Born in August 1865 in Melbourne, Australia, he went to Eton College, Windsor and then Christ Church College Oxford. Husband of Lady Sarah Wilson R.R.C., of 23c Bruton Street London. Royal Horse Guards killed in action 6th November 1914 aged 49 years. Grave in Zillebeke Churchyard of Lieut.Colonel Gordon Chesney Wilson M.V.O.

He was awarded the Victory and British war Medals and the 1914 Star. His is one of two private memorials in the churchyard paid for by his family. It seems that although commissioned into the Hussars he was acting as an interpreter for Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Wilson as he had received no military training whatsoever and was killed while crossing a field and relaying the commanding officer’s orders at the same time as Colonel Wilson was himself killed. The Regiment landed in France the same month as part of 1st Cavalry Brigade becoming part of 1st Cavalry Division on the 16th November 1914. On war being declared he offered his services as an intelligence officer, was granted British nationality by mid August and was commissioned into the 11th Hussars. He had lived permanently in England from 1907. Born in Paris in 1887, a Russian National educated at Eton College, Windsor from 1901 to 1904. Youngest son of the late Baron and Baroness Henriette de Gunzberg 199 Boulevard, St. Baron Alexis George de Gunzberg 11th (Prince Albert’s Own) Hussars (attached Royal Horse Guards) killed in action 6th November 1914 aged 27 years. Grave in Zillebeke Churchyard of 2nd Lieut. Captain Norman Neill was awarded the Victory and British War Medals and the 1914 Star. He was killed that afternoon whilst returning to Brigade Headquarters at Verbranden Molen from ordering the Royal Horse Guards to act in support of 2nd Life Guards in stemming the German advance at Zwarteleen. In his absence, on the 23rd October the 7th Brigade had relieved the 6th Brigade in trenches on the line of the Zandvoorde-Hollebeke road and the officers and men in the three Cavalry Regiments fought as infantry until the end of the 1st Battle of Ypres on the 22nd November 1914.īy the 1st November 1915 Captain Neill was back with his Brigade and he was issuing orders up until the early hours of the 6th November 1914. 13 at Boulogne but he was back on duty on the 1st November 1914. There were casualties from shrapnel, in the 1st Life Guards a Corporal being killed and 4 other ranks wounded and Captain Neill was also wounded being evacuated to British General Hospital No. Julien with the 6th Cavalry Brigade prolonging the line to Langemark. On the 20th October the Brigade took up a defensive position from Zonnebeke to cross roads north east of St. By the 14th October 1914 1st Life Guards at least had arrived at Ypres. 1 was issued by Captain Neill, as Brigade-Major 7th Cavalry Brigade ordering the Cavalry Regiments to concentrate in the Bruges area. on the 9th October 1914 Operation Orders No. On the 21st November 1914, the Royal Horse Guards moved to the 8th Cavalry Brigade but remained in the 3rd Cavalry Division.Īt 12.30 a.m. All three cavalry regiments landed at Zeebrugge on the 7th / 8th October 1914 and with the 6th Cavalry Brigade formed the 3rd Cavalry Division. The three Cavalry Regiments in the Brigade were 1st Life Guards, 2nd Life Guards and the Royal Horse Guards, supported by XV Brigade Royal Horse Artillery. Frequently he would undertake that duty personally, especially in times of crisis. He was responsible for the planning of brigade operations and also ensuring that the Brigadiers orders were transmitted to the units in the Brigade. The Brigade Major was the Chief of Staff of a brigade and head of the Operations and Intelligence section, overseeing Administration and Quartermasters sections. When serving with the 13th Hussars, he was selected by Brigadier General Charles Kavanagh CVO, CB, DSO commanding 7th Cavalry Brigade to be Brigade Major. By 1914 he had completed a course at Camberley Staff College. Whilst serving in South Africa Norman NeillI was gazetted into the 19th (Queen Alexandra’s Own Royal) Hussars. Born in 1880 and educated at Harrow School, Norman Neill was a Lieutenant in the 5th Militia Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers and served in the South African War (1899-1902).

Husband of Eleanor de Courcy Neill, Yew Tree Cottage, Merrow, Guildford, Surrey. Grave in Zillebeke Churchyard of Captain Norman Neill, 13th Hussars (Brigade Major 7th Cavalry Brigade) killed in action 6th November 1914 aged 34 years. Summary 1914 deaths listed in order of the date of death Details of casualties buried or commemorated in the churchyard

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