Trafford

Born during the September quarter 1893 in the Manchester R.D. - ref:
8d/219, the only son of Sydney Oswald & Edith Lee Harrop (nee Stanley).

1901 Census - 5 Vincent Avenue, Chorlton cum Hardy, Manchester.   Son -
aged: 7 - born: Urmston.   Head of household - Sydney O. Harrop - Married -
aged: 38 - occ: Manufacturer Agent - born: Macclesfield, Cheshire.   Also
Edith L. Harrop - Wife - aged: 34 - born: Manchester.   Plus 2 sisters and
1 domestic servant.

1911 Census - 5 Vincent Avenue, Chorlton cum Hardy, Manchester.   Son -
aged: 17 - occ: Apprentice to Wholesale Drapery - born: Urmston.   Head of
household - Sydney Oswald Harrop - Married - aged: 47 - occ: Agent Selling
on Commission for Manufacturer of Woolen Goods & Clothing - born:
Macclesfield, Cheshire.   Also Edith Lee Harrop - Wife - aged: 44 - born:
Manchester.   Plus 2 sisters and 1 domestic servant.

Formerly 3264 - Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry.

Death reported in the 24/08/1917 edition of the Macclesfield Advertiser.

Commemorated on the family gravestone in Sale Cemetery, which states that
he died at Langemarke, near Ypres.

M.I. - "So good a soldier and comrade".

CWGC - Son of Edith Lee Harrop of 5 Vincent Avenue, Chorlton cum Hardy,
Manchester and the late Sydney Oswald Harrop.

Pension Records - Dependent: Mr. Sydney Oswald Harrop, 5 Vincent Avenue,
Chorlton cum Hardy, Manchester.  Awarded a weekly pension of 5/- w.e.f. the
6th November 1918.   His father died on the 3rd August 1923 - the pension
was then transferred to his mother.