23rd Hussars, list of all officers?

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  1. Ox_Bucks_44

    Ox_Bucks_44 Member

    I've just picked up on this thread and am really impressed by the level of research that has gone on here. My great uncle was in C Squadron 15/19 Hussars in the later part of the war (arrived in France in August 44) however, I am somewhat of a collect of all things 15/19 - including service dress and photographs regarding Edward Deeming (features prominently in the Black Bull by Patrick Delaforce). To give some relevance to this post. I have recently acquired a small pack named to Capt J Watson 15/19 and was looking to do some research on him (I only have the short extract from within Courage's regimental history this far) - would love to find an original photo of him! TIA
     
  2. Quarterfinal

    Quarterfinal Well-Known Member

    A photograph of Lt James Bernard Cornwall from Hull, believed killed by a sniper on 22 August 1944:

    upload_2022-11-24_20-8-55.jpeg
    with further detail at:
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2063105/james-bernard-cornwall/
    upload_2022-11-24_20-6-35.jpeg

    A relative would be grateful for any additional details:
    Hull: The good old days | I need to help finding information about a relative killed in WW2

    Afternote: Having enlisted in 38, I wondered if he had originally been in the local TA 26 Armd Car Coy RAC - subsequently East Riding Yeomanry - but not traced so far.
     

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  3. nfh249

    nfh249 Junior Member

    I've no record of him as an enlisted man or officer so I would suspect that he enlisted in the Regular Army in 1938, not the East Riding Yeomanry
     
  4. Jorvik

    Jorvik New Member

    This is my grandfather Edwin Peter Barton. I know very little about his time in the war, but he was a keen horse rider and I know he was involved with taking war horses into Europe (which they later had to shoot). He appears to be wearing a 23rd Hussars cap badge I this photo.
     
  5. davidbfpo

    davidbfpo Patron Patron

    Jorvik you posted:
    I am not an expert on horses in the British Army, my recollection is that the only mounted army unit by 1939 was a cavalry division in Palestine. Wiki may provide an explanation for your phrase:
    From: 1st Cavalry Division (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia
     
  6. Jorvik

    Jorvik New Member

    Thanks for this information. To be honest I was surprised to be told he took horses into war, so it's probably more likely he didn't. I have no photos of him with horses during the war, only tanks. Plus photos of Egypt.
     
  7. davidbfpo

    davidbfpo Patron Patron

    Jorvik,

    According to Wiki the23rd Hussars did not serve in Egypt and later landed in France:
    The 10th Royal Hussars did serve in the Middle East and onwards to Italy:
    From: 23rd Hussars - Wikipedia

    The 15th/19th were in France in 1940, losing all their kit and remained in the UK till August 1944.
    From:15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars - Wikipedia

    I have now looked through the entire thread. I cannot imagine following the 1939 mobilization in the UK and moving to France; nor the November 1941 journey to Egypt that officers horses were taken for off-duty moments.
     
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  8. Jorvik

    Jorvik New Member

    OK, thanks. I'm even more confused now.
     
  9. 8RB

    8RB Well-Known Member

    Suppose this might be of interest. Original is hard to get, reprint much easier:

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  10. robin j graham

    robin j graham New Member

    cause i noticed my complete incapability at using an ancient website here be the message i spent time typing out only for it not to work

    Hi! So I’m new here, mainly joined to get some more info in my grandad. Saw here that the info y’all had on him was a tad outdate cause sadly he passed in 2020 from covid (cannot remember the exact date, am sorry).

    Michael G Graham
    Born October 1923 in Rugby, Warwickshire.
    Died 2020 in Kent

    This probs interest none of you but heres some info I’ve got on my grandad post war. I do believe there are some tapes of him speaking of his experiences somewhere but I dunno.

    -Gramps studied History at cambridge where he got a 1st or 2:1. (bare with me, my grandma opens her mouth and so much stuff comes out of it I normally tune myself out so sorry)

    -He then went on to the tory research unit and was Anthony Edens Secretary for a period of time. I find this funny cause he was never a tory himself.

    - He helped to found the large shipping company OCL which was cool.

    -His ex-girlfriend cheated on him with and married the politician Enoch Powell, the bloke who delivered the Rivers of Blood speech, which is kind of astounding like really? a racist?

    - He helped write up and did loads of the research for the 1956 Clean Air Act. This may not mean much but I learnt about that in my History class so thats cool.

    - My grandad was a rather quiet bloke but he commanded every room he walked into. His two loves where food and sleep.

    Love you Grandad :)

    (also yh, before anyone says anything cause lets be honest it’s very obvious by my sentence structure, typing stuff and inability to work ancient websites that yh I am a teenager so yh don’t go talking to me about things that lets be honest a 16 year old kid won’t be interested in)

    HAVE A GREAT DAY <3
     
  11. davidbfpo

    davidbfpo Patron Patron

    Jorvik,

    In case you have not seen the book review of a new book (Post 4462 in the cited link) on the 1st Cavalry Division; it starts with
    Link: What are you reading at the moment?
     
  12. Mark Weiner

    Mark Weiner New Member

    JOHN WEINER was my father! Died 14-Jan.1997; his widow is still going strong at 91.
     
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