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Driver Albert Henry Harrison

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Driver Albert Henry Harrison

Birth
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Metropolitan Borough of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England
Death
8 May 1945 (aged 19)
Burial
Nijmegen, Nijmegen Municipality, Gelderland, Netherlands Add to Map
Plot
22. D. 9.
Memorial ID
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His parents were Albert Harrison (…. - ….) and Catherine (nee Jamieson) Harrison, of 21, Monkchester Road, St Anthonys, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland, England.
Albert married in 1944 (Apr-May-Jun) in Newcastle-on-Tyne to Marion (nee Ambler) Harrison (1925 (Jul-Aug-Sep) - ….), of 32, Tyne vale Terrace, Walker, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland, England. Marion was born in Morpeth.
They had a daughter named Marijke V Harrison, born in July 1945, 3 months after her father Albert's death (source WarCemetery.eu)
Albert was killed on VE Day in an so-called Battle-Accident. (source Oorlogsdoden Nijmegen 1940-1945)
" … Albert was assigned to the Canadian army, which arrived in Amsterdam on May 7 and was stationed in the Amsterdam stadium on Amstelveenseweg. Albert was due to return to Britain in a few days, where his wife Marion was expecting their first child.
On 8 May he collided with a stone German defense position with his motor vehicle and died on the spot … ".
His parents were Albert Harrison (…. - ….) and Catherine (nee Jamieson) Harrison, of 21, Monkchester Road, St Anthonys, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland, England.
Albert married in 1944 (Apr-May-Jun) in Newcastle-on-Tyne to Marion (nee Ambler) Harrison (1925 (Jul-Aug-Sep) - ….), of 32, Tyne vale Terrace, Walker, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland, England. Marion was born in Morpeth.
They had a daughter named Marijke V Harrison, born in July 1945, 3 months after her father Albert's death (source WarCemetery.eu)
Albert was killed on VE Day in an so-called Battle-Accident. (source Oorlogsdoden Nijmegen 1940-1945)
" … Albert was assigned to the Canadian army, which arrived in Amsterdam on May 7 and was stationed in the Amsterdam stadium on Amstelveenseweg. Albert was due to return to Britain in a few days, where his wife Marion was expecting their first child.
On 8 May he collided with a stone German defense position with his motor vehicle and died on the spot … ".

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Royal Engineers

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14784363


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