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217892

Pte. E. W. Harris

British Army 10th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers

(d.2nd Mar 1917)

Pte.E, W, Harris served with the Lancashire Fusiliers 10th Battalion. He was executed for desertion on 3rd February 1917 and is buried in the Carnoy Military Cemetery, Carnoy, France.




211721

Sgt. Edward James Harris

British Army 10th Battalion Sherwood Foresters

from:Leighton Buzzard

(d.22nd Sep 1918)

My great-grandfather, Sergeant Edward James Harris, was killed in action September 22nd, 1918. Sgt. Harris was a volunteer who joined the British Army in 1911, three years before the start of the First World War. His unit, the 10th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), saw action in some of the worst battles of the war, including the Battle of Ypres, the Battle of the Somme, and fought in The First and Second Battles of Passchendaele. In the Battle of the Somme, the Sherwood Foresters were involved in the first capture of Delville Wood, 14 July – 3 September 1916, acknowledged to be among the worst fighting of the War. Despite surviving all this, Sgt. Harris was killed at Gauche Wood during the advance on Cambrai, 22nd of September 1918, a few weeks before the Armistice on 11th of November. May he rest in peace and never be forgotten.




221452

Pte. Edward Harris

British Army 7th Battalion Rifle Brigade

from:Hackney

(d.18th October 1917)

My grandfather, Edward Harris, was born in Bethnal Green in 1891. He married Helen Hobbs in 1915 and gives his occupation as a wood machinist.

I am not sure when he enlisted in 7th Battalion The Rifle Brigade as it seems that his records may have been among those that were burnt in WW11 so sadly l know very little about him. I do have one photograph taken in about 1916 and I know he was home on leave at the end of 1916 as my dad was born in August 1917. Sadly, he did not get to see his second son as Edward died of wounds on 18th October 1917 and is buried in Estaples Military Cemetery in France.

He also had a brother Walter born in 1889 who was in 2nd Batt.Kings Royal Rifle Corps.who was killed in action in France on 23 November 1916.




242071

A/CSM. Ernest Harris

British Army Royal Engineers

from:Kent

I have two records of my grandfather Ernest Harris being a patient at the 32nd Stationary Hospital in Wimereux, France. The first copy of a letter sent to my grandmother, to inform her that he was suffering from nervous exhaustion. This was dated 15th September, 1916. I do not know how long he was there. The second time he was admitted for what they describe as a Poisoned Head, dated 12th April, 1918.




205465

Lt. Frederick James Harris

British Army Highland Light Infantry

from:Uddingston, Glasgow

(d.13th April 1918)

He was the eldest of 4 sons and 1 daughter of F W and Nellie Harris. Attended Allan Glenn School for boys in Glasgow then studied engineering at Glasgow Technical College. Killed in action at Flanders 13th April 1918. Grave is 11 G 29 at Wulverghem-Linderhoek Road Military Cemetery, Belgium.




250070

Pte. Frederick Harris

British Army 2/6th Btn. East Surrey Regiment

from:Chilborough, Dorset

(d.4th February 1916)

Frederick Harris served with the 2/6th East Surrey Regiment.




252656

Pte. Frederick George Harris

British Army 7th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry

from:Milton, Somerset

(d.30th Nov 1917)

Frederick Harris was a great uncle completely unknown to his family. Can only assume the tragedy of his death was too much to bear and share. His name on the war memorial in Western Super Mere alerted us to him. This has since been stolen from the park.




239396

Drvr. George William Harris

British Army 173rd Brigade, A Bty Royal Field Artillery

(d.21st March 1918)

Aged 24, Driver George Harris died on 21st March 1918 and is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, France, Panel 7-10. He was the son of Mrs Isabella Harris, 71 New Elvet, Durham.




252991

Pte. George Harris

British Army 87th Coy. Machine Gun Corps

from:London

(d.3rd Jul 1917)




224758

Pte. Godfrey Jubilee Harris

British Army 1st/1st (Worcester Yeomanry) Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars

from:Rainbow Hill, Worcester

(d.16th Aug 1916)

Godfrey Harris died on the 16th of August 1916, aged 19 and buried in the Baghdad North Gate Cemetery, Iraq. He was the son of George and Ellen Harris of 75 Church Rd., Rainbow Hill, Worcester.




