HARRISON, Ronnie

Rank: 
Lance Sergeant
Unit / Base: 
52ME Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Scots Guards 2nd Bn.
Service: 
Army
Number: 
2695905
Born: 
Friday, November 21, 1919
Birthplace: 
Yorkshire
Died : 
Tuesday, January 21, 1941
Killed in action or died of wounds
Cemetery/Memorial: 
Lance Sergeant Ronnie Harrison, 'C' Company, died during a night attack against the enemy positions on the Gondor Road about 15 miles behind the enemy lines in Abyssinia. 
Son of Albert and Rose Annie Harrison, of Farsley, Yorkshire.
Service
28.02.1938 attested into Scots Guards.
19.11.1938 - 31.10.1940 served in Egypt.
01.11.1940 posted 52 Middle East Commando.
  • Also killed in this action was Lance Corporal Edward Norman, 52 Middle East Commando.
Sources
CWGC.
Scots Guards Enrollment Register and Service Records.
Letter from Capt. David Smiley 52ME Cdo.,to the mother of LCpl. Norman 52ME Cdo. mentioning LSgt Harrison.
Charles Messenger's book The Middle East Commandos.
 
Notes
The C.W.G.C. list LSgt Harrison by Regiment only. Email sent 21.03.2022 with evidence of commando service from service record.
 
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