Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History BookCo-operative Society, by his wife, Sarah Ann, dau. of John Thacker; _b._ Lincoln, 19 June, 1889; educ. Lincoln Grammar School, at which he won a scholarship from an elementary school, and Nottingham University where he was a member of the O.T.C.; graduated B.Sc. with First-class Honours, London University, 13 Dec. 1911; devoted himself to chemical research and became F.I.C. 15 May, 1914; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd Lincolns, from the Nottingham University, O.T.C., 15 Aug. 1914; promoted Lieut. 30 Jan. 1915; went to France 2 Dec. 1914, was attached to the 1st Battn. of his Regt.; and was killed in action at Hooge, 3 June, 1915. He _m._ at Grimsby, 3 Oct. 1914, Mabel (Swallowbech, Lincoln), dau. of Joseph Laughton, of North Somercotes; _s.p._ =HARRIS, LANCELOT GRAHAM=, Private, No. 1112, 1st Battn. Honourable Artillery Company, only _s._ of Robert Jefferson Harris, of 21, Alexandra Road, Finsbury Park, London, formerly of Mysore, India, Coffee Planter, by his wife, Maud Ellen, dau. of Orlando Edmonds, of Northfields House, Stamford, Lincolnshire, J.P.; _b._ Lymington, co. Hants, 17 May, 1894; educ. Denstone College (1908-13, 6th Form Prefect; Sergt. in O.T.C.; shot at Bisley for school); Berlin (1913); and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (1913-14, to which he obtained an open Exhibition); joined the Honourable Artillery Company two days after the declaration of war, 7 Aug. 1914, left for St. Nazaire, 19 Sept.; was in the trenches from October until 27 April, 1915, when he was mortally wounded at Dickebusch by shell fire, having both legs broken, and died there the following day, and was buried at La Clyte Cemetery; _unm._ His Platoon Commander wrote: "His bravery was absolutely magnificent, he was perfectly splendid all the way through--thoroughly keen, and willing to do anything. My platoon has lost a good soldier and a favourite companion"; and a comrade, writing to his own father, said: "I am very sorry to say they killed a young fellow called Harris, one of the old stagers of St. Nazaire. He Was frail looking and slim, and quite a boy, with an almost girlish face, but had the spirit of a bulldog and the soul of a saint. The grit with which he stuck the hardships of the winter, and his continual cheeriness and helping of others, when he was almost done up himself, used to make me proud to be in the regt. with him. When a spirit of such temper as that of young Harris is lost from among us, I tell you it leaves a very big gap indeed." [Illustration: =Lancelot Graham Harris.=] =HARRIS, NORMAN=, Midshipman, Royal Navy; only surviving _s._ of William Birkbeck Harris, of the White House, Hayes, Kent, by his wife, Kathleen Marion, dau. of Edward Carey, of Shortlands, Kent; _b._ Hayes, 7 Nov. 1898; educ. Parkfield, Hayward's Heath, and at Osborne and Dartmouth Royal Naval Colleges; joined H.M.S. Bulwark, 4 Aug. 1914, and was lost when that vessel was blown up off Sheerness, 26 Nov. 1914. He was the Senior Midshipman. [Illustration: =Norman Harris.=] =HARRIS, NORMAN ELTON=, Corpl., No. 603, 4th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, only _s._ of George Copley Harris, of Wallandra, Parkes, N.S.W., Landowner [4th _s._ of the late William Harris, co. Limerick], by his wife, Kathleen Spring, dau. of (--) Spring-Rice; _b._ Bathurst. N.S.W., 2 Dec. 1887; educ. Sydney. After the outbreak of war enlisted in the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, 1 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 19 June, 1915; _unm._ Writing to his father, Major Storey said that he had distinguished himself twice previously and had acted with great bravery. [Illustration: =Norman Elton Harris.=] =HARRIS, WALDRON=, E.R.A. 1st Class, 269689, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =HARRIS, WILLIAM=, S.S.A., M. 1034, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =HARRIS, WILLIAM CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10031), S.S. 107618, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea 22 Sept. 1914. =HARRIS, WILLIAM HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3468), 187321, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =HARRIS, WILLIAM THOMAS=, Private, No. 11862, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards; only _s._ of George Harris, of South Newington, Banbury, Oxon, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Thomas Nash; _b._ South Newington, aforesaid, 18 Jan. 1887; educ. there; was a Farm Labourer; enlisted 11 Sept. 1914; went to France, 9 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 30 March, 1915; _unm._ =CARR-HARRIS, ERNEST DALE=, Capt., R.E., eldest _s._ of Robert Carr-Harris, of The Vale, Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada, Professor of Engineering, Royal Military College of Canada, by his wife, Ellen Jane, dau. of Robert Wiley Fitton, of co. Cork; _b._ Thurso, P. Quebec, Canada, 14 Feb. 1878; educ. at Queens University, and after four years' course at the Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, graduated in 1899 at the Head of his Class, taking Honours in 13 subjects out of the 15 subjects of the course of the College, and received the Gold Medal of the year for subjects of instruction, and the Sword of Honour for distinction in Conduct and Discipline; gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.E. 19 June, 1899, and promoted Lieut. 29 Dec. 1901, and Capt. 19 June, 1908; served in China, 1900, during the Boxer rebellion (medal with clasp), and was detailed to construct the defences of the British Legation Grounds at Pekin; was then for two years Senior R.E. Officer at Singapore, and was afterwards engaged in the construction of the Military transfrontier road across the zone of the independent tribes between India and Afghanistan, on the completion of which he was nominated to the India Staff College at Quetta by the Gen. Commander-in-Chief. He completed his course in Sept. 1914, and was immediately detailed for service in East Africa, and was killed in action there, 3 Nov. of 1914; _unm._ Capt. Robertson wrote: "Capt. Carr-Harris was the first to land to examine Culvertsand Mines. It happened in the dark--he was surrounded in the Bush and put up a splendid fight. He seized a rifle and with a few others, whom he had collected on the spot, made a counter-attack and drove them back. He was found shot through the head. Our casualties were bigger in proportion than those suffered in European fights." His two younger brothers are now (1916) taking their course at the Royal Military College of Canada. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church. [Illustration: =Ernest Dale Carr-Harris.=] =WILLIS-HARRIS, RALPH CLAUDIAN=, Private, No. 65418, 24th Battn. (Victoria Rifles), 2nd Division, Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the late William Willis-Harris, of Midhurst, by his wife, Ada Sarah (now wife of Thomas Charles Popplewell, of Easebourne, Midhurst, Sussex), dau. of Ezra Battell; _b._ Pulborough, co. Sussex, 7 Aug. 1892; educ. Midhurst Grammar School; was an employee of the Bank of British North America, first in London and then at Montreal; volunteered on th |