Military History |
Theatre of War | Medals | Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial |
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India | 1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals | Delhi Memorial, India Gate |
Arrived in Theatre | Other Medals | SWFHS Area Memorials |
1914 | 1908 India General Service Medal | Warwick (Eleanor Cross) War Memorial |
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed | Date and Place Enlisted | |
Waziristan Campaign | Commissioned 28 Jan 1903 into Bedfordshire | |
Place of Death | Previous Regiments or Units | Other War Memorials |
Nanu Pass, North West Frontier, India | Bedfordshire Regiment | |
Army Service History
- 28 Jan 1903 - Commissioned at 2nd Lt in Bedfordshire Regiment
- 28 Apr 1905 - Promoted to Lieutenant in 13th Rajputs
- 01 Feb 1911 - Promoted to Captain - Indian Army
- 01 Feb 1917 - Promoted to Major - 6th Gurkha Rifles
Circumstances of Death
Irvine is listed as being killed in action on 21 Jun 1917. War Diaries for the Indian Campaign are not available. Research shows that on the day he was killed Major Harte was the supervising officer of the Mahindradal Regiment at Nanu Pass, Waziristan, where Indian and British forces were fighting the Mahsud, a Pashtun tribe, on the North-West Frontier. The British and Indian troops attacked, and captured, the Nanu Pass. During the fighting on the left flank Maj Harte was killed and 45 other ranks killed or wounded. |
Personal & Family History |
Birth Date/Place | Baptism Date/Place |
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7 Jan 1884 in Fulham | 22 Feb 1884 at West Kensington, St. Andrew |
Parents Names | Abode |
William Bagot and Mary Anne Edith Harte (Author) | London |
Wife | Marriage Details |
Dorothy Bagot Harte nee Walker | 17 Dec 1910 at Warwick St. Nicholas |
Schools | Colleges |
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Address History | Employment History |
1884 - 61 Comeragh Road, West Kensington | 1903 - Commissioned into Army |
1891 - Newstead, Godstone Road, Catterham | 1911 - Lt in Indian Army |
1901 - 15 Primrose Mansions, Battersea | |
1910 - 48 Clarendon Avenue, Leamington Spa | |
1917 - 48 Clarendon Avenue, Leamington Spa | |