HARRISON Percy

  • First Name(s):
    Percy 
  • Surname:
    HARRISON
  • Service Number:
    15441
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    4th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    4th June 1915
  • Age At Death:
    19
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Helles Memorial, Turkey, Panel 104 to 113.
  • Place of Birth:
    Born and resident Crowle, enlisted Worcester
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Frederick and Harriet Harrison, of Crowle, Worcester

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

HARRISON Percy Is Named On These Memorials

Crowle School
Crowle St John the Baptist Church
Worcester Post Office Wainwright Road

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Crowle St John the Baptist Church withe additional information: Pte.

Further Information About HARRISON Percy

Percy Harrison’s parents ran the village post office and Percy used to deliver the post around the village. He was the first soldier from the village to die in the war.

Source for additional information:
Crowle in the Great War, The Parish in 1914.

Two different photographs of Private P. Harrison of Crowle can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 3rd July 1915 and Saturday 17th July 1915, available at Worcestershire Archives.

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