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Alma Inkerman Harris

In memory of:

Regimental Sergeant Major (WO.I) Alma Inkerman Harris

November 27, 1919

Military Service

Service Number:

7785

Age:

32

Force:

Army

Unit:

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

Citation(s):

Military Cross

Additional Information

Son of Frank and Margaret Harris, of Edge Hill, Liverpool, England; husband of May Harris, of Orillia, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 596 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ORILLIA (ST. MICHAEL'S) R. C. CEMETERY
Ontario, Canada

Grave Reference:

N/A

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Grave Marker– St. Michael's R.C. Cemetery, Orillia

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    Grave Marker – St. Michael's R.C. Cemetery, Orillia
  • Grave Marker– Marker at the grave of RSM Alma I. Harris, in St. Michael's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Highway12, Orillia, Ontario. Near the top of the stone is the badge of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Near the bottom is a personal message: "IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DADDY". Alma Inkerman Harris - whose given names clearly commemorate battles of the Crimean War - was born in Liverpool, England, in 1887. In 1912, he emigrated to Canada, where in the following year he married May Kelleher of Orillia, Ontario. A daughter was born to them in 1914. Harris returned to England to serve in the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, British Army, in World War I. He was ultimately appointed Regimental Serjeant Major ("RSM") of the Regiment's 2/4th Battalion; he also won the Military Cross ("MC") for gallantry on the battlefield. After the war, he returned to his home in Canada where he died of illness. (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2017.)

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    Grave Marker
    Grave Marker – Marker at the grave of RSM Alma I. Harris, in St. Michael's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Highway12, Orillia, Ontario. Near the top of the stone is the badge of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Near the bottom is a personal message: "IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DADDY". Alma Inkerman Harris - whose given names clearly commemorate battles of the Crimean War - was born in Liverpool, England, in 1887. In 1912, he emigrated to Canada, where in the following year he married May Kelleher of Orillia, Ontario. A daughter was born to them in 1914. Harris returned to England to serve in the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, British Army, in World War I. He was ultimately appointed Regimental Serjeant Major ("RSM") of the Regiment's 2/4th Battalion; he also won the Military Cross ("MC") for gallantry on the battlefield. After the war, he returned to his home in Canada where he died of illness. (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2017.)
  • Circumstances of death– Died of a Cerebral embolism BW2 http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-119.01-e.php?q2=36&q3=2878&sqn=1083&tt=1317&PHPSESSID=h922f1kqt98jrhkj8bm2s1o2j9dspeae84henbt0looh587l1ub0

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    Circumstances of death
    Circumstances of death – Died of a Cerebral embolism BW2 http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-119.01-e.php?q2=36&q3=2878&sqn=1083&tt=1317&PHPSESSID=h922f1kqt98jrhkj8bm2s1o2j9dspeae84henbt0looh587l1ub0

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