late Lieut.-Col. James Frederick Harman, R.A., by his wife, Ellen
S. (22, Egerton Terrace, S.W.), dau. of late James Norris of Castle
Hill, Bletchingley; _b._ Blackheath, 24 April, 1893; educ. St.
Christopher’s, Eastbourne; Charterhouse, and the Royal Military
Academy, Woolwich, where he was placed 2nd for riding and obtained
the Benson Memorial Prize and Cup; gazetted to the R.F.A., 19 July,
1912; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 15 Aug. 1914, and
was killed in action at the Battle of Le Cateau, 26 Aug. following;
_unm._ He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s
Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915, for “gallant and distinguished service in
the Field.” He was devoted to hunting. While stationed at Bulford, the
winter before the war, he obtained his Flying Certificate. He wished to
join the Flying Corps, but was not allowed to leave his Battery (29th)
as he had so little service.
=STAFFORD-KING-HARMAN, EDWARD CHARLES=, Capt., Irish Guards,
eldest _s._ of Sir Thomas Stafford, of Rockingham, co. Roscommon,
1st Bart., C.B., J.P., D.L., by his wife, Francis Agnes, only surv.
child of the late Col. the Right Hon. Edward Robert King-Harman, of
Rockingham, P.C., M.P.; _b._ Belfast, 13 April, 1891; educ. Eton
and Sandhurst; gazetted to the Irish Guards, 9 Sept. 1911, and promoted
Lieut. 11 June, 1912, and Capt. 15 Nov. 1914; went to France, 20 Sept.
1914, and was killed in action at Klein Zillebeke, 6 Nov. following.
“He came to Mr. Vaughan’s house in 1904. Even as a Lower Boy he had a
quiet dignity, which made him as much respected as he was liked, and
this was always a characteristic which gave him a certain distinction
wherever he went. Though he was much hampered by ill-health, he gained
the House Colours, and many will remember his dashing game. In 1910, he
was in the Shooting VIII, and a Colour-Sergt., and brought the Section
Cup to his House, in the same year winning the Scott Cup and Bucks
County Cup. No boy had ever a higher standard of conduct; devoted to
all manly sport (he kept a pack of harriers in Ireland after he left
Eton), and full of Irish humour, he had at the same time the refinement
of mind of a saint, though few knew the thoughts which underlay his
life. Any boy who was weak found in him a protector, and his presence
was a silent rebuke to all meanness” (Eton College Chronicle). He
_m._ at the Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks, 4 July, 1914,
Olive, only child of Capt. Henry Pakenham-Mahon, of Strokestown Park,
co. Roscommon, Ireland, and had a daughter, Lettice Mary, _b._ 10
April, 1915.
[Illustration: =Edward C. S.-K.-Harman.=]
=HARMER, HORACE WILLIAM=, E.A., 3rd Class, M. 3062, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HARNEY, JOHN=, E.R.A. (R.N.R.), 1038 E.A., H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HARPER, GEORGE EDWARD=, Private, R.M.L.I., P.O. 14886, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=HARPER, WILLIAM JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8353), S.S.
104430, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=HARPER, WILLIAM PERCIVAL JOSEPH=, Stoker, 1st Class, 235017,
H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20
miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1915.
=HARRELL, HERBERT WILLIAM=, Stoker, P.O., 287426, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HARRIES, ERIC GUY=, Capt., Machine Gun Section, 1/7th Royal Welsh
Fusiliers (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Thomas Davies Harries, of Grosvenor
House, Aberystwyth, F.R.C.S., M.R.C.P. (London), J.P., by his wife,
Annette, dau. of Lionel Benson, of Royal Avenue, Chelsea, and grandson
of David Harries, of Llaneast, near Fishguard; _b._ Grosvenor
House, Aberystwyth, co. Cardigan, 30 Oct. 1892; educ. Highgate School,
London, and on leaving there served his apprenticeship as an engineer
at the Cambrian Railway Works, Oswestry. He received a commission in
the 7th (Merioneth and Montgomery Territorial) Battn., Welsh Fusiliers,
1 April, 1913, was promoted Lieut. 2 Sept. 1914, and Capt. April, 1915;
went to the Dardanelles, July, 1915, was mortally wounded on Chocolate
Hill, Suvla Bay, 10 Aug. 1915, and died on board the Hospital Ship
Euripides, on the 17th; _unm._ Buried at Mudros East, Lemnos
(Grave 49). His commanding officer, Col. Jelf-Reveley, wrote: “I am
proud to say that your son’s behaviour on Aug. 10 under fire has been
most favourably reported on by several officers. He was perfectly cool,
and led his men like a veteran.”
