A total of 3,888 identified casualties are buried in the British Commonwealth’s Ramleh War Cemetery. But one grave attracts a disproportionate share of visitors. It belongs to Private Harry Potter, number 5251351 in the Worcestershire Regiment. pic.twitter.com/NLcYk9Vqgj
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I’ve read only the first novel in J.K. Rowling’s generation-defining story, but I take it that Harry dies at the end. Otherwise, why would this grave exist?
A better interpretation is that a real person also named Harry Potter died. The Commonwealth military cemetery at Ramlah, Israel contains 3,888 interments, including Private Harry Potter. This Harry Potter joined the British Army at the age of 16 according to the official webpage of the Worcester Regiment, in which Potter served. He was deployed to British Palestine, where he drove trucks and earned the nickname “Crash Harry.” In 1939, Arab guerillas ambushed a convoy that Potter was in. He was killed in action and buried nearby.
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Private Potter’s grave has become a tourist attraction since news reports about his grave in 2010. But he’s actually one of at least thirteen Harry Potters buried in located war graves around the world.
-via Amusing Planet
Source: neatorama