Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of the late Joseph John Hanrahan,
by his wife (now wife of (--) Buckles, of 28, Great Barlow Street, High
Street, Marylebone, W.), dau. of (--); _b._ Marylebone, London,
16 Aug. 1886; educ. St. James’ C.E. School there; went to Australia,
and volunteered on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and joined the
Commonwealth Expeditionary Force; left for Egypt with the main body;
took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and
according to the official statement was killed in action there on 2
May. A friend and comrade, Private W. J. Pastoors, however, gives the
date as 25 April. Writing 9 Nov. 1915, he said: “As I was not clear
about the exact time and place where he was hit, I referred your letter
to Coy. Sergt.-Major Wicks. He gave me full particulars as follows: On
25 April, that memorable day of landing in Gallipoli, our Coy. went
into action, and Tom being with me in the advance, we reached the fire
line together, and he occupied a position slightly on my left, forming
part of a line that held a long ridge all that day. The position we
held was well over the ridge and a couple of hundred yards down the
slope. It was an impossible position for stretcher-bearers to work
upon, and a man who could not crawl away himself would have to wait
for nightfall and help, as it was the duty of every able-bodied man to
push forward. We suffered heavily from the enemy’s fire all the time,
and at 2 o’clock, being shot in the arm myself, I had to withdraw. At
2.30 a shell burst, caught Tom, our officer, and a number of our men,
and it appeared that Tom was mortally wounded. Nothing could be done to
move him, but what could be done by bandaging him up was done. Shortly
after, the officer, Mr. May, was hit again, and this time disabled, but
he managed to retire. Tom was then sinking fast, and that night when
the rest pushed forward, Tom had passed away. After the big attack by
the Turks on 19 May, an armistice was granted on the 24th. Poor Tom was
buried on that day, 24 May, 1915. The Burial Service was conducted by
Chaplain McKenzie.” He was _unm._
[Illustration: =Thomas F. Hanrahan.=]
=HANSEN, ELWIN=, Trooper, No. 11/286, Wellington Mounted Rifles,
3rd _s._ of John Frederick Adolph Hansen, of Mangapapa, New
Zealand, Farmer; _b._ Gisborne, 11 Nov. 1892; educ. Gisborne
and Kaiti Schools; was Manager of a sheep farm at Pouawa, for Mr. T.
Fraser; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the New Zealand
Expeditionary Force; left Gisborne with the main body for Egypt in
Oct.; went to the Dardanelles in May, 1915; was wounded and reported
missing along with 31 others of the Wellington Mounted Rifles, after
the big advance on Hill 871 on 27 Aug.; and later was returned as
killed in action there, 28 Aug. 1915; _unm._ His brother Rudolph
enlisted with him, but after 11 weeks in camp was sent back as under
age, but is now on active service. Another brother, Lionel, left with
the third reinforcements and was wounded at the Dardanelles.
[Illustration: =Elwin Hansen.=]
=HANSFORD, WILLIAM GEORGE EDWARD=, Leading Cook’s Mate, 347552,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=HANSON, ERNEST=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4314), S.S.
103168, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HARDACRE, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 5827, 2nd Battn. East Lancashire
Regt.; native of Burnley; killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 12 March,
1915, aged 37.
=HARDEN, ALLAN HUMPHREY=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Oxford and
Buckinghamshire L.I., 2nd _s._ of the late Lieut.-Col. John Edward
Harden, of the Munster and Leinster Fusiliers, by his wife, Alice Mary
(Lexden Villa, Shrub End, Colchester), dau. of the late Major-Gen.
Edwin Henry Atkinson, Madras Army, and gdson. of the late John
William Harden, Barrister-at-Law, Inner Temple, Judge of the Chester
County Court, by his wife, Angelina, 2nd dau. of Sir John Salusbury
Piozzi-Salusbury, of Bryn-bella, co. Flint; _b._ Ealing, 23 March,
1881; educ. Colchester, and Dulwich College; joined the 4th Battn.
