Regiment: London Regiment 2/15th County of London Battalion Civil Service Rifles

2/15th (County of London) Battalion (Prince of Wales’s Own Civil Service Rifles)
Sept 1914 Formed at Somerset House.
Jan 1915 Moved to Dorking to join the 179th Brigade of the 60th Division and then moved to Watford and then Saffron Walden.
Jan 1916 Moved to Longbridge Deverill.
30.04.196 Deployed to Ireland after rebellion stationed at Ballincollig and Macroom on security duty.
14.05.1916 Moved to Rosslare and then Fishguard and then back to Longbridge Deverill.
23.06.1916 Mobilised for war and landed at Havre.
30.11.1916 Deployed to Salonika and engaged in various actions including;
The Battle of Doiran.
June 1917 Deployed to Egypt and engaged in various actions as part of the Palestine Campaign including;
The Third Battle of Gaza, The capture of Jerusalem, The defence of Jerusalem.
1918
The capture of Jericho, The battle of Tell’Asur, The first Trans-Jordan raid, The attack on Amman,
The second Trans-Jordan raid.
30.05.1918 Embarked for France via Taranto arriving at Audruicq leaving the 60th Division.
01.07.1918 Transferred to the 90th Brigade of the 30th Division and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
1918
The Battle of Ypres, The Battle of Courtrai.
11.11.1918 Ended the war at Heestert S.E. of Courtrai, Belgium.

Last Name
Address
Narrative
126, SUNNY BANK, HYMERS AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
27/12/1917
       
Aged
33
BORN HULL 02/08/1884. ONLY SON OF JOSIAH HARRIS (1857-1938) & FLORENCE EDITH HANWELL( 1861-1937), AT 126, SUNNY BANK, HYMERS AVENUE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). EDUCATED AT HYMERS COLLEGE. HIS FATHER WAS A COMPANY SECRETARY AT GOSSCHALK SOLICITORS, HULL. HE WORKED AS A CIVIL SERVICE CLERK, AT THE LONDON STATIONARY OFFICE. BOARDED AT 124 BA […]