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JOHN WILLIAM (JACK) HARRISON
BORN NEW HOLLAND LINCOLNSHIRE, 1881. SON OF CHRISTOPHER GOODLAND HARRISON (1852-1921) AND SARAH ANN GRASSBY (1857-1927), OF 12 BRIGHAM TERRACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL. HIS HAD A BROTHER AND TWO SISTERS. HE WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER. MARRIED ALICE MURRAY (1885-1970), IN 1914. HE LIVED WITH HIS WIFE, ALCIE, AND TWO CHILDREN, AT 22 WAVENEY TERRACE, VILLA PLACE, HESSSLE ROAD (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
SERVED AS PRIVATE, JOHN WILLIAM (JACK) HARRISON, 5695, ROYAL ARMY ORDANANCE CORPS, DIED OF MALARIA AND RHEUMATIC FEVER, AGGRAVATED BY ARMY SERVICE, ON 22/11/1922, AGED 42.
HIS BROTHER JOSEPH HARRISON 201894, 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT WAS GASSED IN ACTION AND DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 07/02/1917, AGED 40. HE WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER. MARRIED AT HULL IN 1903. HUSBAND OF FLORRIE HARRISON, & THREE CHILDREM LIVED AT 3 THORNEY FIELDS, NEW HOLLAND,
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