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| Wilfred J. Harrison Barnsley Chronicle 10th July 1915 with thanks to Barnsley Archives |
Born:1892
Military Service:
Regiment and Battalion: 1st/5th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment
Service Number & Rank: 2582 Private
Entered Theatre of War: France on 13th April 1915
Awards: Victory Medal, British War Medal and 1915 Star
Death 19th June 1915 age 23
Buried at: Y Farm Military Cemetery
Grave Reference: G 23
Remembered:
St Mary's Church Barnsley Combined War Memorial
Worsborough Common, St Lukes Church, Highstone Road
Links & Notes:
Link to Lives of the First World War
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
From the Sheffield Evening Telegraph 2 July 1915 (from Find My Past)
BARNSLEY'S FALLEN
Not a week passes but what some of Barnsley's brave sons are killed or wounded in their country's cause. The latest heroes to give their lives are [...] Pte W.J. Harrison (better known as Wilfred Batty) of the Barnsley Territorials [...]
Military Service:
Regiment and Battalion: 1st/5th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment
Service Number & Rank: 2582 Private
Entered Theatre of War: France on 13th April 1915
Awards: Victory Medal, British War Medal and 1915 Star
Death 19th June 1915 age 23
Buried at: Y Farm Military Cemetery
Grave Reference: G 23
Remembered:
St Mary's Church Barnsley Combined War Memorial
Worsborough Common, St Lukes Church, Highstone Road
Links & Notes:
Link to Lives of the First World War
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
From the Sheffield Evening Telegraph 2 July 1915 (from Find My Past)
BARNSLEY'S FALLEN
Not a week passes but what some of Barnsley's brave sons are killed or wounded in their country's cause. The latest heroes to give their lives are [...] Pte W.J. Harrison (better known as Wilfred Batty) of the Barnsley Territorials [...]
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