Basic Details
Surname
Harbour
Forenames
Samuel James
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
7883
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 39 St Mary's Street. It incorrectly gave his rank as Private.

(CWGC records that Gunner S J Harbour, regimental number 7883, died on 25/7/1916 while serving in 94th Company of the Royal Garraison Artillery, and is buried in grave VI.J.8 at Basra War Cemetery in Iraq. Soldiers Died in the Great War records that Samuel was a native of Peterborough, where he had enlisted. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects recorded him as a Driver, rather than a Gunner, in 94th Company of the RGA; that he died in Basra; and that his sister Sarah Cooper was his sole legatee. On the 1891 census he had been aged 15, living with his parents William and Mary in St John's Street, Peterborough; by the 1911 census he was serving as a Gunner in the Royal Garrison Artillery on the Isle of Wight).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Royal Garrison Artillery
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Persian Gulf
Town of death
Not Stated on Memorial
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Manner of death as stated
"Died of heatstroke in Persian Gulf" (date unstated)
Manner of death reference
Died of Disease
Personal Details
Address
39, ST. MARYS STREET
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial