Harold Nash was born in Buckinghamshire, London, England, on August 3, 1893, the son of Alice Nash, of Buckinghamshire, England. Harold enlisted with his brother Frank, on September 10, 1915 in Sarnia, with the 70th Battalion. Both Harold and Frank had emigrated from England to Sarnia and, after a little over two years here, they both gave up good positions in the Imperial Oil Company, to enlist and to serve their country. Their widowed mother, Alice, now had four sons serving in the Great War. Beside Harold and Frank, two others were already fighting in the trenches in France.
Records indicate that Harold was a stationary engineer and that he was single. He would become a member of the Army, Canadian Infantry, Quebec Regiment, 73rd Battalion, with the rank of Private. A little over one year after he enlisted, on December 28, 1916, Harold Nash would lose his life, the result of wounds received while fighting during the Battle of the Somme, France. Harold Nash would later be officially listed as, Previously reported dangerously wounded, now ‘Died of Wounds’ (Gunshot wounds right arm, and abdomen) at No. 23 Casualty Clearing Station. Twenty-three year old Harold Nash is buried in Lapugnoy Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, Grave II.A.4.
SOURCES: A, B, C, D, E, F, L, N, 2C, 2D, 2G