Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Grave: | Dar Es Salaam War Cemetery | VI. H. 7. | |
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.124 | |
| 3. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 4C GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The Second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902, South Africa.
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 1st Battalion King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) |
1st Battalion August 1914 : in Dover. Part of 12th Brigade, 4th Division. Landed at Boulogne 23 August 1914. |
| Action : Africa |
The East African Campaign was a series of battles and guerrilla actions which started in German East Africa (now Tanzania) and ultimately impacted portions of Mozambique, Northern Rhodesia, British East Africa, Uganda, and the Belgian Congo. The German colonial forces, led by Lieutenant Colonel Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck, skillfully fought for the duration of World War I and surrendered only after that war had ended. Other campaigns were conducted in West and South West Africa.
Detail :
Major Norton-Harper, aged 42, the only son of Richard and Charlotte Norton-Harper, of 2 Eldon Villas, was killed in East Africa. He served with the King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment during the Boer War, after which he was appointed to repatriation work, and on completion of that, went to the British Consulate at Lourenco Marques, Portuguese East Africa. Upon his return home he was seconded from his regiment as District Commissioner in Nigeria.
On the outbreak of war, being unable to rejoin his regiment, he became attached to the 4th Nigeria Regiment and served in the Cameroon’s. He refused the post of Political Officer to the Belgian forces, in order to serve with the troops in the field.
Probate: HARPER, Alfred George Montague Norton of 25 Kyrles Road, Clapham Common, Surrey. Temporary Captain, attached Nigeria Regiment, died 16th October 1917 in East Africa. Administration (with will) London 9 September to Richard Norton Harper esquire. Effects £155 2s. 8d.
Also commemorated on the memorial at St Andrew's.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Lodge of Amity No. 171 E.C. | London |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
24th April 1908 | 16th September 1909 | 26th November 1909 |
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley