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Lieutenant Colonel RICHARD ANNESLEY WEST

Regiment & Unit/Ship

North Irish Horse

Date of Death

Died 02 September 1918

Age 40 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MORY ABBEY MILITARY CEMETERY, MORY

III. G. 4.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment Cdg. 6th Bn. Tank Corps
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Victoria Cross, Distinguished Service Order and Bar, Military Cross, Twice Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Served in the South African War. Son of Augustus E. and Sarah West, of Whitepark, Co. Fermanagh; husband of Maude E. West, of 14, Trafalgar Square, Chelsea, London.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
  • Additional Citation note

    An extract from the Second Supplement to "The London Gazette", No. 30982, dated 29th Oct., 1918, records the following:-"For most conspicuous bravery, leadership and self-sacrifice. During an attack, the infantry having lost their bearings in the dense fog, this officer at once collected and re-organised any men he could find and led them to their objective in face of heavy machine-gun fire. Throughout the whole action he displayed the most utter disregard of danger, and the capture of the objective was in a great part due to his initiative and gallantry."

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