Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Captain L. H. King-Harman, Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Flying Corps, who was killed whilst flying as an Observer over Mesopotamia, 26 October 1916

1914-15 Star (Lieut. & Adjt. L. H. King-Harman. R.H.A.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (Capt. L. H. King-Harman.) mounted for wear, initials officially corrected on Great War pair, nearly extremely fine (3) £300-400

M.I.D. London Gazette 4 July 1916 (Operations in the Tochi Valley, North West Frontier).

Lawrence Hope King-Harman was a native of Nailsea, Somerset, and was educated at Bradfield College and R.M.A. Woolwich. He was the son of Sir Charles King-Harman, and the grandson of General Sir Robert Biddulph, G.C.B., G.C.M.G. King-Harman was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery in July 1909, and was serving with the Royal Horse Artillery in India at the outbreak of the Great War. King-Harman was mentioned in despatches for operations in the Tochi Valley, prior to volunteering to train as an Observer with the Royal Flying Corps in 1916.

King-Harman was posted for operational flying as an Observer with 30 Squadron (B.E.2c’s) at Sheikh Saad, Mesopotamia in June 1916. He was killed whilst flying, 26 October 1916, and is commemorated on the Sheikh Saad Old Cemetery Memorial in Amara, Iraq.