Service Details
Name:
 TIFFANY
Given Name:
 HARRY WADDINGTON
Initials:
 H W
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 Royal Fusiliers
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Unit:
 12th Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1916-11-15
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Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Missing, Death Presumed
Decorations:
 M C, Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 MC LG Sup 20 October 1916 - "For conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty on the occasion of a large fire at an ammunition dump. When several casualties had been caused by explosions due to the fire this officer rushed in with Sergt. Maj. Flack, and succeeded in rescuing the wounded at great personal risk. He has previously been recommended for good leading and bravery." MID LG Sup 8 July 1916 "22nd Sept. 1915"
Additional
Information:
Son of William Henry and Charlotte Catherine Tiffany (nee Farish), of The Grotto, Rondebosch, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Gazetted Lieut. in the Union Defence Force, 1913, from the Military School, Tempe, Bloemfontein. Promoted Capt. (6th Infantry Regt.) Jan., 1915; With official permission he then proceeded to England and was posted to the Royal Fusiliers. Mentioned in a Despatches from General the Rt. Hon. Louis Botha for gallant and distinguished services in the Field in German South-West Africa in 1915. Asst. Military Instructor Kilworth Camp, Ireland. Captain 6th Infantry Regt. (Duke of Connaught and Strathearn's Own Cape Town Highlanders) Defence Force, Union of South Africa. On Rondebosch War Memorial in St. Paul's Anglican Churchyard
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 LOOS MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 25 to 27.

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