[Illustration: =Eric Guy Harries.=]
=HARRINGTON, JOHN JOSEPH=, 1st Class Air Mechanic, No. 486, Royal
Flying Corps, _s._ of John Harrington, of Newport, co. Monmouth,
Master Plasterer; _b._ there 24 Feb. 1888; educ. St. Mary’s Roman
Catholic School in that town; joined the Royal Monmouth Engineers in
1905 as a Sapper, obtained his discharge in 1908; for some time drove
the mail between Tredegar and Newport, and was afterwards employed at
the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company’s works at Filton, Bristol.
He joined the Royal Flying Corps, 20 Nov. 1912, and was killed in
action in the fighting around Ypres, 13 Nov. 1914; _unm._ He was
buried at a farm 1,000 yards north of Zillebeke, south-east of Ypres.
[Illustration: =John Joseph Harrington.=]
=HARRIS, ALFRED HENRY=, Petty Officer, Tel., 239886, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HARRIS, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 11622, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of James Harris, of Chaffecombe, Chard, Somerset,
Farm Bailiff, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of John Keener; _b._
Ottery St. Mary, co. Devon, 26 Dec. 1889; educ. there; was a Mason’s
Labourer; enlisted 2 Sept. 1914; went to France 21 Dec. 1914, and was
killed in action at Vermelles, Belgium, 4 Oct. 1915; _unm._
=HARRIS, BERTRAM PAGE=, L.-Corpl., No. 263, Machine-gun Section,
13th Battn., 4th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, only
_s._ of Page Harris, of St. Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, by his wife,
Sarah Lucy; _b._ St. Leonard-on-Sea, 12 Nov. 1887; educ. National
School there; went to Australia in 1912, and was up country when war
was declared, and at once went to Sydney to join the Commonwealth E.F.
then forming; left for Egypt in Dec. 1914; took part in the landing
at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action at Gaba
Tepe four days later, 29 April; _unm._ His officer wrote that he
was universally liked and respected by his section; as a soldier, he
considered he had no better man, adding “he was the senior number in
his gun crew and was the first man into their gun position after the
long and distressing struggle from the shore forward, and he was our
first casualty.”
=HARRIS, CHARLES EDWIN=, Acting Chief Yeoman Signalman, 186240
Devon, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HARRIS, ERNEST GEORGE=, E.R.A., 2nd Class, 271658, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HARRIS, FREDERICK ALBERT=, Petty Officer (T.), 173534, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=HARRIS, GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3716), 185125, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HARRIS, HENRY JOHN=, Petty Officer, 155005, H.M.S. Cressy; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HARRIS, JOHN AUGUSTE EMILE=, L.-Corpl., No. 2251, 2nd Battn.
Australian Imperial Force, and 2nd Lieut. Sydney Senior Cadets, eldest
_s._ of Alfred Thomas Harris, of 165, Denison Street, Waverley,
Sydney, New South Wales, Pharmacist, by his wife, Camille Marie, dau.
of Henri Prudhomme, Lieut. French Navy; _b._ Sydney, 6 Oct. 1899;
educ. at the Cleveland Street High School there. On 31 Jan. 1913, in
his 14th year, he was registered among the senior cadets, Sydney, in
compliance with the Commonwealth Defence Act; was promoted Corpl. 1
May, 1914; passed and promoted to Colour-Sergt. 17 June, 1914, and
passed for 2nd Lieut. 28 March, 1915, his appointment being confirmed a
few days before he enlisted, so that he was the youngest commissioned
officer in the Australian Commonwealth Forces. He enlisted on 2 June,
1915, and as he had passed in Musketry as “Marksman” in the cadets,
his former training held good, and he only remained a few days in the
Liverpool Training Camp, and left Sydney on 16 June, as L.-Corpl.
