Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookoyal Avenue, Chelsea, and grandson of David Harries, of Llaneast, near Fishguard; _b._ Grosvenor House, Aberystwyth, co. Cardigan, 30 Oct. 1892; educ. Highgate School, London, and on leaving there served his apprenticeship as an engineer at the Cambrian Railway Works, Oswestry. He received a commission in the 7th (Merioneth and Montgomery Territorial) Battn., Welsh Fusiliers, 1 April, 1913, was promoted Lieut. 2 Sept. 1914, and Capt. April, 1915; went to the Dardanelles, July, 1915, was mortally wounded on Chocolate Hill, Suvla Bay, 10 Aug. 1915, and died on board the Hospital Ship Euripides, on the 17th; _unm._ Buried at Mudros East, Lemnos (Grave 49). His commanding officer, Col. Jelf-Reveley, wrote: "I am proud to say that your son's behaviour on Aug. 10 under fire has been most favourably reported on by several officers. He was perfectly cool, and led his men like a veteran." [Illustration: =Eric Guy Harries.=] =HARRINGTON, JOHN JOSEPH=, 1st Class Air Mechanic, No. 486, Royal Flying Corps, _s._ of John Harrington, of Newport, co. Monmouth, Master Plasterer; _b._ there 24 Feb. 1888; educ. St. Mary's Roman Catholic School in that town; joined the Royal Monmouth Engineers in 1905 as a Sapper, obtained his discharge in 1908; for some time drove the mail between Tredegar and Newport, and was afterwards employed at the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company's works at Filton, Bristol. He joined the Royal Flying Corps, 20 Nov. 1912, and was killed in action in the fighting around Ypres, 13 Nov. 1914; _unm._ He was buried at a farm 1,000 yards north of Zillebeke, south-east of Ypres. [Illustration: =John Joseph Harrington.=] =HARRIS, ALFRED HENRY=, Petty Officer, Tel., 239886, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =HARRIS, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 11622, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of James Harris, of Chaffecombe, Chard, Somerset, Farm Bailiff, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of John Keener; _b._ Ottery St. Mary, co. Devon, 26 Dec. 1889; educ. there; was a Mason's Labourer; enlisted 2 Sept. 1914; went to France 21 Dec. 1914, and was killed in action at Vermelles, Belgium, 4 Oct. 1915; _unm._ =HARRIS, BERTRAM PAGE=, L.-Corpl., No. 263, Machine-gun Section, 13th Battn., 4th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, only _s._ of Page Harris, of St. Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, by his wife, Sarah Lucy; _b._ St. Leonard-on-Sea, 12 Nov. 1887; educ. National School there; went to Australia in 1912, and was up country when war was declared, and at once went to Sydney to join the Commonwealth E.F. then forming; left for Egypt in Dec. 1914; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action at Gaba Tepe four days later, 29 April; _unm._ His officer wrote that he was universally liked and respected by his section; as a soldier, he considered he had no better man, adding "he was the senior number in his gun crew and was the first man into their gun position after the long and distressing struggle from the shore forward, and he was our first casualty." =HARRIS, CHARLES EDWIN=, Acting Chief Yeoman Signalman, 186240 Devon, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =HARRIS, ERNEST GEORGE=, E.R.A., 2nd Class, 271658, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =HARRIS, FREDERICK ALBERT=, Petty Officer (T.), 173534, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =HARRIS, GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3716), 185125, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =HARRIS, HENRY JOHN=, Petty Officer, 155005, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =HARRIS, JOHN AUGUSTE EMILE=, L.-Corpl., No. 2251, 2nd Battn. Australian Imperial Force, and 2nd Lieut. Sydney Senior Cadets, eldest _s._ of Alfred Thomas Harris, of 165, Denison Street, Waverley, Sydney, New South Wales, Pharmacist, by his wife, Camille Marie, dau. of Henri Prudhomme, Lieut. French Navy; _b._ Sydney, 6 Oct. 1899; educ. at the Cleveland Street High School there. On 31 Jan. 1913, in his 14th year, he was registered among the senior cadets, Sydney, in compliance with the Commonwealth Defence Act; was promoted Corpl. 1 May, 1914; passed and promoted to Colour-Sergt. 17 June, 1914, and passed for 2nd Lieut. 28 March, 1915, his appointment being confirmed a few days before he enlisted, so that he was the youngest commissioned officer in the Australian Commonwealth Forces. He enlisted on 2 June, 1915, and as he had passed in Musketry as "Marksman" in the cadets, his former training held good, and he only remained a few days in the Liverpool Training Camp, and left Sydney on 16 June, as L.-Corpl. of the sixth reinforcements for the 2nd Battn. of the 1st Infantry Brigade. He was about a fortnight in Cairo and was hurried off to Gallipoli, arriving at Anzac and joining his battn. on 5 Aug. Next day, 6 Aug., he took part in the big charge on, and capture of, the Turkish trenches at Lonesome Pine, and was officially reported killed in action on 8 Aug. The officer in charge of the sixth reinforcements, Lieut. La Touche, wrote to his mother from the transport in the Mediterranean: "Your son, L.-Corpl. Harris, is with me, and I shall try to keep him with me throughout the campaign. He is a gallant little fellow, with the greatest of military virtues--faithfulness--and as such is of very great assistance to his officers. If he had only a few years more to his credit, he would make a fine officer. Meanwhile he is doing his duty without a thought of self, and will serve his country as an Australian gentleman should. I will try to keep him with me, and to see after him so far as I can. Of course, my power is very limited, but we are both in God's hands, and He doeth all things well." [Lieut. La Touche was killed on 6 Aug.] Lieut.-Col. Cass, commanding the 2nd Battn., wrote: "But you may rest assured that he took part in one of the outstanding features of the Gallipoli fighting, and did his duty well." Like many other Australian boys, he was full of enthusiasm in military matters, but his career was an all too brief one. He was only 15 years and 10 months old when he died. "Purpureus cum flos succisus aratro." [Illustration: =John Auguste E. Harris.=] =HARRIS, JOHN FREDERICK=, Private, No. 14902, 1st Battn. The Welsh Regiment, _s._ of the late John Henry Harris, Shoemaker, by his wife, Agnes Florence, dau. of Gabriel Evans; _b._ Neath, 11 March, 1894; educ. Council Schools there; was a steelworker; enlisted at the outbreak of war, 29 Aug 1914; went to France, Jan. 1915, and died at Zillebeke, 8 May, 1915, of wounds received in action there on the 3rd; _unm._ Buried Hazebrouck Cemetery. He was a member of St. Thomas' Choir, Neath. =HARRIS, JOSEPH WALTER=, Lieut. 3rd (Reserve) Battn. Lincolnshire Regt. (attd. 1st Battn.), _s._ of George Harris, of Swallowbeck, Lincoln, Secretary of the Lincoln |