Middlesex Regt. 6 Sept. 1899; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Oxford and
Buckinghamshire L.I. 5 Jan. 1901; was promoted Lieut. 2 Sept. 1903, and
Capt. 22 Jan. 1910; served through the South African War, 1899–1902;
took part in the operations in Cape Colony, Dec. 1900 to Jan. 1901, and
in those in the Orange River Colony, Jan. 1901 to 31 May, 1902 (Queen’s
medal with two clasps and King’s medal with two clasps); and with the
Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 12 Aug. 1914 to 21
Oct. 1914, on which date he was killed instantly by a sniper between
the villages of Langemarck and Roelcappel while bravely leading his
company into action at the First Battle of Ypres. His body was placed
in a farmhouse, which in the course of the action was destroyed by
fire. His commanding officer, Col. Davies, wrote: “Your son was one
of the best company commanders I have ever seen. He was very good in
peace, and the war gave him more opportunities of showing how a company
should be commanded. I had noticed his good work and the great trouble
he took from the very first, and I have great hopes that his name may
be mentioned in the next Despatches. He was commanding his company in
an attack, and had shown great skill in conducting the advance. At the
moment he was killed I was talking to him about the next thing to do,
when a chance bullet hit him in the head. He is a great loss to us,
for he was a fine soldier. He was fearless in action and always did
the right thing.” And Capt. Blewitt wrote: “He was never downhearted
in the depressing days of that retreat from Mons, and was so brave and
capable in all the jobs we were given to do. I shall always be proud
to have served under him, and had absolute confidence in his judgment
and arrangements”; while Lieut. Tolson declared him to have been the
best officer he had ever served under. “I shall never expect to serve
under a better one, and he inspired confidence in us all.” Capt. Harden
was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan.
1915. He _m._ at Holy Trinity Church, Brompton, 3 July, 1905,
Daisy, only dau. of the late Capt. G. Scott, late Scots Greys, and
had a son and dau.: Robert Allan George, _b._ 11 Sept. 1908; and
Daphne, _b._ 20 Aug. 1910.
[Illustration: =Allan Humphrey Harden.=]
=HARDES, JOHN=, Private, No. 2438, 13th Battn. (Princess Louise’s
Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of the late Alfred
Hardes, 4th Hussars, by his wife, Matilda, dau. of William Loose;
_b._ Fulham, S.W., 3 Sept. 1895; educ. Ashburnham Higher Grade
School, Chelsea, S.W., and being left an orphan at 16, made his home
with Mr. and Mrs. Satchell, of Marlborough Buildings, with the former
of whom he went to Canada in 1912 to work on the Canadian railways.
Returning to England in 1914, he was employed by Messrs. Bull,
Builders, Vauxhall, but when war was declared volunteered and joined
the Kensingtons, 1 Sept 1914. He went to France, 6 Jan. 1915, and died
in No. 7 Clearing Station, 12 March, 1915, from wounds received at
Neuve Chapelle on the 10th; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “It happened
in the morning of the bombardment of Neuve Chapelle, where we were in
the support trenches. We were all mad with excitement, and it appears
that while Jack was jumping up to see the effect of our shells a sniper
shot him through the head.” Buried in Merville Cemetery. When 15 he
joined the Christ Church Chelsea Athletic Club, and became a member of
the Young Men’s Class, and on his return to England he rejoined and
played for the second eleven of the Melton Cricket Club, which won the
Cup in the 4th Division of the Clapham Common League.
[Illustration: =John Hardes.=]
=HARDING, ALFRED=, Private, No. 2124, 3rd Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, _s._ of Worthing Harding, of 53, Lewisham Avenue,
Lewisham Road, Smethwick, Labourer; _b._ Blue Street, Walsall, 14
Feb. 1903; educ. Smethwick and Handsworth Council Schools; emigrated to
Australia in March, 1914; volunteered and enlisted, 8 Oct. following;
and died in Malta, 21 July, 1915, of sunstroke received while on active
service at the Dardanelles, 15 July, 1915; _unm._
=HARDING, ERNEST FRANK=, Private, No. 1630, 7th Battn. The
Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of George Edwin Harding, of 68,
Clonmell Road, Tottenham, by his wife, Beatrice Emma, dau. of the late
Richard Flawn, formerly of the Metropolitan Police; _b._ Friern
Barnet, co. Middlesex, 17 April, 1895; educ. St. James’s School there
and Downhills (Tottenham) Council School; was a Pianoforte Maker;
joined the Middlesex Territorials in the early part of 1912, and was
recalled with his battn. from his third annual training on the outbreak
of war and sent to Gibraltar, Sept. 1914; returned to England, Feb.
