Description
Queen’s South Africa 4 bars, Cape Colony, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen, 6496 Corporal Harry Edwick Bines, 36th Company Southern Division, Royal Garrison Artillery.
Officially Impressed: “6496 Corpl: H. Bines. 36th S.D. R.G.A.”
Confirmed on the medal roll, with copy service papers.
Harry Edwick Bines was born during 1876 in Elmistead, Colchester, Essex.
Signed up with the Royal Artillery on 23rd October 1894, aged 18.
He had worked 3 years before that as a “Cellar man”.
He first joined the 36th Company, Southern Division of the RGA on 28th February 1895 being sent to Malta.
Appointed Acting Bombardier on 28th October 1896, then sent to Gibraltar on 2nd November 1896.
Promoted to Bombardier on 3rd October 1898.
Following the outbreak of war, he was posted to South Africa on 26th December 1899.
Promoted to Corporal on 31st February 1901.
Returned home on 22nd October 1902 joining the Army Reserve, being fully discharged on 22nd October 1906.
He had grown up in Essex and would following his Army Service remain there throughout his life, apart from briefly circa 1911 working as a Barman at the Crown Hotel in High Street, Newmarket, where his wife was a Cook.
Born during 1875 in Essex, he was raised in Colchester, St James, before joining the Army.
Following him leaving the Army in 1911 he lived at the Crown Hotel in Newmarket, with his wife where they both worked there he as a Barman and his wife in the Kitchen as a Cook.
By 1921 he had returned to Essex, living in Great Clacton, working as an Assistant D Manager for the Pearl Assurance Company.
During late 1939 he died in Colchester, and was burried in Great Bentley on 2nd January 1940.
