HARRISON John Amor

John Harrison attended Worcester Royal Grammar School from 1931 to 1935.  After leaving school he joined his father’s heating and sanitary engineering business.  He enjoyed a variety of sports, playing football for Droitwich Sports F.C., cricket for both Droitwich and Salwarpe C.C., Rugby, water polo and swimming.  He enlisted in the navy when he was 18.

Source for additional information: In Dedication to a Future World By Mark Rogers, 1999.

HMS Neptune was a cruiser.  On the night of 19th December 1941 she ran into an uncharted minefield off the coast of Tripoli and sank with the loss of 763 Officers and Men.

Commemorated on the Neptune and Kandahar Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas.

Listed on the Neptune Association website:  http://www.hmsneptune.com

The following information has been researched by Peter Kennedy:
He was the only son of Councillor Thomas Harrison and his wife Ada of Ravenscourt, Old Coach Road, Droitwich. Prior to the war he had worked for his father’s heating and sanitary engineering business.  He was a very keen sportsman.

[Photo 3/1/42, newspaper, 27/6/42 death confirmed]

John Harrison has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Plymouth Naval Memorial.