| Surname: | Harrison |
| Initials: | R |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | P/4973 |
| Notes: | MMP. Previously served in the 3 Royal Fusiliers Volunteers. Awarded the 1914 Star with clasp (5124/5 on 7/8/1924) and rose, Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (1) France, 13/8/1914 to 6/7/1918. 27/9/1897 he enlisted as a Pte. 1 Scots Guards. No. 1644, age 20.8 years, occupation Groom, born Shoreditch, London, address: 26 Myikes Street, Hoxton, London N., 1/10/1916 transferred to MFP, 6/10/1919 demobilized, address: 3 Dickinson Street, Kentish Town, London NW. Awarded the Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, Army Order 125, 1/5/1917 Home address: Experimental Establishment RA2, Martelsham Heath, Nr Woodbridge, Suffolk. Served Home 27/9/1897 to 2010/1899, South Africa 21/10/1899 to 16/10/1902, Home 17/10./1902 to 24/2/1911, Egypt 25/2/1911 to 1/1/1913, Home 2/1/1913 to 11/8/1914, BEF12/9/1914 to 6/7/1919, Home 7/7/1918 to 19/11/1918, BEF 20/11/1918 to 9/12/1918, Home 10/12/1918 to 6/10/1919 to discharge time expired. Sick & Wounded NCO's and men of the Exp Force, France (Home) P/4973, L/Cpl, Harrison, R. MFP, attached Bde HQ, abscess slight, Adm. Central Mil. Hosp, Eastbourne 7/7/1918, List HB12909. MPC Order 146/1918, Transfer to England from BEF, No. P/4973, L/Cpl, Harrison R, invalided 7/7/1918 Sick. Info from Pension Index Card:- Harrison, Robert, MFP, P/4973, 11/M/425743, SFJ.4012. Robert Harrison. |
Decoration Record: | |
| Decoration: | Queen's South Africa Medal (London Gazette: WO 100/165 Page: 42 Oct. 11, 1901) |
| Citation: | Clasps: Belfast, Modder River, Dreifontain, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast, awarded as Pte. 1 Scots Guards, No. 1644. |
| Decoration: | King's South Africa Medal (London Gazette: WO 100/318 Page: 256 Nov. 1, 1902) |
| Citation: | Clasps: South Africa 1901 & South Africa 1902, awarded as Pte, 1 Scots Guards, No. 1644. |