Commemorated: | |||
Awards & Titles: | 1914-15 Star British War Medal Victory Medal | ||
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders |
10th (Service) Battalion Formed at Stirling in August 1914 as part of K1 and attached to 27th Brigade in 9th (Scottish) Division. Moved to Bordon. Moved to billets in New Alresford in November and in February 1915 went to Bramshott. 11 May 1915 : landed at Boulogne. 6 May 1916 : transferred to 26th Brigade in same Division. 17 February 1918 : transferred to 97th Brigade in 32nd Division. |
| Action : Africa |
The East African Campaign was a series of battles and guerrilla actions which started in German East Africa (now Tanzania) and ultimately impacted portions of Mozambique, Northern Rhodesia, British East Africa, Uganda, and the Belgian Congo. The German colonial forces, led by Lieutenant Colonel Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck, skillfully fought for the duration of World War I and surrendered only after that war had ended. Other campaigns were conducted in West and South West Africa.
Detail :
Lieutenant William Piercy Harragin, formerly of the 11th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, serving attached with the 4th Battalion, King’s African Rifles. Died on Active Service 1st November, 1918.
Served in France 9th December, 1915 to 10th July, 1917 and then in Africa 27th August, 1917 to 1st November, 1918.
Buried at Dar es Salaam CWGC Cemetery. Wife’s address Shoreham on Sea
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Berkhampstead No. 504 E.C. | Hertfordshire |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
14th August 1917 | - | - |
Listed as a 32 year old Army Officer, resident at Charing Cross at the time of initiation in 1917. There was little time to record war service as he had "Died on A/Service Sept 1918." He advanced no further than that of Entered Apprentice.
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley