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title="Points">P</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="white-space:nowrap">1911–12 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/York_Wasps" title="York Wasps">York</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center">5 </td> <td style="text-align: center">3 </td> <td style="text-align: center">0 </td> <td style="text-align: center">0 </td> <td style="text-align: center">9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="white-space:nowrap">1912–16 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hull_F.C." title="Hull F.C.">Hull F.C.</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center">116 </td> <td style="text-align: center">106 </td> <td style="text-align: center">0 </td> <td style="text-align: center">0 </td> <td style="text-align: center">318 </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td style="font-weight:bold">Total </td> <td style="font-weight:bold;text-align:center">121 </td> <td style="font-weight:bold;text-align:center">109 </td> <td style="font-weight:bold;text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="font-weight:bold;text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="font-weight:bold;text-align:center">327 </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John Harrison</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">VC</a></span> <span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Military_Cross" title="Military Cross">MC</a></span></span> (12 November 1890 – 3 May 1917) was a professional <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league" title="Rugby league">rugby league</a> footballer who played for <a href="/wiki/Hull_F.C." title="Hull F.C.">Hull F.C.</a>. He later became a <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army officer</a>, and was the posthumous recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a> during the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a>, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">British</a> and <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth</a> forces. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Harrison_(VC)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Harrison was born in <a href="/wiki/Kingston_upon_Hull" title="Kingston upon Hull">Hull</a> on 12 November 1890. His father was a plater and boilermaker in the Earles Shipyard. After leaving school, Harrison studied at St John's College, York (now <a href="/wiki/York_St_John_University" title="York St John University">York St John University</a>) where he was Rugby club captain and also represented the College at cricket and swimming before becoming a teacher later at Lime Street School in Hull.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In York, he caught the attention of the <a href="/wiki/York_Wasps" title="York Wasps">York rugby league club</a>, and played for them five times in 1911–12, scoring three tries. </p><p>He returned to Hull in September 1912 and married Lillian on 1 September 1914. He was invited to join <a href="/wiki/Hull_F.C." title="Hull F.C.">Hull F.C.</a> which included <a href="/wiki/Billy_Batten" title="Billy Batten">Billy Batten</a>, and played his first match on 5 September 1912. In 1913–14 season, he scored a record 52 tries and he went on to score a total of 106 tries in 116 matches for Hull up to 1916. Jack Harrison played on the <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Wing" title="Rugby league positions">wing</a> and scored a <a href="/wiki/Try_(rugby)" title="Try (rugby)">try</a> in Hull F.C.'s 6–0 victory over <a href="/wiki/Wakefield_Trinity" title="Wakefield Trinity">Wakefield Trinity</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1914_Challenge_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="1914 Challenge Cup">1914 Challenge Cup</a> Final during the <a href="/wiki/1913%E2%80%9314_Northern_Rugby_Football_Union_season#Challenge_Cup" title="1913–14 Northern Rugby Football Union season">1913–14 season</a> at <a href="/wiki/Thrum_Hall" title="Thrum Hall">Thrum Hall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Halifax,_West_Yorkshire" title="Halifax, West Yorkshire">Halifax</a>, in front of a crowd of 19,000.<sup id="cite_ref-A_complete_history_of_Hull_FC's_Challenge_Cup_finals_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A_complete_history_of_Hull_FC's_Challenge_Cup_finals-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="First_World_War">First World War</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Harrison_(VC)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: First World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Not long after the birth of his son, Jackie, and while living at 75 Wharncliffe Street, Hull, Harrison volunteered for the army. He started receiving officer training on 4 November 1915,<sup id="cite_ref-hullsweb_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hullsweb-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as a private in the <a href="/wiki/Inns_of_Court_Regiment" title="Inns of Court Regiment">Inns of Court Officer Training Corps</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MedalCard_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MedalCard-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On completion of training, he was commissioned as a probationary temporary <a href="/wiki/Second_lieutenant" title="Second lieutenant">second lieutenant</a> in the <a href="/wiki/East_Yorkshire_Regiment" title="East Yorkshire Regiment">East Yorkshire Regiment</a> on 5 August 1916,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was posted to 6 Platoon, <a href="/wiki/Hull_Pals" title="Hull Pals">11th (Service) Battalion (the Hull Tradesmen)</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hullsweb_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hullsweb-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 1917 the Hull brigade entered the front line once again and Jack was soon in the thick of the action. On 25 February, Harrison led a patrol into <a href="/wiki/No_man%27s_land" title="No man's land">no man's land</a>, and for this action he was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Military_Cross" title="Military Cross">Military Cross</a> (MC).<sup id="cite_ref-hullsweb_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hullsweb-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BiltonApp3_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BiltonApp3-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The citation for his MC read: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Temp. 2nd Lt. John Harrison, E. York. R. