From Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
Lance Corporal Cyril Herbert Smith Harris { 325035 } 1st/8th Battalion The King’s (Liverpool Regiment)
who died on 20 September 1917 Age 34.
Son of John Harris of Great Easton.
Remembered on Tyne Cot Memorial.
From 1911 Census:
Age last birthday is 27 (born 1883/84 – place of birth given as Takeley); employed as a horseman on a farm, and son of John and Harriet Harris.
From 1901 Census
Age last birthday 17; place of birth = Lindsell; labourer on a farm. In 1891 census return, family living in Smith’s Green, Takeley.
OTHER:
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-19:
Service number: 325035
Enlistment place: Chelmsford, Essex
Residence: Dunmow, Essex
Cause of death: Killed in action
Death place & theatre of war: France & Flanders, Western European Theatre
Supplementary notes: Formerly 16992, Essex Regiment
From ‘List of Subscribers’ (to Great Easton War Memorial):
Harris, Mrs. and family
Higham, Mrs. (née Harris)
Click here for CWG certificate Cyril Harris
