Harris, Frederick – Born: Kensington, London on 22.3.1874.[1] Parents: George Harris (Innkeeper of the Bull Hotel, Long Melford) and Louisa Jane [née Nash].  Family Connections: Brother to George Harris [b1880] and Walter Harris [b1885].  Home: Queen’s Head, Kirtling, Cambridgeshire (1881 and 1891), Cross Keys, 22 Carr Street, Ipswich, Suffolk (1901), British Lion Hotel, Princes Street, Ipswich (1911), Long Melford [1923], Park View, The Green, Long Melford [1937 to 1961].  Occupation: Licensed Victualler (1901), Riding Master (1911), Sugar Beet Worker (1939).  Married: Florence Bertha Claydon in 1896 and Elsie Styler in 1923.  Service Record: Frederick was recorded as a soldier on active service at his father’s funeral in Long Melford in August 1918, and as a Major at his marriage in 1923[2] and his daughter’s baptism in 1927, however the unit is not known.  Died: Sudbury, Suffolk on 26.7.1961 and buried at Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford.[3]

Harris, George – Born: Kirtling, Cambridgeshire in 1880.  Parents: George Harris (Innkeeper of the Bull Hotel, Long Melford) and Louisa Jane [née Nash].  Family Connections: Brother to Frederick Harris buried in Long Melford [b1874] and Walter Harris [b1885].  Home: Queen’s Head Inn, Kirtling, Cambridgeshire (1891), Golden Lion, Newmarket, Suffolk (1901), Crown Inn, Wickham Market, Suffolk (1911).  Occupation: Licensed Victualler (1911).  Married: Elizabeth Maria in 1905.  Service Record: George was recorded as a Private at the time of his father’s funeral in Long Melford in August 1918, although the unit is not known as no definitive military record has been found.[4]

Harris, Walter – Born: Kirtling, Cambridgeshire in 1885.  Parents: George Harris (Innkeeper of the Bull Hotel, Long Melford) and Louisa Jane [née Nash].  Family Connections: Brother to Frederick Harris, buried in Long Melford [b1874] and George Harris [b1880].  Home: Queen’s Head Inn, Kirtling, Cambridgeshire (1891), Golden Lion, Newmarket, Suffolk (1901), 154 Shaftesbury Avenue, London (1911), The Plough, 53 Fore Street, Moorgate Street, London [1917].  Occupation: Hotel Manager (1911) to [1917].  Married: Amy Victoria Loveridge in 1909.  Service Record: Walter was conscripted on 24.6.1916 as Pte.46076 with The Queen’s [Royal West Surrey] Regiment and mobilised on 22.2.1917 as Pte.71631 with the Labour Corps.  Walter was posted to France on 6.3.1917, transferring to 150^th Labour Company on 30.12.1918, later promoted to Sergeant, and serving in N^o. 2 Northern Company, Non-Combatant Corps at his discharge in November 1919.[5]  Like his brothers he is recorded as being on active service at the time of his father’s funeral in Long Melford in 1918.[6] Died: Linton, Kent in 1955.

Selected Notes – [1] Date of birth from the 1939 Register for Long Melford.  [2] See Suffolk and Essex Free Press 28.8.1918 and Marriage Register 22.8.1923, Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford.  [3] Date of death from the National Probate Calendar.  [4] See Suffolk and Essex Free Press 24.8.1918.  [5] Soldiers’ Documents, First World War ‘Burnt Documents’ [WO 363], Service Medal and Award Rolls 1914-1918 [WO 329], and Service Medal and Award Rolls Index Cards 1914-1922 [WO 372].  [6] See Suffolk and Essex Free Press 24.8.1918.