47712 Pte Harold B Perris, 26th Bn, Royal Fusiliers

47712 Private Harold Barton Perris of the 26th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, died of wounds on the 10th June 1917. He was born in Manchester and enlisted there. Soldiers Died in The Great War notes that he was formerly 5122 Royal Fusiliers. His medal index card records that number as Spts/5122 which in turn indicates a joining sate of late 1915 or early 1916.

Harold Perris was 33 years old when he died. He was the son of George Henry and Annie Perris, of Manchester, and he is buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery in Belgium.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission