BORN HULL 1893. HULL PAL. ELDEST SON OF WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON (1867-1935) & EMILY GERTRUDE SMITH (1869-1939), OF 53, REDBOURNE STREET, HULL AND 10, YORK AVENUE, LIVERPOOL STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A FISH PORTER AND CLERK. HE BOARDED AT 33 BEECROFT STREET, ST GEORGES ROAD, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 20/11/1914. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 140 LBS WEIGHT, 35-37 INCH CHEST. TRAINED AT BEVERLEY AND RIPON. JOINED THE 13TH EYR. SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. WOUNDED IN ACTION, ON 20/07/1916. REPORTED WOUNDED AND MISSING, AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916. PRESUMED KILLED, ON 16/11/1916, AGED 23.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH MEMORIAL, NEWINGTON, HULL.
HE IS BURIED AT DOUCHY-LES-AYETTE BRITISH CEMETERY, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE READS, “EVER IN THOUGHT”
HE LEFT BROTHERS, SAPPER, WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, ROYAL ENGINEERS, RAIL OPERATING COMPANY, SIDNEY LEONARD HARRISON (DEMOBILISED), PRIVATE, STANLEY ARTHUR HARRISON, 53145, “A” COMPANY, MILITARY BARRACKS, WEXFORD IRELAND, FREDERICK CHARLES HARRISON (DEMOBILISED) AND SISTER DORA GERTRUDE PULLAN, AT 50 HUNTINGDON STREET, GYPSYVILLE, HULL.
