Edgar & Betty Harrington

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Flight Lieutenant Edgar Harrington. Retired to "Pencarrow", Lower Road, Loosley Row

Background

Edgar Harrington initially worked for the RAF as a civilian instructor and was then commissioned into the technical training branch,

He was to have posted to India, but following the outbreak of war was posted to Southern Rhodesia.

1941 Rhodesia Air Training Group. Initial Training Wing. Hillside, Bulawayo. No 23 Service Flying School, RAF Heany.

Service Career

1943 RAF Cranwell

1949 RAF Yatesbury No 2 Radio School.

1950 Joint Service School for Linguists (JSSL). JSSL trained about 5,000 National Servicemen as Russian translators and Interpreters to meet the needs of Britain's Intelligence Operations. Edgar Harrington was one of those who set up the school and was it's first Principal.

He was stationed at Air Ministry and later at Walker Lines, Bodmin, Cornwall.

1955 Air Ministry, London

1958 HQ Far East Airforce, RAF Changi, Singapore Command Education Officer.

1960 RAF Rudloe Manor.

1966 HQ Bomber Command, Walters Ash, Education Officer. (Edgar's last Command)

1969 Edgar took early retirement when Bomber Command was merged with Fighter Command into Strike Command

Edgar died in 1999.     

Betty Harrington represented The Womens Institute on the Village Hall Committee in 1984 and 1985

In Hallmark October 1993 and September 1994 Betty Harrington reported on the McMillan Coffee Morning.