Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Grave: | Dantzig Alley British Cemetery | VI. Q. 3. Mametz | |
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.124 | |
| 3. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 59C GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Family :
Son of John German Harrison and Emma Harrison, of Cloverfield, Whitchurch, SalopEducation & Career :
Butter Shipper, Birmingham.
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 14/Royal Welsh Fusiliers |
14th (Service) Battalion Formed at Llandudno on 2 November 1914 by the Welsh National Executive Committee. November 1914 : attached to 128th Brigade, 43rd Division. 28 April 1915 : formation became the 113th Brigade,38th (Welsh) Division. Movedto Winchester in August 1915 and landed in France in December 1915 |
| Action : The Battles of the Somme 1916 |
The Battle of the Somme 1st July - 18th November 1916 is inevitably characterised by the appalling casualties (60,000) on the first day, July 1st 1916. Having failed to break through the German lines in force, and also failed to maximise opportunities where success was achieved, the battle became a series of attritional assaults on well defended defence in depth. The battle continued officially until 18th November 1916 costing almost 500,000 British casualties. German casualties were about the same, and French about 200,000. The Somme could not be counted a success in terms of ground gained or the cost, but it had a strategic impact as it marked the start of the decline of the German Army. Never again would it be as effective whilst the British Army, learning from its experience eventually grew stronger to become a war winning army. The German High Command recognised that it could never again fight another Somme, a view that advanced the decision to invoke unrestricted submarine warfare in an attempt to starve Britain of food and material, and in doing so accelerated the United States declaration of war thus guaranteeing the eventual outcome. 287 Brethren were killed on the Somme in 1916.
Detail :
The Nantwich Guardian of 21st July, 1916 records: "LIEUTENANT BRIAN HARRISON. Sympathy is extended to Major and Mrs. Harrison, of Cloverfields, Whitchurch, who on Sunday received from the War Office news of the death in action (on the previous Tuesday) of their younger son, Second-Lieutenant Brian Harrison, of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers."
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Campbell No. 3643 E.C. | Worcestershire |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
17th May 1915 | - | - |
"Killed in action July 1916"
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley