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Lieutenant Colonel Sir G W Abercromby DSO

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  • Michael Day said:
    He appears in the List of Etonians who Fought in the Great War , 1914-1919 (p. 1): 1903 Abercromby, Sir G. W., Bart., D.S.O., Lt.-Col. Black Watch, m. 2. France A.C.B. "1903" is the year Abercromby left Eton College "m. 2." means that he was Mentioned in Dispatches (presumably twice) "France" means that he served overseas (i.e. in France/Belgium) "A.C.B." means that his house master at Eton was A. C. Benson See: archive.org/details/listofetonianswh00eton
  • Michael Day said:
    London Gazette, 21 December 1917, p. 13364: Mention in Douglas Haig's Despatch of the 7th November 1917 www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30441/supplements/13364/ London Gazette, 6 December 1918, p. 14468: “Temp. Lt.-Col. Sir G. W. Abercromby, Bt., D.S.O., attd. R. Highrs., to comd. an Officer Cadet Bn. and to be transfd. to Gen. List. 12th Nov. 1918.” www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/31053/supplements/14468/
  • Deborah CAMERON said:
    Married Eleanor Gertrude Anderson 1935. Died 1964

Lieutenant Colonel Victor Henry Sylvester Scratchley, KK

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  • Wemmbley-Hogg said:
    Victor Henry Sylvester Scratchley was married to Anna Clementina (nee Harvey), they had one son, Peter John Scratchley, later Major who lived at Brooms Farm, Edenbridge, Kent.

    Gentleman Cadet V H S Scratchley was Commissioned from the Royal Military College as a Second Lieutenant in the KRRC on 25th March 1891. He was Gazetted his DSO on 19th April 1901.

    The KK after his name may refer to service in the Kaapse Korps (South African Cape Corps).
  • Charlotte Czyzyk said:
    Help piece together the Life Stories of more than 8 million men and women who made a contribution during the First World War at www.livesofthefirstworldwar.org/

Lieutenant Colonel Reginald Henry Napier Settle

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  • Gary Donaldson said:
    Reginald Henry Napier Settle was one of 3 Gentlemen Cadets Commissioned into the 19th Hussars from the Royal Military College on 3rd September 1910. He was Gazetted with the award of the Military Cross as a Captain on 2nd June 1916. He was awarded his DSO as a Captain (Temporary Major) in the New Year Honours of 1 January 1918. 21st Battalion Machine Gun Corps was formed on 24th February 1918 from the Machine Gun Companies of 21st Division.//
  • Charlotte Czyzyk said:
    Help piece together the Life Stories of more than 8 million men and women who made a contribution during the First World War at www.livesofthefirstworldwar.org/