South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project
The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One |
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Military History |
| Theatre of War | Medals | Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial |
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| India | British War & Victory Medals | Dehli Memorial (India Gate) |
| Twice Mentioned in Despatches | ||
| Arrived in Theatre | SWFHS Area Memorials | |
| August 1914 in India | Other Medals | Kenilworth War Memorial |
| White Eagle of Serbia 5th Class (Gazette) | Kenilworth St. Nicholas | |
| Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed | ||
| Died of influenza | Date Commissioned | |
| 29 Jul 1904 | ||
| Place of Death | Other War Memorials | |
| Karachi Military Hospital | Previous Regiments or Units | |
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Service History
- 29 Jul 1904 - Commissioned as 2nd Lt (Gazette)
- 29 Jul 1907 - Promoted to Lt (Harts Army List)
- 30 Oct 1914 - Promoted to Capt (Gazette)
- 15 Feb 1917 - Awarded the White Eagle of Serbia 5th Class (Gazette)
Circumstances of Death
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Captain Wilmot died of influenza on 14th October 1918 at Karachi Station Military Hospital. Although he is remembered on the Delhi Memorial his remains are buried at Karachi Cemetery in grave A/E B.7. |
| Personal & Family History |
| Birth Date/Place | Baptism Date/Place |
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| 22 Feb 1885 in Macclesfield | 8 Apr 1885 at Macclesfield St. Million |
| Parents Names | Abode |
| Rev. Darwin and Louisa Silla Wilmot | Castle Hill, Kenilworth |
| Wife and Marriage Details | Children |
| Annie Dudley Wilmot nee Strover | Martyn b 2 Sep 1914 |
| 18 Nov 1912 in Abbottabad, India | Gordon b 30 Mar 1918 |
| Schools | Colleges |
| Rugby School 1900 - 1902 | Royal Military Academy, Woolwich 1902-1904 |
| Address History | Employment History |
| 1885 - Macclesfield | 1891 - School age |
| 1891 - Prestbury Road, Macclesfield | 1901 - Pupil at Rugby School |
| 1901 - Rugby School, Horton Crescent, Rugby | 1911 - Lieutenant in Royal Garrison Artillery |
| 1911 - Loxley Corner, Stratford on Avon | |
| 1912 - Abbottabad, India | |
- Sacheverel father Reverend Darwin Wilmot was the Headmaster of Macclesfield Grammar School, Prestbury Road.
- Picture courtesy of Rugby School Archives
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Rugby School Biography (Click here for Original) SACHEVEREL DARWIN WILMOT was the second son of the Reverend Darwin Wilmot, V.D., Headmaster of Macclesfield School, and of Louisa Lilla Wilmot, of Castle Hill House, Kenilworth, and cousin of Sir Henry Wilmot, Bart V.C, K.C.B. He entered the School in 1900 and left in 1902, when he passed into the R.M.A., Woolwich, receiving his Commission in the Royal Garrison Artillery in 1904. He served abroad at Malta and in India,,and was at home on leave in the summer of 1914. On the outbreak of War he returned to India, and went to Mesopotamia in March, 1916. Here he acted as Adjutant, was at the capture of Baghdad, and in command of a Heavy Battery at the taking of Nedjef, At Nedjef the shooting had to be very accurate, to Captain Wilmot received the Serbian Order of the White Eagle (5th Class with Swords), in August, 1916, and was mentioned in General Maude's Despatches of August 15th, 1917, and in General Marshall's Despatches of November nth, 1918. From Mesopotamia he was sent to the Staff School at Saugor, and did so well that, an intermediate step in promotion being omitted, he was appointed G.S.O. 2, and to be Brigade Major at Karachi. He was to have taken over his new duties on October 15th, but he contracted influenza and died at the Station Hospital, Karachi, October I4th, 1918 aged 33. The General at Karachi wrote:- "Though he had been with us a short time only, I and all my Staff had got to like him very much." |