of the sixth reinforcements for the 2nd Battn. of the 1st Infantry
Brigade. He was about a fortnight in Cairo and was hurried off to
Gallipoli, arriving at Anzac and joining his battn. on 5 Aug. Next day,
6 Aug., he took part in the big charge on, and capture of, the Turkish
trenches at Lonesome Pine, and was officially reported killed in action
on 8 Aug. The officer in charge of the sixth reinforcements, Lieut. La
Touche, wrote to his mother from the transport in the Mediterranean:
“Your son, L.-Corpl. Harris, is with me, and I shall try to keep him
with me throughout the campaign. He is a gallant little fellow, with
the greatest of military virtues--faithfulness--and as such is of very
great assistance to his officers. If he had only a few years more
to his credit, he would make a fine officer. Meanwhile he is doing
his duty without a thought of self, and will serve his country as an
Australian gentleman should. I will try to keep him with me, and to
see after him so far as I can. Of course, my power is very limited,
but we are both in God’s hands, and He doeth all things well.” [Lieut.
La Touche was killed on 6 Aug.] Lieut.-Col. Cass, commanding the 2nd
Battn., wrote: “But you may rest assured that he took part in one of
the outstanding features of the Gallipoli fighting, and did his duty
well.” Like many other Australian boys, he was full of enthusiasm in
military matters, but his career was an all too brief one. He was only
15 years and 10 months old when he died. “Purpureus cum flos succisus
aratro.”
[Illustration: =John Auguste E. Harris.=]
=HARRIS, JOHN FREDERICK=, Private, No. 14902, 1st Battn. The Welsh
Regiment, _s._ of the late John Henry Harris, Shoemaker, by his
wife, Agnes Florence, dau. of Gabriel Evans; _b._ Neath, 11 March,
1894; educ. Council Schools there; was a steelworker; enlisted at the
outbreak of war, 29 Aug 1914; went to France, Jan. 1915, and died at
Zillebeke, 8 May, 1915, of wounds received in action there on the 3rd;
_unm._ Buried Hazebrouck Cemetery. He was a member of St. Thomas’
Choir, Neath.
=HARRIS, JOSEPH WALTER=, Lieut. 3rd (Reserve) Battn. Lincolnshire
Regt. (attd. 1st Battn.), _s._ of George Harris, of Swallowbeck,
Lincoln, Secretary of the Lincoln Co-operative Society, by his wife,
Sarah Ann, dau. of John Thacker; _b._ Lincoln, 19 June, 1889;
educ. Lincoln Grammar School, at which he won a scholarship from an
elementary school, and Nottingham University where he was a member
of the O.T.C.; graduated B.Sc. with First-class Honours, London
University, 13 Dec. 1911; devoted himself to chemical research and
became F.I.C. 15 May, 1914; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd Lincolns, from
the Nottingham University, O.T.C., 15 Aug. 1914; promoted Lieut. 30
Jan. 1915; went to France 2 Dec. 1914, was attached to the 1st Battn.
of his Regt.; and was killed in action at Hooge, 3 June, 1915. He
_m._ at Grimsby, 3 Oct. 1914, Mabel (Swallowbech, Lincoln), dau.
of Joseph Laughton, of North Somercotes; _s.p._
=HARRIS, LANCELOT GRAHAM=, Private, No. 1112, 1st Battn.
Honourable Artillery Company, only _s._ of Robert Jefferson
Harris, of 21, Alexandra Road, Finsbury Park, London, formerly of
Mysore, India, Coffee Planter, by his wife, Maud Ellen, dau. of Orlando
Edmonds, of Northfields House, Stamford, Lincolnshire, J.P.; _b._
Lymington, co. Hants, 17 May, 1894; educ. Denstone College (1908–13,
6th Form Prefect; Sergt. in O.T.C.; shot at Bisley for school); Berlin
(1913); and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (1913–14, to which he
obtained an open Exhibition); joined the Honourable Artillery Company
two days after the declaration of war, 7 Aug. 1914, left for St.
