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Old 14-03-10, 17:36
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Default Silver memorium Statue

As my location moniker would suggest, I am once again wintering in sunny (but dusty) Kandahar airfield again. Those of us who have been out here know about the Satuday market held here on KAF where the locals sell various bits and bobbles. Most of it is mass produced jinglies from China, India, or Afghanistan, but occasionally something unique comes up. This last Saturday, one of the locals had this memorial silver statue to sell, standing amidst the usual fake WW1 sextants, compasses and telescopes. It is of a WW1 British Captain, and there are silversmiths marks on the officer's boot, on the base below him, and on the plaque.

The plaque says:
Presented to the officers of the 2nd Battalion
Green Howards
In memory of Lieutenant KR Henderson, MC
1915-1922
by his Parents

One has to wonder how it would have been released from the unit's Officers Mess silver collection, and how it found it's way to Afghanistan.

Internet service here is pretty crappy, and often, due to our IP address, we get filtered off a bunch of sites. So any research as to the story behind this officer will have to wait until I get home in a few months. Does anyone have any suggestions where to start looking?
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