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He handled his platoon with great courage and skill, reached his objective under the most trying conditions, and captured a prisoner. He set a splendid example throughout.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><i><a href="/wiki/London_Gazette" class="mw-redirect" title="London Gazette">London Gazette</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nash-Oppy_Wood.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cd/Nash-Oppy_Wood.jpg/220px-Nash-Oppy_Wood.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="189" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cd/Nash-Oppy_Wood.jpg/330px-Nash-Oppy_Wood.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cd/Nash-Oppy_Wood.jpg/440px-Nash-Oppy_Wood.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="686" /></a><figcaption><i>Oppy Wood, 1917. Evening</i> by <a href="/wiki/John_Nash_(artist)" title="John Nash (artist)">John Nash</a></figcaption></figure> <p>On 3 May 1917 came the actions that led to his VC, during the <a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Oppy_Wood" title="Capture of Oppy Wood">Capture of Oppy Wood</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Arras_(1917)" title="Battle of Arras (1917)">Battle of Arras</a>. Ordered, with the rest of his brigade, to attack a wood near <a href="/wiki/Oppy,_Pas-de-Calais" title="Oppy, Pas-de-Calais">Oppy, Pas-de-Calais</a>, his platoon became pinned down by machine gun fire.<sup id="cite_ref-hullsweb_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hullsweb-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BiltonApp3_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BiltonApp3-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The citation for his VC describes events in more detail: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>T/2nd Lt. John Harrison, M.C., E. York. R. </p><p>For most conspicuous bravery and self-sacrifice in an attack. </p><p>Owing to darkness and to smoke from the enemy barrage, and from our own, and to the fact that our objective was in a dark wood, it was impossible to see when our barrage had lifted off the enemy front line. </p><p>Nevertheless, 2nd Lt. Harrison led his company against the enemy trench under heavy rifle and machine-gun fire, but was repulsed. Reorganising his command as best he could in No Man's Land, he again attacked in darkness under terrific fire, but with no success. </p><p>Then, turning round, this gallant officer single-handed made a dash at the machine-gun, hoping to knock out the gun and so save the lives of many of his company. </p><p> His self-sacrifice and absolute disregard of danger was an inspiring example to all. (he is reported missing, believed killed.)</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><i>London Gazette</i><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <p>Harrison's body was never found. He is commemorated on the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_War_Graves_Commission" title="Commonwealth War Graves Commission">Commonwealth War Graves Commission</a> <a href="/wiki/Arras_Memorial" title="Arras Memorial">Arras Memorial</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_information">Further information</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Harrison_(VC)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Further information"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lilian Harrison was presented with his Victoria Cross at Buckingham Palace by <a href="/wiki/George_V_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="George V of the United Kingdom">King George V</a> in March 1918. The war widow benefitted from a fund raised in Hull to provide for the younger John Harrison’s education. Their son went on to serve as an officer in the <a href="/wiki/West_Riding_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="West Riding Regiment">Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>, and was killed as a <a href="/wiki/Captain_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)" title="Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)">captain</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Dunkirk" title="Battle of Dunkirk">defence of Dunkirk</a>, and is buried in the Dunkirk town cemetery.<sup id="cite_ref-hullsweb_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hullsweb-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lillian Harrison died on 5 December 1977, and bequeathed Harrison's medals to the East Yorkshire regimental museum in <a href="/wiki/Beverley" title="Beverley">Beverley</a> (now part of the Museum of <a href="/wiki/The_Prince_of_Wales_Own_Regiment_of_Yorkshire#The_Prince_of_Wales’s_Own_Regiment_of_Yorkshire_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="The Prince of Wales Own Regiment of Yorkshire">Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire Museum</a> in Tower St, York).<sup id="cite_ref-hullsweb_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hullsweb-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2017, York St John alumnus, Patrick H. A. Neal, released his biography of Harrison, <i>The Heroic Johnsman: The Story of Jack Harrison VC, MC</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Harrison_(VC)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>National Union of Teachers War Record, 1914–1919</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-A_complete_history_of_Hull_FC's_Challenge_Cup_finals-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-A_complete_history_of_Hull_FC's_Challenge_Cup_finals_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140203223748/http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/complete-history-Hull-FC-s-Challenge-Cup-finals/story-19692285-detail/story.html">"A complete history of Hull FC's Challenge Cup finals"</a>. <i>Hull Daily Mail</i>. 31 December 2013. 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History of 92 Infantry Brigade, 31st Division</i>, Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2014, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-78346-185-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-78346-185-1">978-1-78346-185-1</a>.</li> <li>David Bilton, <i>Hull in the Great War 1914–1919</i>, Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2015, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-47382-314-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-47382-314-3">978-1-47382-314-3</a>.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGliddon2012" class="citation book cs1">Gliddon, Gerald (2012) [1998]. <i>Arras and Messines 1917</i>. <a 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