Leslie Harris
Service number
325818
Military unit
Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Royal Armoured Corps
Address
Unknown
Date of birth
Date of death
15 Sep 1944 (23 years old)
Place of birth
Unknown
Employment, education or hobbies
Educated at Thrumpton Council School and Sir Fredk.Milner School, Cpl. Harris was afterwards employed as a clerk at the Northern Rubber Work
He was a keen Rover Scout.
- Family History
- Military history
- Extra information
- Photographs
Family history
Harris was the eldest son of Herbert and Ethel Harris, 27, Wright Wilson Street.
He was engaged to Barbara Wilkinson, of Woodbeck.
Military history
In May, 1939, he joined the Notts. Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry, and was called up on the outbreak of war.
He went out with the Regiment to Palestine in January, 1940, and served throughout the North African campaign.
After the Regiment returned to this country, in December 1943, he came home on leave.
He landed with the Rangers in Normandy on D-Day. Shortly afterwards he was promoted to the rank of corporal.
Extra information
Unknown
Photographs
Leslie Harris
Courtesy of Michael and Elizabeth Szarelis
Photo of Leslie Harris