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Description: | Ts letter of condolence from Admiral Charles Beresford dated 29 May 1917 (1p) and a ts Portsmouth General Order (25 May 1917) concerning his funeral arrangements following his death at the age of 84 after serving in the Royal Navy, also a small original portrait photograph of Harding in uniform and wearing his Victoria Cross medal which he was awarded whilst serving as a Gunner in the broadside ironclad HMS ALEXANDRA for disarming an enemy shell which had hit the ship during the Anglo-Egyptian War on 11 July 1882. Together with two illustrations of the VC winning action, a photocopied transcript of his will detailing who inherited his medals, a photocopy of a published narrative by Harding of the events on 11 July 1882 (6pp), an auction catalogue and a large quantity of original newspaper articles mostly about the war in Egypt but also some references to his service, obituaries and two Canadian newspaper articles about visits by his daughter who was in possession of his VC medal.
Cataloguer SMR | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Harding, Israel | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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