William Jarvie Harrower
| Rank | Sergeant 1049 | |
| Medals | None | |
| Regiment | Army Gymnastics Staff, formerly Highland Light Infantry | |
| Military Service | A careful search of on-line catalogues has failed to find a Medal Index card for Harrower. The fact that he does not seem to have qualified even for the British War Medal suggests that he spent all his military service in the United Kingdom. As a staff sergeant instructor presumably he spent his time training recruits. | |
| Born | c1893, Glasgow | |
| Death | 13th August 1917 | |
| Circumstances of Death | Died at Glasgow, buried 16th August 1917 | |
| Age | 24 | |
| Burial | Glasgow Necropolis | |
| CWGC Information | None | |
| Parents | Thomas Harrower (c1854-1941) and Jane Cross Jarvie (c1855-1919) | |
| Father's Occupation | Mechanical engineer | |
| Siblings | Margaret M (c1884-), Ann (c1886-), John (c1891-) | |
| Spouse | Unmarried | |
| Education | Whitehill Secondary School | |
| Occupation | Apprentice mechanical engineer employed by a railway company (1911) | |
| 1901 Census | 51 Alexandra Parade, Dennistoun, Glasgow | |
| 1911 Census | 493 Alexandra Parade, Dennistoun, Glasgow | |
| Home Address | 493 Alexandra Parade, Dennistoun, Glasgow | |
| Glasgow Necropolis | Compartment Sextus Lair 456 | |
| Other Memorials | Whitehill Secondary School | |
| Other Information | Formerly 3389 HLI | |
| Acknowledgements and Sources | Much of the information on which this profile is based is drawn from various internet sources which are listed below. The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis also wish to make full acknowledgement and thanks for the permitted use of any information or images generously supplied specifically for exhibition, publication or display in connection with The Roll of Honour and accompanying profiles to Ancestry, and Find my past. | |
Gallery
William Harvie Harrower Monument - Sextus
Credits
Compiled by Morag Fyfe, Historical and Genealogical Researcher for The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis.
