- First Name(s):Edward
- Surname:HARRISON
- Service Number:15080
- Rank:
Sergeant
- Conflict:WW1
- Service:Army
- Army Sector:Infantry
- Regiment:South Staffordshire Regiment
- Battalion:9th Battalion
- Former Units:None
- Date of Death:27th August 1917
- Age At Death:36
- Place of Death:Unknown
- Place of Burial:Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium, Panel 90 to 92 and 162 to 162A.
- Place of Birth:Unknown
- Home Town:Unknown
- Casualty's Relatives:
Son of John and Ada Harrison, 23 Albert Villa, Albert St., Droitwich, Worcestershire
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HARRISON Edward Is Named On These Memorials
Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above
Droitwich War Memorial with the additional information: D.C.M.
Droitwich Council Chamber WW1 Memorial with the additional information: D.C.M.
Droitwich St Nicholas Church with the additional information: M.M.
Further Information About HARRISON Edward
Awarded Military Medal (MM)
Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for army casualties located in Worcester Cathedral.
Great Western Railway Roll of Honour:
Edward Harrison Bricklayer/Engineer Department/Birmingham Sergeant, South Staffs Regiment, Killed in Action 27/8/1917.
Source: The Great Western Railway in the First World War by Sandra Gittins, 2010.
A photograph of Sergeant E. Harrison, of Droitwich can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 15th September 1917, available at Worcestershire Archives.
Edward Harrison has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Tyne Cot Memorial.
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