- First Name(s):Benjamin
- Surname:HARPER
- Service Number:325232
- Rank:
Private
- Conflict:WW1
- Service:Army
- Army Sector:Cavalry
- Corps:Imperial Yeomanry
- Regiment:Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars (Worcester Yeomanry)
- Unit:Attached 1st/1st Warwickshire Yeomanry
- Former Units:None
- Date of Death:5th November 1917
- Age At Death:46
- Place of Death:Unknown
- Place of Burial:Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt, Grave D. 75.
- Place of Birth:Unknown
- Home Town:Unknown
- Casualty's Relatives:
Son of John and Mary Ann Harper; husband of Annie Elizabeth Harper, of Post Office Lane, Fernhill Heath, Worcester
HARPER Benjamin Is Named On These Memorials
Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above
Tardebigge St Bartholomew’s Church with the information: Pte.
Further Information About HARPER Benjamin
Served in the South African Campaign.
Private B. Harper 1st/1st Worcester Yeomanry, embarked at Avonmouth 9th April 1915 for service with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, disembarked at Alexandria, Egypt on 24th April 1915. Wounded 21st October 1917, died of wounds 5th November 1917.
Source for additional information: The Yeomanry Cavalry of Worcestershire 1914 – 1922.
A photograph of Corporal B. Harper can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 1st December 1917, available at Worcestershire Archives.