BORN HULL 1897. SCULCOATES. SECOND SON OF JOHN EDWAARD SMITH & AMELIA HARRISON AT 5 CLAREMONT AVENUE, FIELD STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD. HE WORKED AS A PRINTER’S ERRAND BOY. ENLISTED HULL. EX 1505, EYR. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 14/07/1915. TRANSFERRED TO THE 50TH MACHINE GUN CORPS. PROMOTED CORPORAL. DIED AS A PRISONER OF WAR, ON 31/10/1918, AGED 21. BURIED KASSEL, GERMANY. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO BOTH PARENTS, JOHN AND AMELIA. UNMARRIED.
HE LEFT BROTHERS, CHARLES EDWARD HARRISON, ARTHUR WILLIAM HARRISON AND SIDNEY HUBERT HARRISON. TWIN SISTERS, GLADYS AND DORIS, AND CLARA ELIZABETH HARRISON AT THIS ADDRESS..
First name:
CYRIL
Military Number:
23467
Rank:
Corporal
Date Died
31/10/1918
Place died:
Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel, Hessen, Germany
Age:
21
