Gascoyne-Cecil, John Arthur, 1893-1918
- GB-2014-WSA-07684
- Person
- 1893-1918
Gascoyne-Cecil, John Arthur, brother of Randle William Gascoyne-Cecil (q.v.); b. March 28, 1893; adm. May 4, 1905 (A); left July 1912; entered Vickers' works; 2nd Lieut. 5th Kent (Howitzer) Battery R. F. A., 4th Home Counties Brigade, July 27, 1913; Lieut. Oct. 17, 1914; went out to the western front with his brigade, which was converted into a Divisional Ammunition Column in Dec. 1914; attached to a Regular Battery of the R. F. A. and given a section; Adjutant Oct. 31, 1915; joined the Salonika Expeditionary Force Jan. 1916; Capt. May 1917; Brigade Major; returned to the western front Aug. 10, 1918; mentioned in des patches; M.C. Jan. 1, 1918; killed in action Aug. 27, 1918; unm.