Harrison Ernest William 2nd Lieutenant 88727
Personnel Entry
Name Harrison Ernest William
Army number 88727
Rank 2nd Lieutenant
Decorations
Date of birth Born Northampton 6/10/1901
Age 29
Unit Durham Light Infantry - Commissioned 2/Lt 8th Bn DLI 31/3/1939. Embodied 24/8/1939. Posted 11th Bn DLI 12/9/39. Served B.E.F. DIED 28/5/1940 with 11th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
Company/Battery D Coy
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade 12-Sep-39
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 28-May-40
Home address Resident of Northampton. Son of Ernest Wivelsfield and Edith Eliza Harrison, Bugbrooke, Northants. Educated Glenalmond and Northampton Schools and St John's College, Oxford (BA Hons). Civil Engineer. House in the Wood, Falmouth, Cornwall. Buried Grave 5. Plot 4. Row A. Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery.
Source table 11DLI
The McGregor Card Index of DLI Officers shows 2/Lt Harrison as Killed in Action on 27th May 1940. Similarly CWGC shows him as aged 29 at the time of his death - that would make his date of birth 1911 and not 1901. The DLI Roll of Honour has his date of death as 27/5/1940. Details from his Service Record would be required to clarify the correct information.
