HARRISON, HAROLD RALPH

201812 Private Harold Ralph Harrison, served in the 1^st World War with the 95^th (Queen’s Own Rifles) Infantry Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, and the 4th Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles, Canadian Expeditionary Force.

Harold Ralph Harrison was born on 02 Mar 1897 in Toronto to Charlotte Harrison and Charles Brown Harrison.

At the time of his attestation into the 95^th Battalion CEF, on 2^nd of November 1915, he was 5 feet 6 inches tall, had steel blue eyes and was a member of the Church of England. He was a student who lived with his parents at 118 Delaware Avenue Toronto and had no previous military service. During the war Harrison was disciplined numerous times for being absent and insubordinate. He was wounded, likely during the Battle of the Scarpe (1918), and was discharged from Active Service on 15 May, 1919. He died 22 February 1958.

Timeline of Service:

1915, 02 Nov – Enlistment, Medical Examination and Attestation at the Toronto Recruiting Depot
1915, 02 Nov – Taken On Strength by the 95th (Queen’s Own Rifles) Infantry Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force and was posted to D Company
1916, 31 May – embarked in Canada aboard the S.S. Olympic
1916, 01 Jun – Assigned Pay of $20.00 per month to his mother begins
1916, 08 Jun – arrived in England
1916, 06 Jul – forfeits 5 days pay for being absent 1900hr to 2100hr – Lower Dibgate, Shorncliffe
1916, 07 Jul – forfeits 5 days pay for being absent from defaulters parade – Lower Dibgate, Shorncliffe
1916, 11 Jul – awarded 10 days detention for (1) refusing to work while doing Field Punishment No 2 (2) insolence to NCO – Lower Dibgate, Shorncliffe
1916, 27 Oct – Taken On Strength by the 4th Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles, Canadian Expeditionary Force – Dibgate, Shorncliffe
1916, 03 Nov – arrived Canadian Base Details for crossing to France
1916, 19 Nov – left Canadian Base Details for unit
1916, 22 Nov – arrive unit in the field and served with C Company, 4th Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles in France and Belgium
1916, 30 Dec – sentenced to 14 days Field Punishment No 1 for not complying with an order
1917, 14 to 29 Jan – attached School of Mortars
1917, 04 Mar to 15 May – attached to Brigade Machine Gun Company as a Carrier
1917, 18 May to 24 Jul – attached to the 7^th Field Company, Canadian Engineers for wiring party duty
1917, 23 Aug to 29 Sep – attached to the 3^rd Division HQ – Wiring Party
1917, 20 Sep – sentenced to 4 days of Field Punishment No 1 for whilst on active service (1) absent without leave from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. on 11 Sep 1917 (7 hours), (2) neglecting to obey an order of superior officer in that he did not report himself to Lt McDonald when ordered to do so by Cpl Graham on 11 Sep 1917. Forfeits 1 day pay.
1918, 22 Jan to 08 Feb – granted leave to England
1918, 09 Feb – reported to No 3 Canadian Field Ambulance – Venereal Disease Gonorrhea (V.D.G.)
1918, 10 Feb to 15 Feb – admitted to No 6 Casualty Clearing Station – V.D.G.
1918, 15 Feb to 28 Mar – admitted to No 51 General Hospital – Etaples Army Base Camp – V.D.G.
1918, 28 Mar to 05 Apr – admitted to No 6 Convalescent Depot – Etaples – V.D.G.
1918, 05 Apr – Taken On Strength by Base Depot – Etaples – V.D.G.
1918, 12 Apr – Taken On Strength by the Canadian Corps Reinforcement Centre
1918, 03 May – sentenced to 14 days Field Punishment No 1 for (1) absent from bathing parade (2) making a false statement to a Non-Commissioned Officer.
1918, 12 Jun – left for the 4th Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles in the field
1918, 16 Jun – arrive unit in the field
1918, 23 Aug – sentenced to 5 days Field Punishment No 1 for failing to comply with an order on 22 Aug 1918
1918, 28 Aug – wounded with a gunshot wound (G.S.W.) to the left arm likely during the Battle of the Scarpe (1918)
1918, 29 Aug – admitted to No 12 Stationary Hospital, Bramshott Military Camp, Hampshire
1918, 30 Aug to 04 Sep – admitted to No 22 General Hospital, Carniers – G.S.W. to the left arm (ulna comminuted fracture)
1918, 04 Sep to 09 Sep – admitted to the Fort Pitt Military Hospital, Chatham Kent – G.S.W.
1918, 07 Sep – Taken On Strength by the 1^st Central Ontario Depot – Witley Camp, Surrey
2018, 09 Sep to 06 Feb 2019 – admitted to No 11 Canadian General Hospital – Moore Barracks, Shorncliffe – G.S.W.
1918, 11 Sep – mother cabled notifying her of injury to her son’s arm
1918, 27 Nov – moved from Ward 2 to Ward 16 due to scabies
1919, 12 Jan – moved to Surgical Ward
1919, 06 Feb – Taken On Strength by the 3^rd Canadian Reserve Battalion – Witley Camp, Surrey
08 Mar – demobilization dental and medical examination … other ranks who have no disability – Witley Camp, Surrey
1919, 21 Mar – awarded ten days Field Punishment No 2 for (1) refusing to obey an order and (2) refusing to give name to a Senior NCO
1919, 01 Apr – Assigned Pay to mother stopped
1919, 03 Apr – Taken On Strength by Military District No 2
1919, 02 May – Taken On Strength by No 2 District Depot and embarked S.S. Cassandra for Canada
1919, 15 May – Demobilized and Discharged from His Majesty’s Service
Awarded a War Service Badge, Class A, Number 283193