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From the Gales of War to a Life of Peace: H.A.L.H. Wade, Soldier and Interpreter

Liz Broadwell

Mar 25, 2020

On 16 December 1888, Harry Amyas Leigh Herschel Wade (1873-1959) received a book from his housemaster at Harrow as “diligentiae praemium” [the reward of industry]. That industry would support Lieutenant-Colonel H.A.L.H. Wade in a career of both warfighting and peacemaking that spanned two World Wars and the rise and fall of the League of Nations.
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Tag: United Nations

From the Gales of War to a Life of Peace: H.A.L.H. Wade, Soldier and Interpreter