Second Lieutenant J. H. de la Maziere Harpur

Regiment: 15th Batt. Royal Irish Rifles
Date published: 28/01/1916
Killed in action: No
Information: Second Lieutenant J. H. de la Maziere Harpur, 15th Batt. Royal Irish Rifles, who has been awarded the Military Cross for gallantry in carrying in a wounded man under very heavy shrapnel and machine-gun fire, is the youngest son of the Rev. Henry S. de la M. Harpur, The Rectory, Killeshandra, Co. Cavan. Immediately after the outbreak of the war he enlisted in the 13th Batt. Royal Irish Rifles. In January, 1915, he was given his commission in the 17th Batt. R.I.R., and was subsequently transferred to the 15th Battalion.