17015 Private Harold Edwin Probert of the 16th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, was killed in action on the 27th May 1917. He was 30 years old, the son of William and Eliza Probert of 44, Broughton Road, Handsworth, Birmingham.
Harold's number dates to the 2nd or 3rd March 1916. He was almost certainly a Derby Scheme volunteer who had originally attested in December 1915 and been called up in March. His number does not belong to the series that was initially begun for the 16th Battalion (3rd Birmingham Pals) and if his service record is anything like those of some of the other men who joined up at the same time, he could have found himself overseas as early as the 13th June 1916. Harold's service record does not survive and so it is difficult to be precise about his exact movements. He is buried in Roclincourt Valley Cemetery.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
Sources:
Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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