Name
Harnwell Jackson Borley
15 Jun 1891
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
10/03/1915
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Rifleman
1929
London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles)
21st (County of London) Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Searched but not found
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
HARPENDEN (ST. NICHOLAS) CHURCHYARD
H. H. 5.
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
None
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Harpenden memorials
Pre War
Harnell Jackson was born on 15 Jun 1891 in London to Edwin Abner Jackson and Sarah (nee Young).
On the 1901 Census he was living, together with his father, at a Great Uncle’s house in Lambeth. On the 1911 Census Harnell is registered at Duchess of Albany Home for Sailors (later known as Aggie Weston's) in Portsmouth.
He had enlisted in the Royal Navy as boy entrant on 8 Oct 1908 serving as an Officers steward. He left the Navy on 30 Aug 1912.
Wartime Service
Harnell enlisted as Rifleman 1929 in 21st London Regt (1st Surrey Rifles). His number suggests he joined in Aug/Sep 1914. He died in Harpenden 10 Mar 1915 and is buried in St Nicholas Churchyard.
Additional Information
War Gratuity of £3 and arrears of £2 7s 9d paid to his father. Brother Cyril Edwin enlisted in Dec 1915 Royal Army Service corps as a Private (motor mechanic/ driver). and demobilised in 1919.
Acknowledgments
Neil Cooper
Jonty Wild
