BORN HULL 1883. SON OF MICHAEL HARRISON (1847-1924) AND ELIZA STEPHENSON (1849-1922), OF 36 GOULTON AVENUE, HULL. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, CHARLES AND THOMAS AND ONE SISTER, EDITH. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4.5 INCHES TALL, 126 LBS WEIGHT, 35-37 INCH CHEST.
HE MARRIED ADA HACKETT (1883-1930), AT ST PAULS CHURCH, HULL, ON 26/12/1909. THEY LIVED WITH CHILDREN, GEORGE, DORIS AND LILIAN, AT 7 MINERVA TERRACE, GIBSON STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS) AND 14 NORWOOD TERRACE, GREEN LANE, HULL.
BEFORE ENLISTING HE WORKED AS A ROLLERMAN, FOR MESSRS. SHAW MALTSTERS, WINCOLMLEE.
ARTHUR HARRISON ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 24/11/1914. SERVED WITH THE 13TH HULL PALS IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. HE WAS KILLED BY A SNIPER, AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 33. LEFT A WIDOW AND THREE CHILDREN. HIS DEATH WAS ALSO REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 29TH NOVEMBER 1916, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
HE LEFT BROTHERS, CHARLES AND THOMAS HARRISON, AND SISTER EDITH. HIS BROTHER IN LAW, PRIVATE, ALFRED RUDD, 27TH NFUS, WAS KILLED ON 23/04/1917, AGED 30 AND LIVED AT 19 PROVIDENCE ROW, HULL.
