Regimental/Unit Information
Unit of interest
15 th (Hampshire Yeomanry) Bn
The Hampshire Regiment
122nd Brigade, 41st Division
Soldiers
CSM G Warren DCM &BAR
GEORGE WARREN DCM
Company Serjeant Major
8048
15th (Hampshire Yeomanry) Bn, Hampshire Regiment
who died on
Wednesday 4 th September 1918. Age 30. Citation for BAR
VOORMEZEELE ENCLOSURE No.3, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Although not recognised on the memorial, CSM Warren had actually been awarded the DCM twice. The first award was gazetted on 22 nd October 1917 and the bar on 3 rd September 1918. Use the above link to see the transcript of the award citation for the bar, the original award citation was not gazetted .
The date of death and the cemetery indicate that CSM Warren was killed during the series of actions known as the Advance in Flanders.
GEORGE GARRETT
Private
54944
15th (Hampshire Yeomanry) Bn. Hampshire Regiment
who died on
14 th October 1918
TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Information
Formed at Portsmouth, 5 April 1915, by the Mayor and a local Committee. October 1915 attached to 122nd Brigade, 41st Division and moved to Aldershot. May 1916 France, and Flanders. The Somme campaign 1916. 27th september 1917 amalgamated with 1/1st Hampshire Yeomanry and became the 15th (Hampshire Yeomanry) Bn.
