Harland. John Thomas  

The husband of Elizabeth Harland of 19, Fearnley Road, Hoyland Common, he enlisted at Pontefract on the 15th February 1915, and joined the Expeditionary Force France on the 26th May 1915 and then joined the Expeditionary Force Mediterranean on the 25th October 1915, he transfered to the Royal Engineers on the 27th May 1917 and returned home on the 14th July 1918.

He died in Bensham Hill military hospital on the 12th November 1918.

 

 

Image 

John Thomas Harland's grave,
Hoyland Nether
Cemetery,
reads,

 

 

He Died For Freedom
And Honour
Rest Give Unto Him
O Lord. 

 

Picture by Ray Brown

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