212414

Sub/Lt.(E) Henry James Harris

Royal Navy HMS Mechanician

from:Wilson Street, Dingle, Liverpool

(d.20th Jan 1918)

My great uncle, Henry James Harris, was one of the crew who served & lost his life with the the sinking of the "SS. Mechanician". He was Sub Lieutenant Eng.

He was one of 4 Harris brothers, 3 of whom served in WW1, only my grandfather and one other great uncle, who was seriously wounded in France, survived the war. In all of the extended family of cousins 18 Harris boys went off to war and only 2 came home. Four of the brothers and cousins, who together joined the Liverpool Pals Regiments, all died in the opening hours of the Battle of the Somme on 1st July 1916. None of their bodies were ever found or identified.

From my research I have found a lot of general information about the "SS Mechanician" a merchant ship, built at Belfast by Workman, Clarke & Co in 1900 for Charente Steamship Co., Ltd. (T. & J. Harrison), Liverpool. Although I am unable to get any detailed information such as crew lists, plans, sailing history etc. She was taken over by the Royal Navy in April 1917, being commissioned 20 June of that year, for use as a 'Commissioned armed escort ship', fitted with 2 x 6 in and 2 x 4 in guns, her role being to escort convoys.

My great uncle was serving as a "Sub lieutenant Eng" from his rank & the fact that he was an engineer I would assume that he was probably stationed in the engine or boiler room when the ship was torpedoed. Under the command of Captain James Nicholson, I understand she was en-route to Plymouth from the Thames estuary when she was attacked at 02.50. She was hit by two torpedoes, thirty minutes apart, the first exploding against number six hold which caused the stokehold to flood; the second hit the boiler room. Sadly, all my great great grandmother and her family got to remember their children by were empty graves in a number of Liverpool cemeteries.




220875

Pte. Henry William Harris

British Army 5th Btn. Rifle Brigade

from:St Geoge in the East

My Father, Harry Harris was wounded on the 23rd of Mar 1916 by Shrapnel to the left chest and gassed. He later served at Salonica, where he suffered from Malaria, and recieved a gun shot wound to left wrist resulting in a high amputation due to gas gangrene at hospital in Valetta, Malta. He was discharged 19th of Nov 1919.




235397

Sgt. Henry Percy Harris MM

British Army 8th Btn. Devonshire Regiment

from:Rose Cottage, Whitford, Nr Combpyne, Devon

(d.17th November 1917)

This is an extract from the book "For Our Tomorrow" about Combpyne-Rousdon in the First World War.

Henry Harris was born in Combpyne in the spring of 1893, the first child of Eli and Amelia (Minnie) Harris, who went on to have a further ten children together. The Harris’s were long time residents of Combpyne having been in the village since at least the beginning of the nineteenth century. The family lived at Little Bulmoor Farm where Eli was a carter. By 1911 Henry had left home and lodged with coachman Charles Honeybun and his family in Chard Street, Axminster, working as a farm labourer. At some point Henry moved to Rose Cottage in Whitford and began work on the Rousdon Estate (39). No record of a marriage has been found but between 1911 and 1914 Henry decided to become a regular soldier and joined the 1st Battalion the Devonshire Regiment. He was with his battalion in Jersey when war was declared and entered the ‘theatre of war’ on 22 August 1914. His regimental number, 9430, suggests he joined up in 1912, possibly initially as a territorial.

The 1st Devons landed at Le Havre on 22 August, where they joined ‘lines of communication’ defence troops, part of the BEF. Henry was rapidly in combat however as the battalion took part in the Battle of Le Cateau on 26th August, helping to hold up the German advance into France, and the Battle of the Marne in the second week of September which pushed back the Germans from the outskirts of Paris. Later in the autumn the battalion saw action at La Bassée and took part in the stand at Festubert.

My research has found that he received the Military Medal for gallantry on the Western Front where he was wounded, repatriated to England to recover, which was when he died.




236399

Pte. Henry Harris

British Army 2nd Btn. Devonshire Regiment

from:Barnstaple




245090

Pte. Jack Diamond Harris

British Army 8th Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment

from:Westhouses, Derbyshire

(d.27th March 1918)

Jack Harris was born in Westhouses, Blackwell Parish. His parents were William and Lizzie nee James, and Jack had 2 brothers, Albert Henry and Samuel James. His mother passed away after 1901 and father remarried Elizabeth Forsey in 1905 at Blackwell.

