Coastguard Harding
Leading Boatman A. Harding
Arthur Harding, a coastguard at Bembridge, Isle of Wight and Guernsey. Born at Stoke Poges, he married a local Isle of Wight girl, Mary Ann Etheridge. He was a regular lifeboat-man at Bembridge, a roll that was also carried out by his brother-in-law and father-in-law. Arthur died at Portland in Dorset and is commemorated at the Portland Royal Naval Cemetery. The memorial reads: Leading Boatman Arthur Harding, PO/161128 H.M. Coastguard R.N. died 2nd August 1919.
Photograph and details used with kind permission of Gerry Harding
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