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.
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