Rectory Lane Cemetery, Berkhamsted

Harry Francis Furniss (932)

d.16/04/1945

Craftsman, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

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Relatives

William Dixon — other

• Janice Boakes

Craftsman 14487798
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Harry was the second son of Henry Foster and Nellie née Dixon of 9 Curtis Way, Berkhamsted.

He worked in the Engineering department of Messrs Cooper, McDougall and Robertson Ltd, Berkhamsted. He joined the army in Sept 1944. He had previously served with the local squadron (no. 1113) of the Air Training Corps but when he was eligible to join the forces the RAF were unable to take on more new recruits so he joined the army instead.

He died, aged 18, on 16 April 1945 as a result of a road accident while on service with his unit. Members of the ATC formed a guard of honour at his funeral.

William Dixon

Labourer and printer; grandfather of William Furniss who died in WWII.

Relatives

Harry Francis Furniss (932) — other

• Melanie Hilton

Plot 932 William Dixon

William was born in 1866 in Selby, Yorkshire.

He worked as a general labourer and married Lily Huggins. Their daughter Nelly was born in 1888.

In 1901 he was living with his wife’s parents and employed as a labourer in a rope works.

Nelly married Henry Foster Furniss in 1908. He was a letterpress printer and they moved to Berkhamsted in 1910.

It seems that at some point in the late 1920s William moved to Berkhamsted to be near his daughter and grandchildren.

He died September 1935 at home at 14, Swing Gate Lane and was buried 13 September.

His grandson Harry Francis Furniss died in the Army in 1945 and was buried here with him.