William Harrison's Story.
Born in 1896 at Chorlton, Manchester, son of calico printer, John Peter and Mary, (nee, Harrison), Lomas. William had an elder sister, Agnes. The 1911 census places William at St Oswald’s Middle School, Ellesmere, Shropshire.
William attested into the Cheshire Yeomanry, 05/10/1914 at Chester, later to be transferred to South Lancashire Regiment. He was drafted with the British Expeditionary Force to the Western Front and was engaged in action in Flanders, at the Third Ypres battle, (PASSCHENDAELE). William died of wounds at the 2nd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, Poperinghe, Monday, 27/08/1917, he was aged 21 years.