Harry's Story.
Harry Critchlow was born in Mellor in mid-1897 to George Critchlow (a bleacher) and his wife Frances Sarah (nee Phillips).In 1891 they were living in Nortons Lee, Mellor, Derbyshire but by 1911 they had moved to 37 George St., Stockport where Harry is a grocer’s assistant.
Stockport County Express 21 November 1918
LANCE-CORPL. HARRY CRITCHLOW, 263130, 7th Border Regt., aged 21, youngest son of Mr. George Critchlow, 37 George Street West, Stockport, killed in action on the 20th Oct., 1918. In June, 1915 he joined the Army Cyclist Corps, went to France Sept. 1917, and was transferred to the Border Regt. His Captain wrote, “I cannot tell you how we all miss your son; he was a brave and gallant lad; only recently he was promoted for good work in the line, and I have never met anybody who was so cool and collected in the face of the enemy. Man he was. His death was instantaneous, caused by a shell which burst near him. On behalf of all the officers and men of B Coy., I offer you our deepest sympathy in your sad loss.”
“He died nobly doing his duty, a soldier and a man.”
Sadly missed by his Father, Sisters, and brothers, Jim and Jack (in France).
The Cheshire Roll of Honour would like to thank Phill Critchlow for the information on Harry’s life.