1915-11-17 - The Royal Lancers

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This Day in History: 1915-11-17

WRIGHT. JOHN THOMAS 19 Private 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers United Kingdom ‘5675’

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

Deaths - We will remember them: 1918 BECKETT. ALBERT HENRY Private 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers France '11371'; 1918 BENNETT. SYDNEY ERNEST Age: 19 Private 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers France '4794'; 1918 BLAKE. MARTIN JAMES Age: 23 Private 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers "C" Sqdn. France '8110'; 1918 BLANCH. WALTER HERBERT Age: 22 Trumpeter 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers France '3589'; 1918 BROWN. W T Private 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers France 'L/6859'; 1918 CHAD. ELWYN EVANS Age: 24 Lance Corporal 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers France '6547'; 1918 DAVIES. FREDERICK GEORGE Private 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers France '10829'; 1918 DRUMMOND. WILLIAM : Lance Corporal 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers France '7696'; 1918 EDWARDS. WILLIAM Age: 27 Private 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers France '7817'; 1918 FERGUSON. W H Private 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers France 'L/8564'; 1918 FRANKS. BERTIE Private 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers France; 1918 HOWARD. JOSEPH FRANK Private 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers France; 1918 MALES. GEORGE Private 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers France; 1918 ROGERS. FREDERICK Age: 23 Private 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers France; 1918 SKINNER. HUGH WEBSTER Age: 35 Corporal 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers France; 1918 SMITH. WILLIAM LEOPOLD Private 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers France; 1918 SPICER. ALFRED Age: 27 Private 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers France; 1918 STAPLETON-BRETHERTON. OSMUND FREDERICK Lieutenant 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers France; 1918 DOHERTY. BERNARD Private 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers France '11562'; 1918 JOHNSTON. ROBERT 31 Private 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers France '12600'; 1918 FLOWER. MARMADUKE Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers France '6467'; 1945 ELLIOTT. FRED Age: 27 Corporal 12th Royal Lancers Italy; 1945 BATCHELOR. ARTHUR RAYMOND Age: 28 Corporal 16th/5th Lancers Italy '7886451'

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Lieutenant Colonel N C Everard
– Regimental Secretary
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Major P A Watson
– Assistant Regimental Secretary
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