick – widow.
Harry’s brother & step brother were both lost during the First World War:
Frank Charles Warwick was KiA on the 8th December 1917. He was ranked a Private, service number 8527, for the Bedfordshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion. Frank is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
William Walter Warwick died from Influenza on the 28th October 1918. He was ranked a Rifleman, service number 51842, for the London Regiment (Post Office Rifles), 8th Battalion. William was laid to rest at St. Alban’s Hatfield Road Cemetery, Hertfordshire.
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