Sergeant Harris

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name = Harris
series = "Sharpe"


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first = "Sharpes Rifles"
last = "Sharpe's Waterloo"
cause = killed at Waterloo
creator = Bernard Cornwell
portrayer = Jason Salkey
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occupation = Rifleman

Sergeant Harris is a fictional character from Bernard Cornwell's "Sharpe" series of novels who enlisted because he was in debt.

In the TV series, he is one of Sharpe's "Chosen Men" (corporals), and was played by Jason Salkey.

He enjoys reading books, especially philosophy, and is the intellectual member of the company. In the books the educated Rifleman was Isaiah Tongue, killed in "Sharpe's Gold".

He was eventually promoted to sergeant but was killed alongside his friend Sergeant Daniel Hagman at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. In the books Harris is absent from the battle, though a different Harris appears.

His first name is never revealed in the series, and in fact a joke is made of this in his final scene, with Hagman asking him what it is.