Private 29242 Thomas HARRIS

Private 29242 Thomas Harris{gallery}Pte T Harris{/gallery}1st/4th Battalion, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. Former Pte 16481 Hampshire Regiment
Killed in action in the Third Battle of the Aisne, France and Flanders, 7th June 1918 aged 21

• Commemorated: Soissons Memorial, Aisne, France
  
• Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of Thomas and Prudence Harris
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Chilvers Coton Boys School | Chilvers Coton Bellringers Memorial | Griff Colliery | Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Pte Harris
• Soissons Memorial
• King’s Shropshire Light Infantry
• Coventry Diocesan of Church Bellringers Memorial
  
• Central Council of Church Bellringers Memorial

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born Oct Qtr 1897 at Chilvers Coton
• Attended Chilvers Coton Boys School
  
• Lived at 6 Oaston Road, Nuneaton [1901]
  
• Lived at 187 College  Street, Chilvers Coton, Nuneaton [1901 & 1911]
• Employed as a coal miner [1911]
• Enlisted at Nuneaton. Arrived in Theatre 3 Jun 1915