William Robert Harris

Memorial: Staple Hill - Page Park

Regiment: Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945

Rank and number: Warrant Officer Class II (Company Sergeant Major)

Parents: William Robert and Rosa Margret Harris

Home address: Bristol

Date of birth: 24/12/1905

Date of death: 18/01/1944

Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Minturno War Cemetery

Age: 38

Further information:

The 7th Battalion Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry landed in Salerno in September 1943 and fought in the Italian Campaign against the Germans alongside the American 5th Army as they advanced Northwards. William died during bitter fighting for the town of Minturno which lay at the end of the Gustav Line - a German line of defence stretching from West to East across Italy.

By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):

This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_invasion_of_Italy_order_of_battle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_Line
http://southlazioitaly.com/Minturno/world-war-ii-minturno/
Aberdeen Press and Journal 21 January 1944
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/