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A Great War 'Western Front' Third Battle of Ypres 1917 M.M. group of four awarded to...
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A Great War ‘Western Front’ Third Battle of Ypres 1917 M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant H. P. Harris, 8th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, who died of his wounds received at Gheluvelt on 17 November 1917 Military Medal, G.V.R. (9430 Sjt. H. P. Harris. 8/Devon: R.); 1914 Star (9430 Pte. H. P. Harris. 1/Devon: R.); British War and Victory Medals (9430 Sjt. H. P. Harris. Devon. R.) edge bruise to MM, nearly extremely fine (4) £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 4 February 1918 Henry Percy Harris was born in Combpyne, Axminster, Devon in 1893. A farm labourer by occupation working on the Rousdon Estate, he attested for the Devonshire Regiment in December 1911. At the outbreak of the Great War he was serving with the 1st Battalion stationed at St Helier, Jersey. The battalion embarked for France and joined the British Expeditionary Force at Le Havre on 22 August 1914. He received a bayonet wound in action on the Ypres Salient 20 June 1915. Transferring to the 8th (Service) Battalion and promoted to Sergeant he was again wounded in action during the attack on Gheluvelt, during the Third Battle of Ypres, on 26 October 1917, an action for which he was awarded the Military Medal. Evacuated to England he died of his wounds on 17 November 1917 and is buried in Combpyne (St Mary) Churchyard Extension. Sold with a photographic image of the recipient, and copied research.
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A Great War ‘Western Front’ Third Battle of Ypres 1917 M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant H. P. Harris, 8th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, who died of his wounds received at Gheluvelt on 17 November 1917 Military Medal, G.V.R. (9430 Sjt. H. P. Harris. 8/Devon: R.); 1914 Star (9430 Pte. H. P. Harris. 1/Devon: R.); British War and Victory Medals (9430 Sjt. H. P. Harris. Devon. R.) edge bruise to MM, nearly extremely fine (4) £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 4 February 1918 Henry Percy Harris was born in Combpyne, Axminster, Devon in 1893. A farm labourer by occupation working on the Rousdon Estate, he attested for the Devonshire Regiment in December 1911. At the outbreak of the Great War he was serving with the 1st Battalion stationed at St Helier, Jersey. The battalion embarked for France and joined the British Expeditionary Force at Le Havre on 22 August 1914. He received a bayonet wound in action on the Ypres Salient 20 June 1915. Transferring to the 8th (Service) Battalion and promoted to Sergeant he was again wounded in action during the attack on Gheluvelt, during the Third Battle of Ypres, on 26 October 1917, an action for which he was awarded the Military Medal. Evacuated to England he died of his wounds on 17 November 1917 and is buried in Combpyne (St Mary) Churchyard Extension. Sold with a photographic image of the recipient, and copied research.
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