In Memory Of

HARRIS, ASHLEY RONALD

Service Details
Age:
 19
Date of Birth:
 1898-03-22
Service No:
 1377
Rank:
 Private
Unit:
 3rd Regt.
Unit 2:
 "B" Coy.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry
Date of Death:
 1916-07-16
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received at Delville Wood
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Pier and Face 4 C.
Cemetery:
 THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Somme
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of Issac Harris and Susan C. (nee Thompson) Wright, of Harrisdale, Barkly West, Cape Province. Born Harrisdale, Barkly West, Kimberley, South Africa. Educated CBC, Kimberley; St Andrew's College, Grahamstown. 1913 ? 1915. SAC Prefect 1915; Corporal in the SAC Cadet Corps; 2nd XV Rugby SAC 1915. Commemorated on the CBC Kimberley / St Patrick's College; St Andrew?s College, Grahamstown & the Kimberley (panel 4) WWI Memorials and on memorial stained glass in St. Mary's Anglican Church, Barkley West, Northern Cape