SHERIFF Harry Alfred

  • First Name(s):
    Harry 
    Alfred 
  • Surname:
    SHERIFF
  • Service Number:
    830951
  • Rank:

    Gunner

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Artillery
  • Corps:
    Royal Field Artillery
  • Unit:
    O C.A. Park
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    25th March 1918
  • Age At Death:
  • Place of Death:
    Devonport
  • Place of Burial:
    Worcester (St John's) Cemetery, Worcestershire, England, Grave 4601.
  • Place of Birth:
    Born and enlisted Worcester
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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SHERIFF Harry Alfred Is Named On These Memorials

Hallow St Philip and St James’s Church
Worcester St Paul’s Church

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Worcester St Paul’s Church as Henry Alfred Sherriff.
Hallow St Philip and St James’s Church as Harry A. Sheriff with the information: Gunner D.C.M. R.F.A.

Further Information About SHERIFF Harry Alfred

Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for army casualties located in Worcester Cathedral under Hallow casualties.

The birth of Henry Alfred Sheriff is registered in the June Quarter 1889 under the Worcester Registration District.  The death of Henry A. Sherriff, aged 28, is registered in the March Quarter 1918 under the Devonport Registration District.

Henry Alfred Sherriff, occupation: soldier, resident Lower James Street, St Pauls, died in Devonport.  Buried in St John’s Cemetery on 30th March 1918, aged 27 years.  Ceremony performed by H.(?) C. Jones.

Source for additional information: Register of burials in St John’s Cemetery, entry no 2812, available on microfilm at Worcestershire Archives.

Harry Sher(r)iff is first mentioned in the Hallow Parish News in January 1917.  The Parish News of May 1919 reports that Harry has died in a London hospital (incorrect) from wounds received in action in France.

The same photograph of Gunner H. Sheriff of Worcester can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 16th December 1916 and Saturday 6th April 1918, available at Worcestershire Archives.

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Credits: Parish News researched and transcribed by Hallow History Group.