Private
William Hagen Harrison
Military Details
Service Number: 20033
Regiment & Unit / Ship
2nd Border Regiment
Enlisted
9 Mar 1915
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Date of Enlistment
9 Mar 1915
Place of Enlistment
Cleator Moor
Residence at Enlistment
5 Hamilton Place , Whitehaven
Rank at Enlistment
Private
Battalion at Enlistment
2nd
Service Number at Enlistment
20033
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1887
Place of Birth
Cleator
Religion
C of E
Residence (Census)
60 Leconfield Street , Cleator Moor
Parents
William & Sarah Harrison
Siblings
Hurst, Esther, Joseph, Sarah J, Abigail, Dan, John, Mary
Married
Julia ( nee Osbourne)
Children
Sarah Jane ,William , Joseph
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Iron Ore Miner
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
4th September 1916
Age at Death
29
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action
Place of Death
Somme
Theater of Action
France
Battle
Battle of the Somme
Regiment at Death
Border Regiment
Battalion/Vessel at Death
2nd
Rank at Death
Private
Buried or Commemorated at
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Grave Position: Pier and Face 6 A and 7 C
Private Memorial: St Johns Church War memorial
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