South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project |
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Military History |
| Theatre of War | Medals | Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial |
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| France and Flanders | British War & Victory Medals | Strand Military Cemetery |
| Arrived in Theatre | Medal Citation (if app) | SWFHS Area Memorials |
| After Aug 1916 | Alveston | Sutton under Brailes | |
| Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed | Date and Place Enlisted | Other War Memorials |
| Local actions at Ypres | After 3 Jul 1916 | |
| Place of Death | Previous Regiments or Units | |
| Btwn Zillebeke and Hollebeke | ~ | |
Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)
Albert is listed as being killed in action on 2 Jul 1917. The war diary for that day is transcribed below. Map references used in the diary place the Battery at a point SW of Zillebeke and NW of Hollebeke in a wooded area by the De Palinbeek:In the Field 2/7/17: A party of one officer, one NCO and eight men proceeded to the new battery position as a working party, gun pits marked out and work proceeded with.. followed by unreadable sentence. Camp shelled by hostile fire (summary of unreadable paragraph). End
| Personal & Family History |
| Birth Date/Place | Baptism Date/Place |
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| 14 Sep 1881 at Sutton under Brailes | 29 Sep 1881 at Sutton under Brailes |
| Parents Names | Abode |
| Thomas and Ann Harris | Sutton under Brailes |
| Wife & Marriage Date/Place | Children & Year of Birth |
| Amelia Harris nee Pratt | Albert Leslie born 17 Apr 1907 |
| Apr Qtr 1905 at King's Norton | |
| Schools | Colleges |
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| Address History | Employment History |
| 1882 - | 1891 - Scholar |
| 1891 - Sutton under Brailes | 1901 - Farm labourer |
| 1901 - Sutton under Brailes | 1911 - Farm labourer |
| 1911 - Sutton under Brailes | |
| 1916 - Sutton under Brailes |
