Basic Details
Surname
Harper
Forenames
O T
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Owen Tannett
War
First World War (1914-1918)
Served or died
Died
Notes
Entered College in Lent Term 1916. Son of Charles Coleridge Harper (1886). History Exhibitioner. Commenced service in May 1916. Second Lieutenant of the 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment, 1917. Served in France, 1918. Killed in action near Lagnicourt on the 22 March 1918. He is also commemorated on the Arras Memorial.
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
British Army
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
The Leicestershire Regiment
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Second Lieutenant
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
near Lagnicourt, Arras
Year of death
1918
Month of death
March
Day of death
22
Age at death
19
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action