1915, and was sent to France in March, 1915, and was killed in action
at Fauquissart, France, 17 June, 1915; _unm._ He was buried in
the Rue Tilleloy there (Graveyard Square M 24A 9.7., Map 36, 3rd Ed.).
The Sergt. of his platoon wrote: “He was shot in the side whilst on
water-carrying fatigue early this morning, and died less than half an
hour after being struck.... He was under me all through his career
as a soldier, and was one of the oldest men, as regards service, in
my platoon. He will be missed by all as a hard working and efficient
soldier and a true comrade.”
[Illustration: =Ernest Frank Harding.=]
=HARDING, GEORGE=, Chief Stoker, 285296, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HARDING, HARRY=, Private, No. 9244, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards,
_s._ of Harry Harding, of 17, Rhoda’s Terrace, Strickland Street,
Hull, by his wife, Mary Ann; _b._ Hull, 15 Nov. 1894: educ. Daltry
Street Board School there; enlisted 2 Sept. 1911, went to France 10
Aug. 1914, and died in No. 11 General Hospital at Boulogne, 3 Nov.
1914, of wounds received in action near Ypres, 26 Oct.; _unm._
Buried in Boulogne Cemetery.
=HARDING, LIONEL COX=, 2nd Lieut., 5th Mountain Battery, R.G.A.,
eldest surviving _s._ of the late Judge Herbert Olive Denman
Harding, Madras Civil Service (who was murdered on the verandah of
the District Court, 22 Feb. 1916), by his wife, Sophia Louisa, dau.
of Col. H. W. H. Cox; _b._ Westward Ho, Devon, 23 Aug. 1895;
educ. Westward Ho Junior School, Blundell’s, Tiverton, and Royal
Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal Garrison
Artillery from Woolwich, 17 Nov. 1914; left for the front with the
5th Mountain Battery, 8 Feb. 1915, and served with the Expeditionary
Force in France, Feb.-June, 1915. At Neuve Chapelle, after the capture
of the village, he spent the rest of the day under fire building
bridges across trenches and channels. On the evening of the 15 June
he successfully took his gun up a shell-swept road and got it into
position. Next morning he bombarded and destroyed a German trench
opposite for an hour and a half. His gun was then damaged and he had
to retire. He got all his men away safely and was himself leaving when
he was struck by shrapnel in ten places. He lay in the trench till
evening, unconscious most of the time--only woke twice--once to inquire
how the battle was going and once to wish to help his men to put on
the gas masks. He was removed to hospital that night, and died on the
evening of the 18th; _unm._ He was buried in a separate grave (No.
1360) in the British Military portion of the Cemetery at Bailleul.
[Illustration: =Lionel Cox Harding.=]
=HARDING, PERCY=, A.B., 221776, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship
was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=HARDING, STANLEY CUTHBERT=, Sapper, Divisional Engineer, R.N.D.,
_s._ of Edwin Banks Harding, of Manchester, Chartered Accountant,
by his wife, Eliza Gertrude, dau. of Jasint Colson, Professor of Music;
_b._ Trunk Farm, co. Hants, 1 April, 1886; educ. Collegiate
School, Aldershot; enlisted 22 Sept. 1914, following the outbreak of
war; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and died of
enteric on H.M.S. Dongola, 24 Aug. 1915; _unm._ He was buried at
sea between Malta and Gibraltar. The Major-Gen. wrote, speaking highly
of his zeal and devotion to duty, and a testimonial from General Paris
was presented to him on the field at Gallipoli on 29 July, 1915.
[Illustration: =Stanley Cuthbert Harding.=]
=HARDISTY, WILFRED=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 22817, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=HARDMAN, GEORGE=, Stoker, Petty Officer, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HARDY, LEONARD BASIL=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Worcestershire
Regt., only _s._ of Basil Edward Hardy, of 66, Ladbroke Grove,
London, W., Solicitor, by his wife, Janet, dau. of Dr. Leonard Yelf,
of Moreton-in-Marsh; _b._ Kensington, 19 March, 1895; educ.
