1899 QSA 5 clasps Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, OFS, Relief o...

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£390

1899 QSA 5 clasps Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, OFS, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal to 8081 Sgt A.W. Harrington K.R.R.C., 1902 KSA both clasps to 8081 Serjt A.W. Harrington K.R.R.C., KGV Army LSGC to 8081 Q.M. Sjt A.W. Harrington K.R.R.C., 1914-15 Star to Capt A.W. Harrington (no unit on star as on General List), first 3 very fine and swing mounted as worn, 1915 trio loose and extremely fine. With 6 copied pages of service papers, MIC and LG, Albert Walter Harrington was born in Chatham, enlisted in 3rd KRRC 5/6/93, promoted Sgt 15/3/99, CSgt 18/2/05, QM Sgt 1/12/10, was attached to Egyptian Army from 27/1/09 until his date of commission on General List 8/5/15. First theatre was Salonika 25/11/15.
With photo on horseback at Bethlehem and typed 59 page document titled Palestine Memories 1908-22 by recipient. He first visited Palestine when stationed in Crete in 1908. On the outbreak of WW1 he was serving in Khartoum. 3 months after arriving in Salonika he was posted to Egypt and joined the Camel Transport Corps on the Canal. While serving as Staff Officer at GHQ E.E.F. he was ordered to take over as Military Governor of Bethlehem. In 1918 he moved north behind the advance to Haifa and then to administrate Safed. He stayed in Palestine until 1922. While the Memories are mostly to do with his role in administration of Palestine and sight seeing, it is very interesting and rare account from a remote area of WW1. (½B)