Work took me to Havana in March and on the one afternoon I had to myself I walked to the cemetery and saw the 3 cwgc war graves- two Canadians and a Brit; does anyone know how these men came to be here? Search Results | CWGC
Col Eric Harman (Unknown-1943) - Find A Grave... Captain Walter John Loudon, a veteran of the 2nd Boer War, was diagnosed with shell shock in 1916 and discharged. He returned to Canada aboard the SS Megantic. But how and why he ended up in Cuba is unknown. Regards, Dave
Eric HARMAN 1892–1943 BIRTH 13 JAN 1892 • British Maia, British India DEATH 25 DEC 1943 • Habana, Ciego de Avila, Cuba TD
From: The Wartime Memories Project - The Second World War - Those Who Served Promoted to Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers 4th March 1914. From: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28812/page/2255/data.pdf Find-a-Grave & CWGC have his Army No. 123979. Unable now to identify how he was awarded the Military Cross. Up Park Camp was the British military camp in Jamaica. From: Up-Park Camp - Wikipedia and one Google hit (with a warning on access) states: During World War II a camp was also established for the detention of German prisoners of war. The CWGC shows Italian POWs too.
UK, British Army World War I Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 Name: Eric Harman Regiment or Corps: Royal Engineers Seems he rose through the ranks fairly quickly Medal card of Harman, Eric Corps: Royal Engineers Rank: Lieutenant... | The National Archives Reference: WO 372/9/24458 Description: Medal card of Harman, Eric Corps Regiment No Rank Royal Engineers Lieutenant Royal Engineers Major Royal Engineers Major Date: 1914-1920 Held by: The National Archives, Kew MC looks to have been awarded in WW1 TD
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31183/supplement/2375/data.pdf SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 15 FEBRUARY, 1919 AWARDED THE MILITARY CROSS Capt. (A./Maj.) Eric Harman, 77th Fd. Coy., R.E 2016 commemoration Lest we forget Kyle
