Stephen Harris
Memorial: Coalpit Heath - St Saviour's Church
Regiment: Canadian Infantry
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 240119
Parents: George and Ellen Harris (nee Betteridge)
Home address: Shermongreen Farm, Mangotsfield, Bristol
Date of birth: 02/02/1883
Date of death: 27/10/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Ref: Panel 32), Belgium
Age: 35
Further information:
Stephen Harris was born in 1882, the son of George and Ellen (nee Betteridge) his father lived at Shermongreen Farm, Mangotsfield, Bristol
Stephen took Canadian nationality and served with the 9th Company of the Canadian Machine Gun Corps as Private 240119
Stephen died in the third battle of Ypres (popularly known as Passchendaele) on the 27th October 1917 and is rememberd on the Menin Gate at Ypres, Memorial. Ref: Panel 32. Belgium
Steven Harris is remembered on the Chipping Sodbury and District War Memorial Cottage Hospital board, now at Yate and District Heritage Centre under Coalpit Heath
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Yate and District Heritage Centre and Forces War Records