SOLDIER DETAILS:
Harrison,
David Edward
Private 10th Battalion 466781
November 26, 1917
Sucrerie
Albain-St. Nazaire Cemetery
Parents from Campbellville ON
Maple
Leaf Legacy Project |
Haltonville Cenotaph
R. Laughton
Sucreie Albain- St. Nazaire
Commonwealth War Graves
Maple Leaf Legacy
Project
Edward Harrison
(pictured top left)
Virtual War Memorial
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Private Harrison
is commemorated on the Haltonville Cenotaph in Milton
ON.
Private
Harrison
is buried in the Sucrerie, Albain-St.Nazaire Cemetery in
France approximately 13 km north of Arras.
Grave II B.10
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SOLDIER SUMMARY:
| Private Harrison, who appears to go
by the first name "Edward" is shown on his Attestation
Papers to have been born in Hamilton Ontario with parents
residing in Campbellville Ontario. The CWGC records (thus
VAC and MLP) suggest he was from Nassagaweya, parents in
Rockwood Ontario. He lists 3 years prior experience with the 11th
Field Battery (Volunteer Militia) from Guelph Ontario. He
was 34 years old when he attested in July 1915 in Calgary,
Alberta. Private Harrison attested to the 1st Draft of the 63rd
Infantry Battalion, which was absorbed by the 9th Reserve
Battalion, as confirmed by his number 466781 and his transport
record. He served in
France with the 10th
Infantry Battalion (2nd Brigade, 1st Division), which had
been reinforced by the 9th
Reserve Battalion.
Private Harrison was first wounded in action at Vimy Ridge on
April 9, 1917. After he was discharged he passed through the
17th Infantry Battalion long enough to have it on his pay
records, prior to returning to the 10th Infantry Battalion.
Private Hampson was killed in action on November 26, 1917.
The War Diary of November 1917 details the 10th Battalion in
active fighting in the 3rd Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele),
where apparently Harrison survived. Unit orders of November
11, 1917 note the 10th Battalion was "moving out"
of Ypres to the Lens area (see
Appendix 26 November 1917) to relieve the 4th Battalion in
the front line. The war diary of November
27, 1917 does not report on any attacks by the 10th
Battalion but does record significant artillery fire from the
enemy, perhaps ending the life of Private Edward Harrison.
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The soldier pages contain information
that is available from a number of resources. The following hyperlinks
are active where the information is available:
The summary of the service is taken from
the soldier's service records, if they were available from Library and
Archives Canada. A complete copy of the service record is
available in electronic and paper format in the Alex
Cooke Memorial Archives at the Milton Historical Society.
Using that summary, combined with the key references, a summary of the
events leading up to the death of the soldier has been prepared.
The research information available is as noted on the Canadian
Expeditionary Force Study Group web site Matrix
Project as well as in the Library and Archives Canada On-Line
War Diaries.
A summary of all the soldiers is
contained on the Web Blog "Great
War Soldiers of Milton, Ontario CANADA". Please also
be sure to purchase your own copy of "Milton
Remembers World War I - The Men and Women We Never Knew" by
John Challinor II and Jim Dills, edited by Ken Lamb. |
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