Wootton Court, near Canterbury; Radley College, where he was Prefect
and head of his house, Colour-Sergt. in the O.T.C., in which he
obtained Certificate A., and represented the school at both cricket
and football; and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted to
the Worcestershire Regt. on 30 Sept. 1914, temporarily joining the
5th (Reserve) Battn., then stationed at Plymouth, 1 Oct. 1914. He was
promoted Lieut. on 15 Nov. 1914, and went to France on 1 Jan. 1915,
where he was attached to the 2nd Battn. He was killed in action at
Festubert, 11 Feb. following, while in command of two platoons in
the front trenches, and was buried at Gorre Chateau, near Bethune;
_unm._ He was very popular in the Regt. amongst both officers and
men, and letters from his superior officers speak of him in very high
terms.
[Illustration: =Leonard Basil Hardy.=]
=HARDY, RICHARD JOHN=, Private, No. 760, C Coy., 1st Newfoundland
Regt., 2nd _s._ of James Hardy, Tallyman and Weighmaster, at
Goodridge & Sons, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Abram Bartlett, of
Brigus, Newfoundland; _b._ St. John’s, Newfoundland, 28 Sept.
1894; educ. Bishop Field College there; was an Engineer at Reid;
volunteered after the outbreak of war and joined the Newfoundland
Expeditionary Force, 16 Dec. 1914; left for England, 5 Feb. 1915; went
to the Dardanelles, 20 Aug., and died on the Hospital Ship Neuralia, 14
Oct. 1915, of wounds received in action there; _unm._ Buried at
sea.
=HARDY, VICTOR HARRIOTT=, Lieut., 1st Battn. York and Lancaster
Regt., att. 1st Battn. Lincolnshire Regt., yst. _s._ of the
late Capt. Harmer Hardy, 18th Hussars (who served with the 97th
Regt. in the Crimea), by his wife, Helena Hester (now wife of Arthur
Nightingale), of West Hill, Sandown, Isle of Wight, dau. of John Jacob
Cruywagen, of Newlands, and nephew of the late Major-Gen. Frederick
Hardy, C.B., Col., York and Lancaster Regt., _b._ London, 26
June, 1887; educ. Farnborough Park and Eastman’s Royal Naval Academy;
was at first intended for the Navy, but after Lord Selborne nominated
him was found to be a fortnight too old, so he instead applied for a
commission in the Army. He was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the
Militia, 1 March, 1907, and was gazetted to the York and Lancaster
Regt., 20 March, 1909, and was at Blackdown with the 2nd Battn. until
Sept. of the same year, when he left for India to join the 1st Battn.
at Quetta; was promoted Lieut. 4 Oct. 1911, and after three years in
India, returned home for a while; he then went back in Sept. 1912, and
having served there a year, fell a victim to some climatic illness,
and was invalided home, during which time he passed the examination
for promotion to Capt. On mobilisation he was ordered to the 65th
Regimental District, Pontefract, and was selected for duty with the
6th (Service) Battn. of his regt. at Belton Park, near Grantham. After
the Lincolnshire had had some severe losses he was sent to the Front
with a draft of the 1st Battn. of that regt., about 30 Sept.; served in
France and Flanders, and was, it is believed, killed in an attack on a
strong German position across a tract of open country, 27 Oct. 1914. He
was buried at Neuve Chapelle; _unm._ Lieut. Hardy was keen on all
forms of sport, especially riding, and was very fond of animals; he won
the Regimental Cup in the Officers’ races while in the Special Reserve,
and when a 2nd Lieut. carried the King’s Colours on the occasion of
the visit of King George and Queen Mary to India for the Coronation
Durbar. While a boy, Lieut. Hardy won the First Prize in Sandown in a
demonstration to celebrate King Edward’s coronation in 1902.
[Illustration: =Victor Harriott Hardy.=]
=HARDY, WILLIAM FRANK=, Private, No. 179, 1st Newfoundland Regt.,
eldest _s._ of George Francis Hardy, of 60, Monroe Street, St.
