Diary of Ivan R. Harrison (2)

Ivan Robert Sinclair Harrison was born on 7 June 1898 in Peterborough where he spent his childhood with his parents and two elder brothers, Eric and Cecil. The boys were educated at the King's School, Peterborough, and were choristers at the Cathedral.

After passing the Cambridge Previous Examination, Ivan joined the Army at the age of eighteen. After ten months of training, he was commissioned in the Prince of Wales's Own West Yorkshire Regiment and was posted to Etaples in France on 12 November 1917. He then began active service in the 1/8th West Yorkshire Regiment at Ypres. The following pages are a diary of his life from that date until the end of the long march into Germany following the Armistice.

Subsequently, Ivan gained an MA in History at Magdalen College, Cambridge, and took up the post of history teacher at Hampton Grammar School. From 1939-1945 he served as Captain and then Major in the Army Education Corps. In 1948, he and his wife, May, purchased the independent school of St Christopher's at Heanton Punchardon, near Braunton in Devon. They ran the school together until his retirement at the age of 65. They had one daughter, Shirley, and three granddaughters, Joanna, Sarah and Anthea.

伊万·罗伯特·辛克莱·哈里森于1898年6月7日出生在彼得伯勒，童年时期与父母及两位兄长埃里克和塞西尔在此度过。兄弟三人就读于彼得伯勒国王学校，并在大教堂担任唱诗班成员。

通过剑桥预考后，伊万于18岁参军。经过十个月的训练，他被任命为威尔士亲王直属西约克郡团军官，并于1917年11月12日被派往法国埃塔普勒。随后，他在伊普尔的西约克郡团第1/8营开始现役服役。以下内容是他从该日期起直至停战协定后向德国长途行军结束期间的生活日记。

此后，伊万在剑桥大学莫德林学院获得历史学硕士学位，并担任汉普顿文法学校的历史教师。1939至1945年间，他在陆军教育军团服役，先后任上尉和少校。1948年，他与妻子梅在德文郡布劳顿附近的希anton Punchardon购买了圣克里斯托弗独立学校。夫妇二人共同经营该校直至他65岁退休。他们育有一女雪莉，以及三个孙女乔安娜、萨拉和安西娅。