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Sgt.

Thomas George Harris

Service Number 8674
Military Unit 2nd Bn King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Date of birth Unknown
Date of Death 22 May 1915 (26 Years Old)
Place of Birth Basford
Employment, Education or Hobbies Unknown
Family History

Thomas George Harris was born in 1889 in Basford and was the son of John a bleacher and Amy Benand Harris née Poyser, of 10 Stirland's Yard, High Street, Old Basford, Nottingham. His father John was born in 1859 at Basford and his mother Amy Benand Poyser was born in 1867 in Derby, they were married in 1888 their marriage was recorded in the Basford Registration Distirct. In the 1911 census Thomas George is living in barracks at the Depot of the King's Own Royal Lancashire Regiment, he is a Corporal , 23 yrs of age and single. Thomas George married his wife Lucy Ellen Frost in 1910 their marriage was recorded in the Nottingham Registration District.

Military History

Sergeant Thomas George Harris, enlisted in Nottingham and served with the 2nd Battalion King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). He landed in France on 15th January 1915, almost certainly captured at Frezenberg on 8th May 1915,he died of wounds in German hands on 22nd May 1915 he is buried in Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel,

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