Private 7472 William Baxter HARRIS

Private 7472 William Baxter Harris{gallery}Pte W B Harris{/gallery}1st Battalion Coldstream Guards.
Died in France and Flanders, 29th October 1914. He landed in France on 13th August 1914.

• Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Panel 11
• Awarded 1914 Star, British War and Victory Medals.
• Son of Charles and Emma Harris of 23 Westbury Road, Stockingford
• NNWFHS memorial: Ansley, Griff Colliery, Monks Kirby and Stretton-under-Fosse

Links to relevant information

• CWGC Page for Pte Harris
• NNWFHS Ansley War Memorial
• NNWFHS Monks Kirby and Stretton-under-Fosse War Memorial Page
• Coldstream Guards
• Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

1911 census and family history information

• Born March qtr 1887 in Wyck Rissington, Glos
• Employed as a filler in coal mine [1911]
• Lived at Elmsdale Cottages, Ansley [1901 & 1911]

  More about William’s enlistment, regiments and the places he served can be found here…