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Rank : Lance Corporal

Army Number : 9820

Unit : 2nd Bn

Biography :

Home address given as Hinckley, Leicestershire. Enlisted at Leicester. Served with the 2nd Bn in World War One. Appointed Unpaid Lance Corporal 4.5.1915. Wounded 10.6.1915. Died of wounds at the King George Military Hospital, London, 1.8.1915, aged 20. He is buried in Ashby Road Cemetery, Hinckley, Leicestershire.

Medal Card: Harris Arthur - Leic R - Pte - 9820 - Victory, British and 1915 Star - disembarked France 8.12.1914 - died 1.8.1915.

CWGC:

HARRIS, ARTHUR
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service No:2/9820
Date of Death: 01/08/1915
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Leicestershire Regiment "A" Coy. 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: 9. 89.
Cemetery: HINCKLEY CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Albert and Eliza Harris.

Date of Birth : c 1885

Place of Birth : Old Basford, Nottinghamshire

Date of Death : 1.8.1915

Place of Death : London

Period of Service : 1910s

Conflicts : WW1

Places Served : France