Source: Kiss the Kids, page 137.
Family Search: Private Harry Charles West was born on 26 July 1886, in Gosport, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom as the son of Richard West and Elizabeth Ann West. He immigrated to Canada in 1913 and lived in Oshawa, Ontario, Ontario, Canada in 1916. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 30, his occupation is listed as labourer in Oshawa, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. He died on 21 August 1917, in Bully-les-Mines, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, at the age of 31, and was buried in Aix-Noulette, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.
Killed by enemy shell bursting on road. August 21, 1917.
| Reg number | 746141 |
| Name | West, Harry Charles |
| Rank | Private |
| Year of Birth | 2/28/1905 |
| Date of Death | 8/21/1917 |
| Cemetery | |
| Cemetery location | |
| Country of birth | England |
| Home Country | Canada |
| City born | Gosport, Hampshire, England |
| Address | 118 Eldon Ave, Oshawa, ON |
| Enlistment Date | 2/15/1916 |
| Drafted? | |
| Enlistment place | Oshawa |
| Origin Unit | 116th Battalion |
| Pre war Unit | |
| Final Bn | 18th |
| Ship | SS Olympic |
| Date in England | 7/31/1916 |
| Date in France | |
| Date w 116 | 2/15/1916 |
| Left 116th | 10/6/1916 |
| Married | no |
| Occupation | labourer |
| Wounded date | 8/21/1917 |
| Wound type/Death particuolars | KIA -killed by enemy shell bursting on the road |
| KIA | yes |
| DOW | |
| Died other | |
| Missing/Presumed Dead | |
| Wounded | |
| Sick | |
| PTSD | |
| Medals | |
| Vimy | |
| Vimy area | |
| Raid | |
| Hill 70 | |
| Pass | |
| Amiens | |
| Parvillers | |
| Boiry | |
| Canal | |
| Other | |
| Unit History | 116th to 18th |
| Other details | D Coy |
| Field Punishment | |
| FP Details | |
| Gravestone | |
| Underage | |
| Medically Unit | |
| Deserter | |
| Undesirable | |
| Casualty Description | killed in action |
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 