Nazaire, 19 Sept.; was in the trenches from October until 27 April,
1915, when he was mortally wounded at Dickebusch by shell fire, having
both legs broken, and died there the following day, and was buried
at La Clyte Cemetery; _unm._ His Platoon Commander wrote: “His
bravery was absolutely magnificent, he was perfectly splendid all the
way through--thoroughly keen, and willing to do anything. My platoon
has lost a good soldier and a favourite companion”; and a comrade,
writing to his own father, said: “I am very sorry to say they killed
a young fellow called Harris, one of the old stagers of St. Nazaire.
He Was frail looking and slim, and quite a boy, with an almost girlish
face, but had the spirit of a bulldog and the soul of a saint. The grit
with which he stuck the hardships of the winter, and his continual
cheeriness and helping of others, when he was almost done up himself,
used to make me proud to be in the regt. with him. When a spirit of
such temper as that of young Harris is lost from among us, I tell you
it leaves a very big gap indeed.”
[Illustration: =Lancelot Graham Harris.=]
=HARRIS, NORMAN=, Midshipman, Royal Navy; only surviving _s._
of William Birkbeck Harris, of the White House, Hayes, Kent, by his
wife, Kathleen Marion, dau. of Edward Carey, of Shortlands, Kent;
_b._ Hayes, 7 Nov. 1898; educ. Parkfield, Hayward’s Heath, and at
Osborne and Dartmouth Royal Naval Colleges; joined H.M.S. Bulwark, 4
Aug. 1914, and was lost when that vessel was blown up off Sheerness, 26
Nov. 1914. He was the Senior Midshipman.
[Illustration: =Norman Harris.=]
=HARRIS, NORMAN ELTON=, Corpl., No. 603, 4th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, only _s._ of George Copley Harris, of Wallandra,
Parkes, N.S.W., Landowner [4th _s._ of the late William Harris,
co. Limerick], by his wife, Kathleen Spring, dau. of (--) Spring-Rice;
_b._ Bathurst. N.S.W., 2 Dec. 1887; educ. Sydney. After the
outbreak of war enlisted in the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, 1
Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 19 June,
1915; _unm._ Writing to his father, Major Storey said that he had
distinguished himself twice previously and had acted with great bravery.
[Illustration: =Norman Elton Harris.=]
=HARRIS, WALDRON=, E.R.A. 1st Class, 269689, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HARRIS, WILLIAM=, S.S.A., M. 1034, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HARRIS, WILLIAM CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10031),
S.S. 107618, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea 22 Sept.
1914.
=HARRIS, WILLIAM HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3468), 187321,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HARRIS, WILLIAM THOMAS=, Private, No. 11862, 2nd Battn.
Coldstream Guards; only _s._ of George Harris, of South Newington,
Banbury, Oxon, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Thomas Nash; _b._ South
Newington, aforesaid, 18 Jan. 1887; educ. there; was a Farm Labourer;
enlisted 11 Sept. 1914; went to France, 9 Feb. 1915, and was killed in
action at Givenchy, 30 March, 1915; _unm._
=CARR-HARRIS, ERNEST DALE=, Capt., R.E., eldest _s._ of
Robert Carr-Harris, of The Vale, Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada,
Professor of Engineering, Royal Military College of Canada, by his
wife, Ellen Jane, dau. of Robert Wiley Fitton, of co. Cork; _b._
Thurso, P. Quebec, Canada, 14 Feb. 1878; educ. at Queens University,
and after four years’ course at the Royal Military College, Kingston,
Ontario, Canada, graduated in 1899 at the Head of his Class, taking
Honours in 13 subjects out of the 15 subjects of the course of the
College, and received the Gold Medal of the year for subjects of
instruction, and the Sword of Honour for distinction in Conduct and
Discipline; gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.E. 19 June, 1899, and promoted Lieut.
29 Dec. 1901, and Capt. 19 June, 1908; served in China, 1900, during
the Boxer rebellion (medal with clasp), and was detailed to construct
the defences of the British Legation Grounds at Pekin; was then for
two years Senior R.E. Officer at Singapore, and was afterwards engaged
in the construction of the Military transfrontier road across the
zone of the independent tribes between India and Afghanistan, on the
completion of which he was nominated to the India Staff College at
Quetta by the Gen. Commander-in-Chief. He completed his course in Sept.
