4. He is buried at Carnoy Military Cemetery, France. He was the second soldier from Sheffield to be executed. He is also remembered at the National Memorial Arboretum, Staffordshire. #shotatdawn #WW1

3. Private Ernest Harris was already under a suspended sentence of death for desertion when he deserted again. He was executed on 3rd February 1917 aged 20. #shotatdawn #WW1

2. In 1911 Ernest’s occupation was tool maker aged 14 and the family lived at 84 Sheldon Avenue Nether Edge, Sheffield, Yorkshire. He joined “C” Company, 10th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Rank Private. Service No. 23992. #shotatdawn #WW1

1. Series of men who were executed for desertion in WWI:
We remember Private Ernest Walter Jack Harris.
Ernest Walter Jack Harris was born in 1897, Bourebrook, Worcestershire, England. He was the son of Edward Davenhill Harris and Lavinia Sewell of Sheffield. #shotatdawn #WW1