Mexborough & Swinton Times – December 9th 1939

Like Father

Lce/Cpl Walter Harrison, second son of Mr. J. W. Harrison, 5, Riley Road, Wath-on-Dearne, worked at Wath Main Colliery up to 1932, when he joined the Army, at the age of 17. After two years’ service he was drafted to Malta, where he served for over three years.

He rejoined his regiment in April this year, and is now with the British Expeditionary Force in France. He has passed the “Army School” of Cookery for Company Cooks.

His father, Mr. J. W. Harrison, served abroad in the Great War with the KOYLI  from June 1916, but was