BORN HULL 1899. SON OF SMITH HARNESS (1871-1941) & MARY ELIZABETH GEE (1872-1939), OF 21 CHURCHILL STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS), 40, CEYLON STREET, MARFLEET LANE, HULL, 31, ROSE STREET, FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES) AND HUNGERHILLS FARM, GANSTEAD, HULL. (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A FARM LABOURER.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL, UNDERAGE. SERVED WITH “A” COMPANY, 1ST/5TH LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/03/1916, AGED 19. HIS REAL AGE WAS NEARER TO 17. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, SMITH HARNESS, AT 31, ROSE STREET, FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL .
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON HULL’S MARFLEET ROLL OF HONOUR.
HE LEFT A YOUNGER BROTHER ARTHUR (1901-1967)
First name:
ALBERT
Regiment:
Military Number:
50196
Rank:
Private
Date Died
25/03/1916
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
17