1914, and was immediately detailed for service in East Africa, and was
killed in action there, 3 Nov. of 1914; _unm._ Capt. Robertson
wrote: “Capt. Carr-Harris was the first to land to examine Culvertsand
Mines. It happened in the dark--he was surrounded in the Bush and put
up a splendid fight. He seized a rifle and with a few others, whom
he had collected on the spot, made a counter-attack and drove them
back. He was found shot through the head. Our casualties were bigger
in proportion than those suffered in European fights.” His two younger
brothers are now (1916) taking their course at the Royal Military
College of Canada. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
[Illustration: =Ernest Dale Carr-Harris.=]
=WILLIS-HARRIS, RALPH CLAUDIAN=, Private, No. 65418, 24th Battn.
(Victoria Rifles), 2nd Division, Canadian Expeditionary Force,
_s._ of the late William Willis-Harris, of Midhurst, by his wife,
Ada Sarah (now wife of Thomas Charles Popplewell, of Easebourne,
Midhurst, Sussex), dau. of Ezra Battell; _b._ Pulborough, co.
Sussex, 7 Aug. 1892; educ. Midhurst Grammar School; was an employee
of the Bank of British North America, first in London and then at
Montreal; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and joined the Canadian
E.F. in Oct. 1914; came over with the 2nd Contingent, 20 May, 1915;
went to France in Sept., and died 9 Nov. 1915, of wounds received
the previous day, while assisting to carry a wounded comrade to the
dressing station; _unm._ Buried in the Military Cemetery at
Bailleul. Major R. O. Alexander wrote: “Your son was a very gallant
soldier and a very fine man. I feel as if I had lost a great friend,
and undoubtedly one of the most valuable men in my Company”; and Lieut.
A. L. S. Mills wrote: “In case you have not heard the details, he was
helping to carry one of his comrades (Private Diver), who afterwards
died, to the dressing station, when they were seen by the enemy, who
opened fire on them with machine-guns. Your son was hit, and had
himself to be carried to the dressing station with Diver. He bore any
pain he may have suffered with such wonderful nerve that everyone
expected him to be up and about again in a very short time. Your son
was one of my finest men, and ever since the sad news of his death
came out, his friends have seemed absolutely stunned. He never shirked
any work that came his way; in fact, time and again he volunteered for
extra duties. He could always be entirely depended upon, and could
easily have become a non-commissioned officer, but preferred to remain
a Private with his friends.”
[Illustration: =Ralph C. Willis-Harris.=]
=HARRISON, ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9598), S.S.
106971, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HARRISON, CECIL EUSTACE=, Major, 1st Battn. The Rifle Brigade,
eldest _s._ of Robert Hichens Camden Harrison, of Shiplake Court,
Henley-on-Thames, co. Oxon, J.P., by his wife, Helen Mary, dau. of
the late Eustace Smith; _b._ London, 29 Jan. 1878; educ. Eton
and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Rifle Brigade, 27 July, 1898, and
promoted Lieut. 7 April, 1900; Capt. 12 April, 1904, and Major, 1
Dec. 1914; served (1) through the South African War, 1899–1902, being
employed with the Mounted Infantry and as Station Staff Officer from
23 July, 1901; took part in the operations in Natal, 1899, including
action at Lombards Kop; the defence of Ladysmith, including sortie of
10 Dec. 1899, and action of 6 Jan. 1900 (slightly wounded); operations
in Natal, March to June, 1900, including action at Laings Nek (6 to 9
June); operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July to 29 Nov.