John’s, Newfoundland, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of William Reid;
_b._ St. John’s, 23 Sept. 1893; educ. Springdale Street School,
St. John’s, was a Truckman; enlisted after the outbreak of war in Aug.
1914; left for England, 4 Oct. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, and was
killed in action there, 23 Sept. 1915; _unm._
=HARE, ALBERT HENRY=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 1863),
Ch./11963, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HAREWOOD, GEORGE=, Stoker (Native), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HARGRAVE, GEOFFREY LEWIS=, Private, No. 41, 13th Battn., 4th
Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, only _s._ of the
late Lawrence Hargrave, of Sydney, N.S.W., Engineer, by his wife,
Margaret (Wunulla Road, Woollahra Point, Sydney), dau. of David
Johnston, of Sydney; _b._ Sydney, 21 March, 1892; educ. Sydney
Grammar School; was an Engineer; enlisted soon after the outbreak of
war, Sept. 1914; left for Egypt in Dec.; took part in the landing at
the Dardanelles, 25 April; and was killed in action there about 24 May,
1915, being buried in Anzac Cove; _unm._
[Illustration: =Geoffrey Lewis Hargrave.=]
=HARGREAVES, HARRY=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch./1762. H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=HARGREAVES, ROBERT=, Private, No. 12/307, 6th Hauraki Coy.,
Auckland Infantry Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of
the late Peter Hargreaves, of Napier; _b._ Waipawa, New Zealand,
15 Dec. 1879; educ. Napier, Hawkes Bay; volunteered on the outbreak of
war and joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in Sept. 1914; left
for Egypt, 16 Oct., and was killed in action during the landing at the
Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915; _unm._
=HARKER, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4915), S.S.
104332, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HARLAND, REGINALD WICKHAM=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Hampshire Regt.,
7th _s._ of the Rev. Albert Augustus Harland, Vicar of Harefield,
Uxbridge, by his wife, Louisa Ellen, dau. of Henry Wilson; _b._
Harefield Vicarage, co. Middlesex; educ. Temple Grove, East Sheen,
Wellington College, and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. Hampshire Regt., 22 April, 1903, and promoted Lieut. 22 Dec.
1905, and Capt. 9 Aug. 1911; went to France, 20 Aug. 1914, and was
killed in action at Ploegsteert, 30 Oct. following; _unm._ Buried
in the churchyard there. A brother officer wrote: “It was a day of very
hard fighting, in spite of very heavy fire he continued to watch with
his field glasses the movements of the enemy in order to direct the
fire of his men, when a bullet struck him in the head.” Capt. Harland
won Lord Roberts’ Prize at Sandhurst as winner of the competition at
drill.
=HARLAND, WILLIAM JAMES=, Seaman, R.N.R., A. 4422, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HARLAND, WILLIAM THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 6014), 226744,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HARLEY, GEORGE ALEXANDER=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 22631, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=HARLING, WILLIAM JAMES=, Leading Signalman (R.F.R., B. 1057),
143377, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=HARLOW, THOMAS HENRY=, Acting Leading Stoker, 311600, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=HARMAN, CHARLES EDWARD=, Brevet Colonel and Lieut.-Col.
