Seghill Holy Trinity
The headstone shaped like an open book reads:
Left hand side In
Loving memory
of
Pte. William N.F.
beloved son of
William & Eleanor
Harrison
of Seaton Delaval
who died of wounds
received in action
in France
Sept. 20th 1916
aged 19 years.
Right hand side
Also their son
Sergt. Arthur N.F.
who died of wounds
received in action
May 7th 1917
aged 24 years.
Morpeth Herald 29/09/1916 carries a brief obituary:
Private W. Harrison, Avenue Head, Seaton Delaval, has been killed.
ROLL OF HONOUR
HARRISON.- Died at Reading War Hospital, on Sept. 20th, from wounds received in action, Private William Harrison, N.F., dearly beloved and second son of William and Eleanor Harrison, Avenue Head, Seaton Delaval. Interred at Seghill on Sunday, 24th. Deeply mourned by father, mother, brothers and sisters; and brother Arthur, now in France.
Morpeth Herald 01/06/1917 carries a brief obituary:
[Died] from wounds received on 16th September, William, second son [of William and Eleanor Harrison, Avenue Head, Seaton Delaval].
His brother Arthur also died in the Great War.
William Harrison is remembered in Seaton Delaval on S7.03 and S7.10 and in the Battalion History
