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 |
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| Rank | 2nd Lieutenant |
| Regiment | Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 4th Battalion attached 14th Battalion |
| Medal or honour | 1915 Star |
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| Enlisted October 1914. | |
Hair, Edwin F W
London and Lancashire Life and General Assurance Association
| Date of Death | 27 August 1917 |
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| Rank | 2nd Lieutenant |
| Regiment | Middlesex Regiment 2nd Battalion |
| Medal or honour | 1915 Star |
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| Died in London from wounds received 11 days earlier. | |
Hamilton, R M
London
Yorkshire Insurance Company Ltd
| Rank | Major |
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| 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 |
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| Regiment | Army Service Corps |
| Medal or honour | OBE |
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| 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 |
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| Rank | Captain |
| Regiment | Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 8th Battalion |
| Medal or honour | Mons Star, Military Cross |
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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.
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Harding, D A
Head Office
Railway Passengers Assurance Company
| Rank | 2nd Lieutenant |
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| Regiment | Machine Gun Corps |
| Medal or honour | Military Cross |
Harris, Edgar Charles
Employers' Liability Assurance Corporation Ltd.
| Rank | 2nd Lieutenant |
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| 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 |
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| Regiment | Royal Army Medical Corps 20th Division |
| Medal or honour | Meritorious Service Medal |
| Additional information | |
Appointed 1903. Served throughout battles of Loos, Somme, Langemarck and Cambrai.
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Hawes, G l
London
Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society Ltd.
| Medal or honour | 1914 Star and Military Cross |
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Heaton,
Birmingham
London and Lancashire Life and General Assurance Association
| Rank | Captain |
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| Medal or honour | Military Cross |
| Additional information | |
| Decorated June 1918. | |
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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.
Appointed 1903. Served throughout battles of Loos, Somme, Langemarck and Cambrai.