Lieutenant Colonel Francis Henry Herbert Bolton Harris

Service Number 24317


Campaign:

World War 2


Died:

27.2.1944

2SG Commanding Officer
Died of Wounds Aged 37
Buried at Naples War Cemetery, Italy. II, H, 14

Son of Henry William Harris, and of Maud Annette Letitia Elizabeth Harris, of Thornton, Buckinghamshire.

Memorial(s):

Country Location Name of Memorial Campaign Names Date(s)
England St Peter's Church, Thornton, Leicestershire St Peter's Church Thornton, Leicestershire World War 2
Francis Harris 27-2-1944 View
England Eton College In the Cloisters Eton SL6 6DB England Eton College War Memorial World War 1
World War 2
Francis Harris 27-2-1944 View

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