Savel, HR
(1892 - 1915)
Key Facts
DATE OF BIRTH:
9th May 1892
YEARS ATTENDED THE COLLEGE:
1905 - 1911
HOME ADDRESS WHEN AT THE COLLEGE:
34 Alleyn Park, West Dulwich
REGIMENT
21st (1st Surrey Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment
FINAL RANK:
Lieutenant
DATE OF DEATH:
25th May 1915
AGE AT DEATH:
23
WHERE HE DIED (or was wounded)
Givenchy
LOCATION OF GRAVE OR MEMORIAL:
Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy. I E 8
Lieutenant Harold Richard Savel
Born on May 9th 1892, Harold was the second child, and eldest son, born to railway worker Richard Savel and his wife, Edith. He joined Dulwich in the summer of 1905, starting a trend which would later be followed by both his younger brothers. He went on to be a particularly keen rugby player, playing for the College 1st XV in his last two years, and, after leaving in 1911, joining the OAs straight afterwards and regularly playing for their 1st XV. In February 1914 he joined, as a reservist, the Surrey Rifles Battalion of the London Regiment.
When war was declared later that summer Harold and the rest of his unit were mobilised at once, and spent the next several months training while based at St. Albans. In March 1915 they went over to France for the first time where they were stationed near Givenchy. On May 25th Harold was leading his men in an assault on an enemy-held trench when he was shot, dying from his wound while still lying on the field of battle.
