Story of Major Wavell. Do read the link, he lived a life of adventure, short though it may have been.

Winchester College

 

 

 

I am reminded of a memorial plaque at the gate either Hutier, or Hessen-Homburg Kaserne (they were right next to each other on Lamboye Strasse in Hanau am Main while I was stationed in that city 1967-68 - but I can't recall which one had the memorial). It was dedicated to the dead of a Pionier Regiment in East Africa before WWI. Some were listed as "Fressende bei Lowe"...Survivors had come back home and were stationed in Hanau, and set up a cenotaph for the comrades they left behind.

 

As lot of empire history - thanks for posting.

 

Yes, there was.

 

Prince Maurice Victor Donald of Battenberg (1891-1914) was a member of the royal family. He was the youngest child of Prince Henry of Battenberg and Princess Beatrice, the youngest daughter of Queen Victoria. He served as a lieutenant in the King's Royal Rifle Corps and was killed in action during the First Battle of Ypres in 1914

 

Information on Lieutenant Roberts VC.

FREDERICK HUGH SHERSTON ROBERTS, V.C. (1872-1899)

FREDERICK HUGH SHERSTON ROBERTS, V.C. (1872-1899)

www.robertson.org

 

What a remarkable collection of images! Thanks you so much for taking them and posting them. Of course, much of the same kind of memorials may be seen at any of the many cathedrals in the UK, but the most moving memorial, for me, is the Book of Days in Durham Cathedral. It is opened to a new spread of pages every day, and commemorates the stupendous losses suffered by the Durham Light Infantry, day by day, throughout the entirety of WW1.

Some days there are three pages...