Originally, 55482 Pte Harris of the Sherwood Foresters, at the time of his death on 27th March 1918, he was 32052 Pte Harris with the 8th Btn The Lincolnshire Regiment. Jack's name is on the Memorial at Tyne Cot, near Ypres, as he has no known grave. Jack is also commemorated on the War Memorial Plaque at St Werburgh's Church Blackwell.




219681

Pte. James Harris

British Army 1st Btn. Cameron Highlanders

from:29 Waggon Road, Ayr, Scotland

(d.5th Nov 1914)

I am proudly named after my great grandfather Pte. James Harris a brave Scottish Soldier who died on 5th of Nov 1914 at Ypres.

My great grandfather was 29 years old at the time of his death. he left behind a wife and two children, one of which was my late grandfather David Harris. My grandfather was eight years old at the time his father died, he grew up not knowing his father. His mother Agnes Harris never remarried and devoted her life to her children and later, until her own death, her grandchildren.

War is filled with horror and tragedy but at times a necessary evil for good to succeed over evil. A wall that stops the spread of evil consuming the peace of the world and the security of its children. I can only imagine the horrors and fear that my great grandfather and his comrades endured. Each day and night withstanding treacherous cold fierce weather, entrenched in mud holding their position slowly driving back a relentless enemy. The deafening sounds of artillery fire exploding over head and around them. What courage and bravery each one of these brave men drew from the very depths of their souls that others shall be free. And how soon the free forget.

My great grandfather never came home his body lays with his fallen comrades in a land that is not of his own, but one he died for. His body buried eternally at Tyne Cot cemetery. His Soul among the Brave and just. When life gets tough and we have doubts or fears, think about the courage of these brave souls and what they endured for us Perhaps you day is not so bad. God Bless all who serve for truth and freedom.




218033

Pte. John Harris

British Army 1/6th Btn. London Regiment

(d.11th Jul 1917)




217871

Pte. John Harris

British Army 19th Btn. King's Royal Rifle Corps

(d.11th Jul 1917)

My ancestor John Harris was born in Brechin Scotland in 1894 and died on 11th July 1917. He belonged to 19th county of London Regt. He was killed in action aged 23, formerly he had served with the King's Royal Rifle Corps.




224637

Pte. John Harris

British Army 13th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps

(d.11th Jul 1917)

John Harris was born in Scotland in 1894. He joined up at St Paul's Church, Hackney, London. He was attached to the 13th Battalion, the Kings Royal Rifle Corps and served from 25th August 1915 to 14 December 1915. I think he transferred to 19th Btn. London Regiment, St Pancras (service numbers 6099 and 612384.) He served from 16th June 1916 to 11th July 1917 when he was killed. He is buried at Woods Cemetery. There is an error with on his war grave - it says `John Albert Harris No. 612384, parents John Harris late of South Wales Borderers; mother Ellen Harris, 155 London Road, Dover'. war graves have made a mistake with another soldier of the same name. John's parents were William Harris born Scotland and mother Mary Ann Harris. They lived in Hackney, London. I know this for a fact.




226419

John Thomas Harris

British Army 9th Btn. Sherwood Foresters

(d.9th Jun 1917)

John Harris joined up on the 18th of September 1915 as a volunteer. He had been born in 1877 and worked as a miner.




231092

Maj. John James Fitzgerald Harris OBE

South African Army 1st Regiment South African Infantry

from:Doughcloyne, Co. Cork

(d.20th January 1920)

Major James Fitzgerald John Harris was aged 43 when he died. He is buried in the Annash Cemetery in Co. Cork in the South-West part, near the gate.

He was the Husband of Beatrice-Fitzgerald Harris, of Feirm Bawn, Doughcloyne, Co. Cork.




240118

Sub-Lt. Joseph Orlando Harris DSO

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Hawke Btn. Royal Naval Div.

(d.10th October 1918)

Sub-Lieutenant Joseph Harris DSO was aged 31 when he died at 29 Casualty Clearing Station, Delsaux.

He was the son of Augusta Harris of Tottenham and the late William Haris and the husband of Ada Healy (formerly Harris) of Bartlett House, Rockmount Road, Plumstead.

He is buried in Delsaux Farm Cemtery, Beugny in Grave I.C.17.




