Lieutenant Colonel John Sandbach Noel Harrison, DSO

 

 

Lieutenant Colonel John Sandbach Noel Harrison, DSO

 1877-1949

 Full Dress, c. 1904

 

 Harrison commissioned into the Fourth Battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry in 1898. He was promoted to First Lieutenant in 1900, Captain in 1904, and Major in 1915. Harrison was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1918 whilst attached to the Loyal North Lancashire regiment for “services rendered in connection with Military Operations in Mesopotamia.” As a Temporary Lieutenant Colonel at the time, he was in command of the Sixth (Service) Battalion of the Loyal North Lancashire and was wounded in action. Harrison was made Lieutenant Colonel in 1924 and commanded the First Battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry until retirement in 1929.