Albert Richmond HARRISON

HARRISON, Albert Richmond. Private 21377 Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry died 20th April 1919 aged 27. He was the son of John who was granted a war gratuity on the 5th December 1919 and Annie, his mother. In 1911 he was living with his parents and siblings at 3, Lansdowne Street, Leamington Spa. He was by occupation a coach trimmer. He is at rest in Whitnash Road, Cemetery, Leamington, Warwickshire.
Some notes from what remains of his army record.
He joined up at Oxford on the 24th November 1915 and posted to the Oxford and Bucks Regiment. After he had completed his training he was sent to France on the 30th April 1916 to join the 9th Battalion, and on the 3rd August 1916 he was posted back to the Depot in England On the 19th September 1916 he was posted to Command Depot, and on the 7th November 1916 he was posted to the Command Depot, Ballyvonare Camp, Buttevant Co Cork, he was serving with the 3rd Battalion. On the 17th April 1917 he was sent back to France and was sent to 53rd Infantry Base depot and on the 19th he was posted to the 6th battalion, and on the 4th May 1917 posted to the 2/4th Battalion. On the 21st March 1918 he was report missing, later confirmed he was a prisoner with the Germans. He was repatriated to his Depot at the end of the war on the 18th August 1918. At some stage after the war he was taken ill and on the 20th September 1918 he was being treated in King George Hospital, London for tuberculosis. On the 25th September 1918 he was discharged from the army.