Commanding 9th (Service) Battn., Royal Dublin Fusiliers, _s._
of the late James Harman, of Great Marlow, co. Bucks, by his wife,
Anna Louisa, dau. of Capt. Smith, of Bath; _b._ London, 10 June,
1855; educ. Victoria College, Jersey; gazetted Sub-Lieut. 82nd Foot,
21 Sept. 1874; transferred to 89th Foot (2nd Royal Irish Rifles), 28
Aug. 1875: promoted Lieut. 21 Sept. 1875; Capt. Connaught Rangers,
30 March, 1881; Major, 21 Jan. 1890; Lieut.-Col. 8 Feb. 1898, and
Brevet Col. 8 Feb. 1902; was Adjutant 89th Foot, 30 Nov. 1878 to 29
March, 1881, and of the 3rd Battn., 16 Sept. 1882, to 15 Sept. 1887:
was sometime second in command of the 1st Connaught Rangers, and from
1898 to 1902 was in command of the 2nd Battn. in India, where he was
for a short time A.A.G. in the Bombay Command, and in Sept. 1902,
was appointed Acting Brigadier-General, Southern Command, India; was
on Extra Regimental Employment, 27 Nov. 1902 to 13 Aug. 1904, when
he retired. On the outbreak of the European War he at once offered
his services, and on 7 Sept. 1915, was given the command of the 9th
(Service) Battn. of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, and died at Buttevant,
Ireland, 5 Jan. 1915, while on service with his regt. He _m._ at
St. James, Dublin, 2 Aug. 1883, Edith Jane Gertrude, only dau. of the
late George Edward Newland, Commandant and Inspector-General, R.T.C.,
and had two children: Henry Newland Harman, 2nd Lieut., R.F.A., now
(1916) on active service in France, _b._ 9 Jan. 1886, _m._
15 Jan. 1914, Sidney Georgina, eldest dau. of Lieut.-Col. James Lowry
Cole Acton, and has two children: Ruth Edith, _b._ South Africa,
14 Nov. 1914, and Cicely Elizabeth, _b._ 6 March, 1916; and Lilian
Ethel, _m._ 22 Sept. 1904, Col. E. P. Smith, R.F.A., who was
killed in action at the Dardanelles.
[Illustration: =Charles Edward Harman.=]
=HARMAN, GEORGE MALCOLM NIXON, D.S.O.=, Major, 2nd Battn. The
Rifle Brigade, eldest _s._ of the late Lieut.-General Sir George
Harman, K.C.B., by his wife, Helen Margaret, dau. of John Tonge, of
Starboro’ Castle, Edenbridge; _b._ London, 14 Nov. 1872; educ.
Marlborough and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Rifle Brigade, 7 Nov.
1891; promoted Lieut. 11 Oct. 1893, Captain, 1 Jan. 1898, and Major,
26 June, 1907; was employed in Uganda with the King’s African Rifles,
19 Jan. 1900, to 9 Nov. 1904, being engaged on the Anglo-German
Boundary Commission, west of Victoria Nyanza, 8 July, 1902, to 9 Nov.
1904; took part in the Expedition under Col. Delm-Radcliffe into the
Lango country, and was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 12
Sept. 1902], and awarded the medal with clasp, and the D.S.O., for
exceptional services both military and political. On returning home
in 1905 he was posted to the 4th Battn. Rifle Brigade at Chatham, and
later joined the 2nd Battn. in India. On the outbreak of war he came
home with his Battn., went to France, 6 Nov. 1914, and was killed
in action at Laventie, 27 Nov. following, by a shell; buried in the
cemetery there. He _m._ at St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington, 21 Oct.
1913, May, eldest dau. of Evan Davies Jones, of 6, Addison Road, W.,
and Pentower, Fishguard, co. Pembroke; _s.p._
[Illustration: =George M. N. Harman.=]
=HARMAN, HERBERT REGINALD=, Private, No. 669, 9th Battn.
Australian Imperial Force, only child of the late Herbert James Harman,
of Windsor, by his wife, (--), dau. of (--) Butler; _b._ Windsor,
co. Berks, 17 Dec. 1882; educ. St. Stephen’s, Clewer, Windsor; was a
Private in the old Volunteer Battn. (The Buffs), East Kent Regt., being
for three or four years battn. shot, previous to his departure for
Australia. There he was a motor mechanic at Lismore, N.S.W., but on the
outbreak of war he enlisted and left with the first contingent of the
Commonwealth Expeditionary Force for the Dardanelles. He died there on
the S.S. Ionian, 6 May, 1915, from wounds received in action, and was
buried at sea. A comrade stated: “I saw him at Gaba Tepe, at 2 o’clock,
in the thick of the fight, doing his duty manfully.” Private Harman
_m._ at Holy Trinity Church, April, 1908, Susanna Elizabeth (16,
Albany Place, Cowgate Hill, Dover), sister of Private H. C. Hart, who
died of wounds, 17 Jan. 1916 (see his notice), and dau. of John William
Hart, Master Mariner, and had one son: John Herbert Granville, buried 4
April, 1909. His brother-in-law, Private H. C. Hart, of The Buffs, was
killed in the Persian Gulf (see notice).
[Illustration: =Herbert Reginald Harman.=]