Service Details
Name:
 HARRIS
Given Name:
 ARTHUR ERNEST
Initials:
 A E
Service No:
 3022
Rank:
 Battery Sergeant Major
Other Casualties of this Rank
Regiment:
 Active Citizen Force Artillery
Other Casualties from this Regiment
Unit:
 8th Citizen Bty.
Other Casualties from this Unit
Date of Death:
 1914-09-26
Other Casualties on this Date
Date of Birth:
 1873-11-30
Age:
 38
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Sandfontein
Additional
Information:
Son of George Willis Harris and Anne Harris, of 53, Wimbledon Park Rd., Southfields, Wandsworth, London. Born London about 1874. He served with the 12th Middlesex V.B. between 1894 and 1900, the C.I.V. in South Africa in 1900 and 1901 and ending the Boer War while serving with the S.A. Light Horse. In 1912 he joined the Permanent Force (S.A.M.R.) and was posted to the Transvaal Heavy Artillery Battery with the Regimental No. 3022. Awarded Transvaal Horse Artillery Shooting medal engraved: "Revolver Cup : 1910-11 : Right Section A Battery : Sergt. A.E. Harris : 49" and cased small silver Transvaal Horse Artillery shooting medal rev. engraved "Morrison Cup : 1910 : Corpl A.E. Harris", Geo. V Coronation medal 1911
Commemoration
Country:
 Namibia
Other Casualties commemorated in Namibia
Cemetery:
 WARMBAD CEMETERY
Other Casualties commemorated in this Cemetery

Information to contribute? Noticed an error or wish to Request a Photo ~ Click here ~

This information was last verified for accuracy: 2023-03-15
 
 

Send us an email...

  • I wish to
     Contribute some information
     Report a problem
     Request this image

Sending your message. Please wait...

Thanks for sending your message! We'll get back to you shortly.

There was a problem sending your message. Please try again.

Please complete all the fields in the form before sending.