BORN HULL 1894. SON OF GEORGE HENRY HARRISON & BARBARA HARRISON, OF 29 MANCHESTER STREET, HULL & 1 HENRY’S PLACE, GREAT THORNTON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A DOCK LABOURER WHO HAD SPENT THREE TRIPS AS COAL TRIMMER, ON STEAM SHIPS. HE ENLISTED IN THE ARMY, AT HULL, ON 11/06/1917. POSTED AFTER TRAINING TO THE 2/5TH WEST RIDING REGIMENT. SHOT IN THE ABDOMEN. DIED OF WOUNDS, THE SAME DAY, ON 27/11/1917, AGED 23. HE HAD SERVED FOR 170 DAYS.
BURIED AT ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, MANANCOURT, SOMME, FRANCE.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 14/12/1917. *
First name:
GEORGE WILLIAM
Military Number:
57415
Rank:
Rifleman
Date Died
27/11/1917
Place died:
ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, MANANCOURT, SOMME, FRANCE
Age:
23
1 HENRY'S PLACE, GREAT THORNTON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
