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Name: HARMAN, George Malcolm Nixon DSO (Capt.)

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Nee: eldest son of Lieut.-General Sir George Byng Harman KCB

Birth Date: 14.11.1872 London

Death Date: 27.11.1914 Laventie, France, killed in action

First Date: 1900

Last Date: 1904

Profession: Anglo German Boundary Commission.

Area: Uganda

Married: In Kensington 21 Oct 1913 Mary Harris Jones b. 28 Apr 1885 Bristol, d. 27 Dec 1968 Toronto (dau of Sir Evan Davies Jones 1st Bt.; she m. in 1917 Alfred Hans Waring Caulfield 1879-1940)

Book Reference: EAHB 1905, North, EA Diary 1903, DSO, Web

War Service: 3rd Batt. Rifle Brigade

School: Marlborough and RMC Sandhurst

General Information:

DSO - Entered the Army as a Second Lieutenant in the Rifle Brigade 7 Nov 1891; became Lieutenant 11 Oct 1893 and Captain 1 Jan 1898. Capt. Harman was employed in the Uganda Protectorate and with the KAR from 19 Jan 1900 to 9 Nov 1904 and was on active service in Uganda in 1901 in the expedition into the Lango country. He was mentioned in Despatches 12 Sept 1902; received the medal with clasp, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (London Gazette 12/9/1902) - For services during the operations in the Lango District of Uganda …… He served on the Anglo-German boundary commission west of Victoria Nyanza from 8 July 1902 to 9 Nov 1904; became Major 26 Jun 1907. After East Africa he served in Malta and Alexandria with the 4th Battn. and having obtained his Majority in June 1907, he joined the 2nd Battn. in Calcutta. When war was declared the battalion was in Rawal Pindi and was then ordered to France. Major Harman was killed by a shell at Laventie
North - Appt. Capt. Uganda Rifles 19-1-1900; arr Uganda 15-2-1900; awarded DSO for Lango expedition 30-1-1903; end of appt. 11-5-1904
Web DNW - From 1900 to 1904 he was employed in the Uganda Protectorate and with the KAR. Captain Harman took part in the expedition under Major C. Delme-Radcliffe into the Lango country against the Sudanese mutineers, from 24 April to 24 Aug 1901………….. [more on his military service in Uganda and on the Anglo German Boundary Commission]
North - based Nile Mil. Dist May 1901; member of Largo expdn. Sept 1901; Major; 4 KAR; Awarded DSO 30/1/1903

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