Ernest Harris
Memorial: Kingswood - Holy Trinity Church
Regiment: South Wales Borderers
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 8380
Parents: Frederick and Mary Jane Harris
Marital status: Married
Home address: 53 Court Road, Kingswood, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Shoemaker
Date of birth: 27/03/1887
Place of birth: Kingswood, Bristol
Date of death: 16/09/1914
Buried/Commemorated at: No known burial site but Commemorated at La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial, Seine-et-Marne, France and Kingswood Holy Trinity Memorial
Age: 28
Further information:
Ernest was called up in 1914 on the outbreak of war and mobilised to France in the August. He served with the British Expeditionary Force and fought in the Battle of Mons and the Retreat and the Battle of the Marne. Ernest was killed during the First Battle of the Aisne (13–28 September 1914) which was an allied victory and he was one of 13,500 British casualties resulting from this action. His body was never found and The La Ferté-sous-Jouarre Memorial, on which he is remembered, commemorates 3,740 officers and men of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) who fell at the battles of Mons, Le Cateau, the Marne and the Aisne between the end of August and early October 1914 and have no known graves.
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://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/