Rushden Argus, 8th June 1917, transcribed by Kay Collins
Ringstead Soldier’s Illness and Death
 Great sympathy is felt with the parents of the late Pte. Harold Gunn Wittering, who died on Tuesday May 29th, from tuberculosis, heart trouble, and pneumonia. The young man was 18 years old, and entered the Army on Feb. 27th 1917, being in the Training Reserves at Maidstone and Sittingbourne. He was taken ill and sent into hospital at Chatham on May 11th, and his father, Mr. Herbert Wittering, not being able to get any definite news of his son or his whereabouts, went to Chatham and found him ill in hospital there. He was brought home the next day, May 16th, by the military authorities, but his already dangerous condition developed very seriously until his death. The funeral took place in Ringstead Cemetery on Friday last, the Rev. J. Bates being the officiating minister. The deceased lad was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Wittering, of Gladstone-street, Ringstead.
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