Private 12079 Sam HARRIS

Private 12079 Sam Harris{gallery}Pte S Harris{/gallery}1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment
Killed in action in France and Flanders, 16 March 1916, aged 29

• Buried: White House Cemetery, St Jean-les-Ypres, West Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave I.B.8
  
• Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of Joseph and Ann Harris of Edge Hill, Wood End, Hurley
• NNWFHS Memorial: Griff Colliery and Hurley
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Pte Harris
• NNWFHS Hurley War Memorial Page
• White House Cemetery
• Leicestershire Regiment

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born c1887 in Edgehill
  
• Lived at Swan Village, Hurley working as a banks boy [1901]
  
• Employed as a coal miner [1914]
  
• Enlisted 1 Sep 1914. Landed in Rouen 24 Feb 1915