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