{"id":29515,"date":"2023-03-17T11:00:20","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T11:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/?page_id=29515"},"modified":"2023-03-23T11:44:05","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T11:44:05","slug":"harris-leslie","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/army\/harris-leslie\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris, Leslie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Leslie Harris<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Rifleman, Rifle Brigade<br>10th (2nd Bn. The Tower Hamlets Rifles) Bn.<br>Service no: 6918168<br>Died 9 Jan 1943<br>Buried Thibar Seminary War Cemetery, Tunisia<br>Age 29<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Leslie was born on 13 August 1913 at 17 Grovedale Road, Wavertree in Liverpool to Solomon, who was born in Belarus and worked as a tailor and a leather merchant, and Ray nee Leman and he had two younger brothers Arnold and Herbert. Leslie enlisted into the Rifle Brigade and records state that he died as a result of an accident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leslie is buried with a Cross on his headstone and evidence was sent to the CWGC to have his headstone changed to a Star of David. The CWGC advised that Leslie actually attested as Agnostic on his records when he enlisted. They will change his headstone to remove the Cross and leave no religious symbol. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CEM2237682_135019174268-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CEM2237682_135019174268-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CEM2237682_135019174268-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CEM2237682_135019174268-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CEM2237682_135019174268-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CEM2237682_135019174268.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Courtesy Find a Grave<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"320\" data-id=\"29615\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1921-Census-Harris-family-700x320.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1921-Census-Harris-family-700x320.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1921-Census-Harris-family-250x114.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1921-Census-Harris-family-768x352.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1921-Census-Harris-family-1536x703.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1921-Census-Harris-family-2048x937.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1921-Census-Harris-family-120x55.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">1921 Census<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"309\" height=\"50\" data-id=\"29613\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Leslie-Harris-JC-19-Feb-1943.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29613\" 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