Private 201147 Stephen FURNISS

Private 201147 Stephen Furniss{gallery}Pte S Furness{/gallery}1st / 5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment
Killed in action in France and Flanders, 5th October 1917, aged 23

• Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 72 to 75
• Awarded: British War and Victory Medals
  
• Son of Richard and Elizabeth Furniss of White Hill Farm, Hartshill
• Army Register of Effects states he had a widow, Kate. 
• NNWFHS Memorial: Hartshill.
• NB: His name is incorrectly spelt Furness on the Hartshill Memorial Plaque
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Furniss
• NNWFHS Hartshill War Memorial Page
• Tyne Cot Memorial
• Gloucestershire Regiment

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born c1894 in Mancetter
• Lived at White Hill Farm, Hartshill [1901 and 1911]
  
• Employed working on his father’s farm [1911]