Two further recruitment meetings were held at Giggleswick (7.30pm) and Stainforth (9pm). No details survive for either of the meetings.
However, on the same day, three volunteers are known to have signed their attestations and passed their primary medical examinations in Settle.
Leonard Fox; was only 18 years old, but added a year to his age when completing his papers. He was originally from Wing, Rutland but had travelled north to work on the railways.
Charles Graham; was 23 years old and had been working as a 'cowman' on a farm at Crosshills, near Keighley. He was originally from Long Preston, where the rest of the family were still living.
John Beckwith; was one of the older recruits, being aged 32. He was employed as a woodcutter and had been living at West Marton, near Skipton.
Henry (Harry) Harris
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| Harry Harris |
Regiment. He was to become one of the original officers in Tunstill's Company.
Harry Harris came from a wealthy London Jewish family. He was born on 23rd September 1895, the first son of Samuel Henry Harris (b.1863) and his wife Leah (nee Levy); he also had a younger brother Aaron James, (b.1900) and two sisters (Kate, 1902 and Irene Sarah, 1904). The family lived in some style at 56 Tavistock Square, London, with a staff of four servants (including a French governess). Harry was educated at University College School, Hampstead. His father was a jeweller and diamond merchant and, on leaving school, Harry joined the family business at 5 Hatton Gardens.
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| Samuel Harris' jewellers in Hatton Garden |
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