BORN HULL 1884. SON OF ROBERT HARMER AND ELIZABETH GREETING (1863-1949) OF 12, GRASSMERE AVENUE, SUBWAY STREET, HULL AND 8, WALKER TERRACE, MANCHESTER STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS. HE WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER.
HE ENLISTED AT LANCASTER. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 27TH SEPTEMBER 1915. SERVED WITH THE 8TH KING’S OWN ROYAL LANCASTER REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 18/07/1916, AGED 32. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFTT TO HIS FATHER, ROBERT E.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 21/05/1917.
NB: ROBERT EDWARD HARMER – 80 EDGAR STREET, HULL
First name:
JAMES EDWARD
Military Number:
14667
Rank:
Private
Date Died
18/07/1916
Place died:
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE
Age:
32
12, GRASSMERE AVENUE, SUBWAY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
