Diary of Ivan R. Harrison (3)

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（Ivan Robert Sinclair Harrison）于1898年6月7日出生于彼得伯勒（Peterborough），他在此地与父母及两位兄长埃里克（Eric）、塞西尔（Cecil）度过童年时光。兄弟几人就读于彼得伯勒国王学校（King's School, Peterborough），并担任彼得伯勒大教堂（Peterborough Cathedral）的唱诗班成员。

通过剑桥大学前考试（Cambridge Previous Examination）后，伊万于18岁时参军入伍。经过十个月的训练后，他被委任为威尔士亲王直属西约克郡团（Prince of Wales's Own West Yorkshire Regiment）军官，并于1917年11月12日被派往法国埃塔普勒（Etaples）。随后他在伊普尔（Ypres）的第1/8西约克郡团投入实战。后续章节收录了自当日起，直至停战协定签署后随大军长驱进入德国期间的个人日记。

此后，伊万在剑桥大学马格达伦学院（Magdalen College, Cambridge）获得历史学硕士学位，随后受聘于汉普顿文法学校（Hampton Grammar School）担任历史教师。1939年至1945年间，他在陆军教育团（Army Education Corps）服役，先后晋升为上尉、少校。1948年，他与妻子梅（May）购下位于德文郡（Devon）布劳顿（Braunton）附近希顿·彭查登（Heanton Punchardon）的圣克里斯托弗私立学校（St Christopher's School），二人共同执掌该校直至伊万65岁退休。他们育有一女雪莉（Shirley），外孙女分别为乔安娜（Joanna）、萨拉（Sarah）与安西娅（Anthea）。