Private Phillip John Repton Harrison

Army Number: 4426

Battalion: 1/6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at lived at Wirksworth, Derbyshire. Son of Thomas and Hannah Harrison of Godfrey Hole, near Wirksworth. He was a gardener prior to enlisting on 22nd July 1915 at Chesterfield, Derbyshire. He went to France on 4th March 1916 and was killed in action, on 1st July 1916, during the attack on the German positions at Gommecourt, France, on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

Commemorated : Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.

Private Phillip John Repton Harrison is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Mary’s Church War Memorial, Wirksworth, Derbyshire.
St. Margaret’s Church War Memorial, Carsington, Derbyshire.