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{{Personnel
|id=2381
|Surname and forenames=Harrison Ernest William
|Army number=88727
|Rank=2nd Lieutenant
|Age=29
|Unit=11 DLI
|Died/Killed in action=28/5/1940 00:00:00
|Home address=Son of Ernest Wivelsfield and Edith Eliza Harrison, Bugbrooke, Northants.
|Source table=11DLI
}}

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 |Army number=88727
 |Rank=2nd Lieutenant
-|Date of birth=Born Northampton 22/10/1910
+|Decorations=None as far as is known, beyond WW2 service medals.
 |Age=29 at the time of his death (see note below).
-|Unit=Joined The 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.  Reported missing in action - subsequently understood to have been KILLED in ACTION 28/5/1940 with 11th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
+|Unit=Joined The 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.  Reported missing in action - subsequently understood to have been KILLED in ACTION at Hazebrouck 28/5/1940 with 11th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
 |Joined Brigade=12-Sep-39.
 |Company/Battery=D Company.
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 }}
-The McGregor Card Index of DLI Officers shows 2/Lt Harrison as Killed in Action on 27th May 1940 with a birth date in October 1901.  CWGC shows him as aged 29 at the time of his death - that would make his date of birth 1910 and not 1901.  The DLI Roll of Honour has his date of death as 27/5/1940.  Rarely, this seems as though the McGregor Index has noted his date of birth in error.  The correct date - according to research - is set out above.  2?lt Harrison was shown at home with his mother on the taking of the National General Register on 29/9/1939, annotated as being with D Company.
+The McGregor Card Index of DLI Officers shows 2/Lt Harrison as Killed in Action on 27th May 1940 with a birth date in October 1901.  CWGC shows him as aged 29 at the time of his death - that would make his date of birth 1910 and not 1901.  The DLI Roll of Honour has his date of death as 27/5/1940.  Rarely, this seems as though the McGregor Index has noted his date of birth in error.  The correct date - according to research - is set out above.  2/Lt Harrison was shown as being at home with his mother on the taking of the National General Register on 29/9/1939, annotated as being with D Company, 11th Battalion.

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 |Army number=88727
 |Rank=2nd Lieutenant
-|Date of birth=Born Northampton 6/10/1901
+|Date of birth=Born Northampton 22/10/1910
-|Age=29
+|Age=29 at the time of his death (see note below).
-|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.
+|Unit=Joined The 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.  Reported missing in action - subsequently understood to have been KILLED in ACTION 28/5/1940 with 11th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
-|Joined Brigade=12-Sep-39
+|Joined Brigade=12-Sep-39.
-|Company/Battery=D Coy
+|Company/Battery=D Company.
-|Died/Killed in action=28-May-40
+|Died/Killed in action=28-May-40.  To read his CWGC Commemoration entry please click [https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2276726/harrison,-ernest-william/] here.  Inscription reads: "OF BUGBROOKE HALL, NORTHANTS. THE SOULS OF THE RIGHTEOUS ARE IN THE HAND OF GOD".  No information given regarding any initial interment.
-|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.
+|Home address=Resident of Northampton.  Son of Ernest Wivelsfield and Edith Eliza Harrison, Bugbrooke Hall, Northants.  Father - Clerk in Holy Orders.  The 1911 Census shows him as a child of 5 months old.  Educated Glenalmond and Northampton Schools and St John's College, Oxford (BA Hons).  Civil Engineer.  Lived at 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.
+The McGregor Card Index of DLI Officers shows 2/Lt Harrison as Killed in Action on 27th May 1940 with a birth date in October 1901.  CWGC shows him as aged 29 at the time of his death - that would make his date of birth 1910 and not 1901.  The DLI Roll of Honour has his date of death as 27/5/1940.  Rarely, this seems as though the McGregor Index has noted his date of birth in error.  The correct date - according to research - is set out above.  2?lt Harrison was shown at home with his mother on the taking of the National General Register on 29/9/1939, annotated as being with D Company.

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 |Army number=88727
 |Rank=2nd Lieutenant
-|Date of birth=6/10/1901
+|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,  B.E.F. DIED 28/5/1940 with 11th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
+|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.
 |Died/Killed in action=28-May-40
-|Home address=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.
+|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 shows 2/Lt Harrison as Killed in Action and 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.  Details from his Service Record would be required to clarify the correct information.
+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.

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−	McGregor Card Index shows Lt Harrison as Killed in Action and on 27th May 1940. Details from his Service Record would be required to clarify the correct information.	+	The McGregor Card Index shows 2/Lt Harrison as Killed in Action and 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. Details from his Service Record would be required to clarify the correct information.

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 |Army number=88727
 |Rank=2nd Lieutenant
 |Age=29
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, Posted 11th Bn DLI 1/9/39,  DIED 28/5/1940.
+|Unit=Durham Light Infantry - Commissioned 2/Lt 8th Bn DLI 31/3/1939, Embodied 24/8/1939, Posted 11th Bn DLI 12/9/39,  B.E.F. DIED 28/5/1940 with 11th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
 |Died/Killed in action=28-May-40
-|Home address=Son of Ernest Wivelsfield and Edith Eliza Harrison, Bugbrooke, Northants.  Buried Grave 5. Plot 4. Row A. Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery.
+|Home address=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
 |Company/Battery=D Coy
 |Joined Brigade=01-Sep-39
 }}