Sapper 102374 John Thomas HARRIS

Sapper 102374 John Thomas Harris{gallery}Spr J T Harris{/gallery}175th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers
Died of  pneumonia at No 11 Casualty Clearing Station, France and Flanders, 23th January 1918, aged 37.

• Buried: Godewaersvelde British Cemetery, Nord, France. Grave I.M.3
  
• Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of Samuel and Elizabeth Harris
  
• Husband of Alice Harris [nee Stringer], married 8 Jun 1908 at Pleck, Walsall
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments | Stockingford

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Sapper Harris
• Godewaersvelde British Cemetery
• Royal Engineers

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born Jan Qtr 1881 at Birmingham
  
• Lived at 148 Prince Street, Pleck [1911]
• Lived at 28 Clifton Road, Nuneaton [1915]
  
• Employed as a coal miner [1915]
  
• Enlisted 5 Jun 1915 at Nuneaton. Arrived in Theatre on 10 Jun 1915 [Medal Card]
• Hospitalised from the effects of being gassed on 30 Apr 1916. Returned to his unit on 19 Dec 1916