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Rank : Lieutenant

Unit : 3rd Bn, 1st Bn

Biography :

Educated at Clifton College, Eric Harrison was commissioned into 3rd Bn The Leicestershire Regiment on 22.9.1914, and later served with the 1st Bn in World War One. Killed in Action during the Battle of Hooge on 30.6.1915, just short of his 18th birthday. He is buried at Potijze Burial Ground Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

CWGC:

HARRISON, ERIC
Rank: Lieutenant
Date of Death: 30/06/1915
Age: 18
Regiment/Service: Leicestershire Regiment 3rd Bn. attd. 1st Bn.
Grave Reference: Z. 11.
Cemetery: POTIJZE BURIAL GROUND CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Frank Perrin Harrison and Florence Harrison, of "The Shanty," Paignton, Devon. Joined up from Clifton College, Aug.1914.

Date of Birth : 3.7.1897

Date of Death : 30.6.1915

Place of Death : Belgium

Period of Service : 1914-15

Conflicts : WW1

Places Served : France and Flanders