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Charles Leonard (Leonard) Harrison | |||
Rank: | Private | Number: | 61240 |
Ship/Rgn/Sqn No: | 12th Bn | ||
Name of Rgt or Ship: | Manchester Rgt | ||
Died: | 16/08/1918 | Age: | 19 |
How Died: | Died of Wounds | ||
Country of burial: | France | Grave Photo: | Yes |
Cemetery or Memorial: | Daours Communal Cemetery Extension | ||
Town Memorial: | Sale | ||
Extra Information: | |||
Born during the December quarter 1898 in the Bucklow R.D. - ref; 8a/186, the son of Charles Edward & Agnes Harrison (nee Warrington). Baptised at St. Anne's P.C., Sale Moor on the 1st January 1899. 1901 Census - 191 Northenden Road, Sale Moor. Son - aged: 2 - born: Sale. Head of household - Charles Edward Harrison - Married - aged: 24 - occ: Warehouseman in Manchester - born: Lancashire. Also Agnes Harrision - Wife - aged: 21 - born: Sale. Plus 1 elder sister. 1911 Census - 169 Northenden Road, Sale. Listed as Leonard Harrison, the nephew to Head of household - aged: 12 - Scholar - born: Sale. Plus Charles Harrison (his father) - Married - aged: 35 - occ: Plumber & Painter - born: Sale. His mother - Agnes Harrison - Sister to head of household - aged: 31 - born: Sale. Head of household - Annie Snape - Widow - aged: 35 - born: Sale and her son Lawrence Snape. Member of St. Anne's Christian Brotherhood. The 28/12/1917 edition of the local newspaper reported that he had been wounded in the thigh, knee and leg and that he was recovering in Liverpool Hospital. The 23/08/1918 edition of the local newspaper reported that he had been (dangerously) wounded for the second time. The 30/08/1918 edition states that he had been struck by a shell on the 16th August and died the same day. Pension Records - Dependent: His mother - Mrs. Agnes Harrison, 34 James Street, Sale. Awarded a weekly pension of 7/6d w.e.f. the 18th February 1919. By 1923 his mother had moved to 35 Temple Road, Sale. Grandson of James Warrington, Parish Clerk of Sale. Commemorated on he family gravestone in Sale Cemetery - K.800. |
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St. Anne's (Sale Moor) | |||