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Joseph Harrison

Details

Forename Joseph
Surname Harrison
Middle Name Wright
Memorial Standish & UpHolland Cenotaphs & St Marie's R.C. Church, Standish
Age 27
Address 6 Heaton Street (wife)
Parents' Address
Township Standish
Rank Private
Occupation or place of work Gardnerer to Mr H Sumner of Standish
Regiment King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 5th Batt
Day of Death 2
Month of Death September
Year of Death 1918
Cause of Death Killed in action in France
Place of Burial Vaulx Hill Cemetery, Vaulx-Vraucourt
Regiment Number 63160
Name of War First World War
Location
Additional Information Formerly 16040 Manchester Regiment.
Awarded DCM.
Was a Lewis Gunner.
Son of Henry and Mary Jane. Remembered on family grave in Standish Churchyard.

Ref: CWGC. Ancestry , UpHolland research. WO 12/10/18