1900, including actions at Belfast (26–27 Aug.) and Lydenberg (5–8
Sept.); operations in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900, to 31 May, 1902
(mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 25 April, 1902], Queen’s
medal with four clasps and King’s medal with two clasps); and (2) with
the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 27 Aug. 1914, to 12
March, 1915; was wounded at the Battle of the Aisne and invalided home,
but returned to duty in Jan., and was killed in action at the Battle of
Neuve Chapelle, 12 March, 1915. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now
Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915. He _m._ at the Oratory,
Brompton, 23 Jan. 1912, Alice (29, Royal Avenue, Chelsea), yr. dau.
of Major Sir Edwin Frederick Wodehouse, K.C.V.O., C.B., late R.A.,
Assist. Commissioner of Police [grandson of the Hon. Philip Wodehouse,
Vice-Admiral of the White, 2nd _s._ of John, 1st Baron Wodehouse,
of Kimberley], and had two children: Ralph Armine and Philippa Jane
(twins), _b._ 2 Oct. 1912.
[Illustration: =Cecil Eustace Harrison.=]
=HARRISON, CHARLES BREWSTER=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2275), 200443,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=HARRISON, CHILLION BOOTH=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1168), 203776, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=HARRISON, FRED=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Kimberley Regt., eldest
_s._ of the late Ralph Seddon Harrison, of Halifax, co. York, by
his wife, Mary, dau. of Thomas Moore; _b._ Halifax, 23 Feb. 1873;
educ. Halifax Technical Schools; went to Africa in 1895, and entered
the service of the De Beers Consolidated Mines in July of that year,
and when war broke out had been for a long time chief of the data
department of the Engineering Staff. He joined the Kimberley Volunteers
soon after going to Kimberley; was made Sergt. in March, 1896;
Sergt.-Major in 1897; Lieut. Oct. 1899, and promoted Capt. in 1900. He
resigned his commission on the close of the Boer War in 1902, but on
the formation of the 2nd Battn. rejoined and was given his old rank. He
served (1) in Buchuanaland, 1896–97 (medal and clasp); (2) in the South
African War 1899–1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps, “Transvaal,”
“Orange Free State,” “Kimberley,” and King’s medal with two clasps
“South Africa 1901,” “1902”), and (3) in the Expedition against German
South-West Africa, 30 Sept. 1914–26 April, 1915. He was killed in
action at Trekkopjes, German South-West Africa, 26 April, 1915, and was
buried there. His Col. wrote: “He fell in the forefront of the line
and he died a soldier’s death.” He and the late Cecil Rhodes were the
first to meet the relieving force at Kimberley, 15 Feb. 1900. Capt.
Harrison _m._ at Kimberley, 3 April, 1899, Adelaide Emma (4,
Elsmere Street, Kimberley, South Africa), eldest dau. of William Henry
Good, Westport, co. Mayo, and left three children: Frederick William,
_b._ 30 Sept. 1900; Ralph Benjamin, _b._ 28 July, 1910; and
Eileen Mary, _b._ 19 May, 1903.
[Illustration: =Fred Harrison.=]
=HARRISON, HENRY=, E.R.A., 1st Class, 269895, H.M.S. Cressy; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HARRISON, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 836), 285301,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HARRISON, JOHN BAILEY=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2392), 182829,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HARRISON, LEONARD JOHN=, Lieut., Indian Army, attd. 2nd Battn.
Lancashire Fusiliers, elder _s._ of the Rev. Arthur Leonard
Harrison, Rector of Yelverton, Norfolk, by his wife, Ethel, dau. of
the late Major-Gen. John William Younghusband, C.S.I.; _b._
Burton, co. Pembroke, 21 Nov. 1895; was for five years a chorister at
St. George’s Chapel, Windsor, then went to Haileybury and passed into
the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, in Dec. 1912. He received his
commission in the Indian Army, 8 Aug. 1914, and on the outbreak of war
was attached to the Lancashire Fusiliers; went to France 16 Feb. 1915,
and was killed in action at Shell Trap Farm about two miles N.E. of
Ypres, on the road to St. Julien, 24 May, 1915; _unm._ His Colonel
wrote: “Your son lost his life in endeavouring to retake some trenches
which were lost. He behaved most gallantly, and nobody could have
possibly shown a better example to the men. I am afraid his body was
not recovered, as it lies between our lines and the Germans.” His Major
also wrote: “Your son did sterling work for us, and we missed him badly
when he was sent off to the Front. The officers and men deeply regret
his loss.”
[Illustration: =Leonard John Harrison.=]