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Identity
Person No.
25247
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Harry Waddington
Initials
H W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Cause code
MIA 785
Missing in action
Cause of Death
Missing, Death Presumed
Military Service
Rank
Captain
Defence Force
UK 4,066
British forces
Awards
Military Cross
United Kingdom
MC LG Sup 20 October 1916 - "For conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty on the occasion of a large fire at an ammunition dump. When severa
United Kingdom
bravery." MID LG Sup 8 July 1916 "22nd Sept. 1915" | Colyn Brookes, Mibisa: Volume One – Western Cape (Lulu, 2013, ISBN 9781447682523): Road
Notes

Son of William Henry and Charlotte Catherine Tiffany (nee Farish), of The Grotto, Rondebosch, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Gazetted Lieut. in the Union Defence Force, 1913, from the Military School, Tempe, Bloemfontein. Promoted Capt. (6th Infantry Regt.) Jan., 1915; With official permission he then proceeded to England and was posted to the Royal Fusiliers. Mentioned in a Despatches from General the Rt. Hon. Louis Botha for gallant and distinguished services in the Field in German South-West Africa in 1915. Asst. Military Instructor Kilworth Camp, Ireland. Captain 6th Infantry Regt. (Duke of Connaught and Strathearn's Own Cape Town Highlanders) Defence Force, Union of South Africa. On Rondebosch War Memorial in St. Paul's Anglican Churchyard

Research notes

Colyn Brookes, Mibisa: Volume One – Western Cape (Lulu, 2013, ISBN 9781447682523): Road, Memorial.

Citations

MC LG Sup 20 October 1916 - "For conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty on the occasion of a large fire at an ammunition dump. When several casualties had been caused by explosions due to the fire this officer rushed in with Sergt. Maj. Flack, and succeeded in rescuing the wounded at great personal risk. He has previously been recommended for good leading and bravery." MID LG Sup 8 July 1916 "22nd Sept. 1915"

LG Sup 20 October 1916 p.10261
LG Sup 20 October 1916 p.10261
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