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The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One


Captain Frederick Terrence Hastings MULLALY - 1st Battalion, 8th Gurkha Rifles 

Killed in action on Saturday 21st April 1917 aged 29


Military History

     
Theatre of War Medals Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
Mesopotamia (from March 1916) 1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals Basra Memorial
     
Arrived in Theatre Other Medals SWFHS Area Memorials
1915 on North West Frontier  Indian General Service Medal and NW Clasp Stratford on Avon Cemetery Memorial 
     
Action, Battle or Other Reason Died Date and Place Commissioned Other War Memorials
Battle of Istabulat, Samarra Offensive 17 Aug 1907 in India  Clifton St Paul's, Bristol 
    RMA Chapel, Sandhurst 
Place of Death Previous Regiments or Units  
Dujail, Iraq  2nd Battalion, 6th Gurkha Rifles    
     

Service History

  • 17 Aug 1907 - Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant
  • 13 Oct 1908 - Posted to the Indian Army
  • 17 Nov 1909 - Promoted to Lieutenant (Gazette)
  • 17 Aug 1916 - Promoted to Captain

Circumstances of Death

Frederick is listed as being killed in action of 21st April 1917 at the  . The following is an extract from the Internet Archive book History of the 8th Gurkha Rifles 1824 to 1949 by Lt-Colonel H.J. Huxford, OBE of the 8th Gurkha Rifles (click here for the book). 

"During the night of 19th/20th April, 1917, the 21st Indian Infantry Brigade moved forward and occupied a line astride the Dujaila Canal, a considerable obstacle, twenty to twenty-five feet wide, with a six-foot depth of water, and with banks rising in places to forty feet. This line, about one mile distant from the Turkish positions, was strengthened by us with a series of strong points.

On 21st April, 1917, at 5.5 a.m. the advance began, the objective of the 21st Brigade being the left of the Turkish position—that portion between the canal and the Tigris. The 1/8th on the right, and the 2nd Black Watch on the left, led the attack, with 9th Bhopals in support in right rear of the 1/8th. 20th Punjabis were in Brigade reserve.

The Battalion advanced in two lines, A Company (Lieutenant B. P. T. O’Brien) and B Company (Captain Mullaly) leading, followed by C Company in rear of A and D Company in rear of B Company. Rapid progress was made. The first two enemy lines were captured with 200 prisoners.

Captain Mullaly, leading the foremost line, stormed the main Turkish position, but was immediately killed by a bomb".


 
 Personal & Family History

 

Birth Date/Place Baptism Date/Place
30 Aug 1888 in Ranikhet, India 29 Oct 1888 in Ranikhet, India
   
Parents Names Abode
Maj-Gen Sir Herbert and Lady Mabel Mullaly
   
Schools Colleges
The College (Army School), Stratford on Avon Royal Military College, Sandhurst           
   
Address History Employment History
1888 - Ranikhet, India 1901 - Scholar at The College, SoA 
1891 - India? 1906 - Gentleman Cadet at Sandhurst                 
1901 - The College, 1 Church Street, Stratford on Avon 1907 - Army Officer 
1904 - 24 Evesham Place, Stratford-on-Avon 1914 - Army Officer
1911 - India