I am wondering about this man......
In Respect Of His QSA From The Army Headquarter Staff Medal Roll,
There Is The Following Annotation
"Chief Clerk To Financial Adviser" With His Three State Clasp Entitlement "STRUCK OUT".
See thread:
www.angloboerwar.com/forum/5-medals-and-...-j-huggett-cbe#73982
Mike
THE MILITARY ACCOUNTING AND AUDIT DEPARTMENT
The group consists of:
Commander of the British Empire, First Type, Issue Number: C-527 Dated: June 3rd 1918
Commander of the Order of the Nile
Queen's South Africa Medal, No Bars: J. Huggett, Esquire (Engraved in proper style).
In Respect Of His QSA From The Army Headquarter Staff Medal Roll,
There Is The Following Annotation "Chief Clerk To Financial Adviser" With His Three State Clasp Entitlement "STRUCK OUT".
British War Medal / Inter-Allied Victory Medal: Colonel J. Huggett
French Legion of Honour, Chevalier (Knight) {Not Yet Verified}
ARMY HEAQUARTERS STAFF, CAIRO AND JERUSALEM, financial advisor to General Edmund Allenby etc General Staff
Note on file: Attached to Staff of Colonel T. E. Lawrence during Arab Revolt as Financial Liaison between Arab, British and French Governments, 1916 to 1920.
COMMANDER, Order of the British Empire:
6690 SUPPLEMENT TO THEIONDON GAZETTE, 7 JUNE, 1918.
James Huggett, Esq. Financial Adviser, Egyptian Expeditionary Force.
Mentioned in Despatches:
7049 SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 14 JUNE, 1918. J. HUGGETT, T./COL.
Civil Service Gazette (Ireland)
1880 Entry:
London Gazette – Issue 24909 – Page 6564
Entry into the Civil Service 1880
James Huggett, Clerk of the Lower Division, from the Public Works Office (Ireland)
1891 Entry:
London Gazette – Issue 26838 – Page 1891
War Office: Staff Officer on the Clerical Establishment of the Ordnance Factories
and
James Huggett to be Staff Officer the Clerical Establishment of the Ordnance Factories.
Civil Service Gazette (England)
1905 Entry:
London Gazette – Issue 27770 – Page 1586
War Office - Accountant in the Army Accounts Branch
James Huggett
UNDER CLAUSE VII OF THE ORDER IN COUNCIL OF 4th JUNE, 1870.
Memorial:
Found this memorial inscription online from his grave memorial at St. Patrick's Church, Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow, Ireland
In Ever Loving Memory Of
James Hugget C.B.E.
Dearly Loved Husband, Father And Friend
Who Entered Into Rest
April 2nd 1926,
Aged 63 Years