Military History

Theatre of War	Medals	Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
Eygpt	1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals
Arrived in Theatre	Medal Citation (if app)	SWFHS Area Memorials
24 Apr 1915 at Alexandria on Troopship Saturnia	~	Radway
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed	Date and Place Mobilised	Military Service Dates
The Affair at Huj	August 1914 at Warwick	25 Feb 1910 - Enlisted
		15 Sep 1915 - Invalided out
Place of Death	Previous Regiments or Units	7 Oct 1915 - Re-joined
near Huj, Palestine	Later service number 310206	18 Apr 1916 - Time [service] expired
		28 Feb 1917 - Re-joined

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)           

John and the 1st/1st took part in the ultimately succesful attack on the Turkish lines known at the Charge at Huj and/or The Affair of Huj during which the 1st/1st took part in what is described as the one of the last Cavalry Charges carried out by the British Army.

Please click here to read a full account of the Affair at Huj on the website of the Warwickshire Yeomanry.

John was wounded during the charge on the 8th and died four days later on the 12th and he was buried in Egypt at Beersheba.

We are very grateful for the assistance of the Warwickshire Yeomany Museum for their help with compiling this research.