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|Army number=4455575 | |Army number=4455575 | ||
|Rank=Pte | |Rank=Pte | ||
|Date of birth=Research suggests that Pte Harris was born in Gateshead - date not yet known. | |||
|Age=0 | |Age=0 | ||
|Unit=DLI, 1 TS | |Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but almost certainly early May 1939. Posted ? 9th Bn DLI. Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS. Served BEF? Served Iceland? Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION NW Europe 29/6/44, Serial No. 365. | ||
|Died/Killed in action=29 | |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939. | ||
|Died/Killed in action=29-Jun-44. | |||
|Home address= and was a resident of Gateshead at the time of his death. Buried Grave III.B.10. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel. | |||
|Image Name=Harris_J_1_TS.JPG | |||
|Image Title=Pte J Harris' CWGC headstone. | |||
|Source table=1TS | |Source table=1TS | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:08, 28 November 2016
Personnel Entry
Name Harris James
Army number 4455575
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Research suggests that Pte Harris was born in Gateshead - date not yet known.
Age 0
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but almost certainly early May 1939. Posted ? 9th Bn DLI. Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS. Served BEF? Served Iceland? Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION NW Europe 29/6/44, Serial No. 365.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 29-Jun-44.
Home address and was a resident of Gateshead at the time of his death. Buried Grave III.B.10. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel.
Source table 1TS