Snowden, Harris

311307 Private,  'C' Company, 23rd Battalion, Tank Corps 

Born 20th September 1883 in Scotter

Son of Adam (a coal dealer from Westwoodside) and Ann (Anna; nee Cook of Scotter)

Family lived on West Street

As a young man worked as a domestic servant at the West Street farm of William Fox

Became a baker

In 1911 living at Darlington in the home of Joseph James Hutchinson (a tailor) and his wife Isabella Mary (nee Saunderson)

Married her younger sister Elizabeth Ada Saunderson at Darlington in 1913

Son Arthur born in 1915

Lived at 38 Rydal Road, Bank Top, Darlington

Enlisted on 11th December 1915 in the town

Described as Wesleyan, 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighing 134 pounds

Called up on 24th August 1918 and posted to the depot at Wareham

Sent to Bovington Camp in Dorset 

At Ripon given 28 days furlough on 27th January 1919 with demobilization to follow

Transferred to Class ‘Z’ Army Reserve

Died in 1956 aged 73 in the Darlington registration district

Father buried in the churchyard and mother in Scotter Cemetery

Brother of Arthur Cook 

Brother of Frank

Brother of Walter