Employees honoured

Staff of Aviva constituent companies decorated for their actions in the 1914–1918 War.

”Home dwellers can never know what these men are suffering and cheerfully too, that they may live in safety, and in the days to come you can never think enough or do enough for any of these brave fellows who have marched and fought and bled for their country“

- Army Chaplain William Menzies

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Haggart, James

Head Office
General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation Ltd.

Date of Death 03 January 1918, aged 31
Rank 2nd Lieutenant
Regiment Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 4th Battalion attached 14th Battalion
Medal or honour 1915 Star
Additional information
Enlisted October 1914.

Hair, Edwin F W


London and Lancashire Life and General Assurance Association

Date of Death 27 August 1917
Rank 2nd Lieutenant
Regiment Middlesex Regiment 2nd Battalion
Medal or honour 1915 Star
Additional information
Died in London from wounds received 11 days earlier.

Hamilton, R M

London
Yorkshire Insurance Company Ltd

Rank Major
Regiment London Regiment (London Scottish) attached Director-General of Transportation
Medal or honour Military Cross

Hamilton, W Locke

Melbourne, Australia
New Zealand Insurance Company Ltd

Rank Captain
Regiment Army Service Corps
Medal or honour OBE
Additional information
Present at landing at Gallipoli. Also served in France. Was ADC to General Hobbs till armistice was signed. Also three times mentioned in dispatches

Hannan, William David

Glasgow
The Northern Assurance Company Ltd.

Date of Death 14 October 1918, aged 37
Rank Captain
Regiment Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 8th Battalion
Medal or honour Mons Star, Military Cross
Additional information
William David Hannan Appointed 1898. Inspector. The notice of his award of MC in the Gazette read "He organised and led carrying parties under shell and rifle fire and by his coolness and determination assisted greatly in the consolidation of the captured position." Died in Palestine.

Harding, D A

Head Office
Railway Passengers Assurance Company

Rank 2nd Lieutenant
Regiment Machine Gun Corps
Medal or honour Military Cross

Harris, Edgar Charles


Employers' Liability Assurance Corporation Ltd.

Rank 2nd Lieutenant
Regiment King's Royal Rifle Corps
Medal or honour Distinguished Flying Cross
Additional information
Awarded DFC London Gazette, 3 June 1919 for service in France. No citation.

Harvey, Thomas Roland

London
The Northern Assurance Company Ltd.

Rank Sergeant
Regiment Royal Army Medical Corps 20th Division
Medal or honour Meritorious Service Medal
Additional information
Thomas Roland Harvey Appointed 1903. Served throughout battles of Loos, Somme, Langemarck and Cambrai.

Hawes, G l

London
Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society Ltd.

Medal or honour 1914 Star and Military Cross

Heaton,

Birmingham
London and Lancashire Life and General Assurance Association

Rank Captain
Medal or honour Military Cross
Additional information
Decorated June 1918.

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