BORN HULL 1898. THE ONLY SON OF JAMES WILLIAM HARRISON & ANN DIXON, OF 108 , CHILTERN STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS) & 6 HIRD STREET, SHIPLEY, BRADFORD (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD FIVE SISTERS. HE WORKED WITH HIS FATHER, AS A BOBBIN CARRIER IN WORSTED SPINNING ROOM. HIS SISTER WERE “TWISTERS” IN THE COTTON INDUSTRY
HE ENLISTED HALIFAX. SERVED WITH THE 2ND WEST RIDING REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 07/07/1916, AGED 19. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
First name:
JAMES RICHARD
Military Number:
3/10505
Rank:
Private
Date Died
07/07/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
19
