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Second Lieutenant ERNEST EDWARD HARRIS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Fusiliers

6th Bn. attd. 1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 April 1917

Age 39 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY

VIII. G. 17.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the Rev. Frederic William and Charlotte Harris, of 22, Carlton Rd., Putney, London. A Signal Instr. in Dublin in 1916-17; partner of Messrs. Harris and Co., Stockbrokers, 21, Birchin Lane, London, E.C. Native of Burton Latimer, Northants.
  • Personal Inscription BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD S.MATTHEW V. 8
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Buried or commemorated at

COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 3324
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