James Oswald Harrington

Story:
James Oswald Harrington was born in Birdbush, Ludwell, Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire, on 21 Mar 1887 the son of Harry William Harrington, a Wheelwright, and Mary Eliza Harrington (nee Lambert).  He lived all his early life in Birdbush, Ludwell.   He enlisted in the Army Service Corps as a Private (Service No. M2/156957).  It is not known in which theatre of war he served but on his discharge was awarded the Victory and British War Medals.  The 1921 Census shows him back with his parents in Birdbush working as a Blacksmith. He married Mary Jane Whitney (nee Feltham), a widow whose husband had died in 1921, at St John the Baptist Church, Charlton, Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire on 28 Mar 1922.  By the time of the 1939 Register he had moved to Oxleaze Farm, West Knoyle, Wiltshire, described as a Farmer as well as a Special Constable.  He died at the Emergency Hospital, Tower House, Salisbury, Wiltshire, on 19 Sep 1942 and was later buried in the grounds of the Independent Chapel, Birdbush, Ludwell, Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire, on 29 Sep 1942.  His brother, Francis Livden Harrington, also served in the conflict.