217964

Pte. Louis Harris

British Army 10th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment

(d.7th Nov 1918)

Pte. L. Harris served with the West Yorkshire Regiment10th Battalion. He was executed on 7th November 1918 for desertion and is buried in Ghissignies British Cemetery, Ghissignies, France. He was one of the last to be executed in the war.




243022

Bbdr. Percy James Harris

British Army 2/1st Home Counties Heavy Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery

from:Ospringe, Faversham, Kent

My grandfather Percy Harris served in the Territorial Force with the Royal Garrison Artillery and spent most of the war in England. He was at Mundesley in Norfolk from May 1916 to late November 1917 and went to France probably in early 1918. His last postcard home was in late April 1918.

A list of places where he served or was based includes (no dates are given):

  • RGA Base Depot BEF (I think this was at Harfleur).
  • 21st Siege Battery RGA BEF.
  • 4th Army School, Bouchon, France.
  • Ward 6, 6th General Australian Hospital.
  • Hospital, Rouen, France.




218696

Rfmn. Philip Claude Harris

British Army 3rd Btn. Rifle Brigade

from:England

(d.23rd Oct 1914)

Philip Harris served with the 3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade during WW1 and was killed in action on the 23rd October 1914, aged 20. Philip died after being shot in the head by a sniper at Chapelle d' Armentieres. He is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing in Belgium.




216827

Capt. R. A. M. Harris

British Army 11th Btn. Border Regiment

My father Capt RAM Harris served with the 11 Battalion from its formation till 1917 when wounded. He was not at the start of the Somme offensive as he was on leave when his brother contracted chicken pox and his doctor would not let him return. The officer who took his place died. Are there to be any celebrations for the Regiment?

Update: R A M Harris, was originally in A Company and by February 1917, by then Captain, was leading platoons of D Company into action at R. 1.a.55. Sub Sector R1 Beaumont Hamel. He received shrapnel wounds in 1916 and was wounded in action in 1917 and hospitalised in London.




263088

Gnr. Rees Howell Harris

British Army D Battery, 307th Brigade Royal Field Artillery

from:Morriston, Swansea

(d.27th Sep 1917)

Rees Harris is thought to have been wounded in battle at Ypres. He was transferred to hospital at Etaples. He was visited there by his parents (my great grandparents), but after they had left, he took a turn for the worse and a despatch Rider was sent to bring them back, but unfortunately they were too late.




255789

Rfmn. Richard Harris

British Army 1st Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps

from:39 Wood End, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton

(d.4th Oct 1914)

Richard Harris was 39 when he was badly wounded in the lungs during the Battle of Aisnes in September 1914. He was brought home and died of these wounds in Whitworth Street Military Hospital in Manchester. He was buried in Southern Cemetery, Manchester and is remembered on the Screen Wall.

Richard was the first British Soldier to die in Manchester as a result of WW1 and there was great local outcry because, unlike German soldiers who had received full military honours when buried there, he was not given the same courtesy. A Manchester newspaper reported that "the lack of the usual military features attending a soldier's funeral was freely commented on".

Born in 1875, Richard was a veteran of the Boer War having been awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal for his action in Cape Colony, Orange Free State, the Relief of Ladysmith and Transvaal, he also received the King's South Africa Medal for his service in 1901 and 1902. His WW1 medals (the 1914 Star, the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal) were presented to his wife and children, along with his Memorial Plaque, these are still with Richard's family to this day.




232624

Cpl. Robert Harris

British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers

from:Birtley

Robert Harris was wounded in July 1916 and January 1918




210186

2nd/Lt. Roland Hanwell "Bulldog" Harris MC

British Army 2nd London Prince Of Wales Own Civil Service Rifles

from:Hymers Avenue, Hull, England

(d.27th December 1917)

Roland Hanwell Harris was dishing out the rum to his men in the trenches, when a Moaning Minnie landed on the parapet, just above his head. Before it exploded and with great presence of mind, Roland whipped the helmet off his head and placed it over the jug of rum, so the rum ration survived (as did Roland) and, as one of his men wrote in the Regimental History "we got our rum". I also have a series of wonderful letters, written by Roland to his Mother, Florence Edith Harris (Nee Hanwell), who lived in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire. One letter starts as follows:- "Mother, I am an 'ero at last, a military cross has come my way, I know not how". The citation says that it was given "for going out into no-man's-land and bandaging wounded men under constant artillery and machine gun fire". Another letter asks his mother to send him a pricker for his Primus stove.







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