Henry Osbert Samuel Cadogan
Location: St Peter’s Church, Gayhurst Ct., Gayhurst, Buckinghamshire, MK16 8LG
Details on Cross:
HIER
RUHT
EIN ENGLANDER
Plaque:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
LT COLONEL HENRY OSBERT SAMUEL CADOGAN COMMANDING 1ST BATT. 23RD RT WELCH FUSLRS
IN THE 7TH DIVISION
HE WAS KILLED DURING THE FIRST/ BATTLE OF YPRES
AT ZANDVOORDE ON THE MORNING OF
OCTOBER 30TH 1914
WHILE TRYING TO SAVE HIS ADJUTANT CAPT DOONER
AND WAS BURIED IN HOOGE CEMETERY
MAY 21ST 1919
THIS WOODEN GERMAN CROSS MARKED THE SPOT
WHERE HIS BODY WAS FOUND BY HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW
WALTER WHO WITH HIS WIFE BLANCH CARLILE/ ERECTED THIS TABLET
“ON HIM BE PEACE AND THE BLESSING
FOR HE WAS GREAT HEARTED”
Photos courtesy of David Parmee, with thanks to NADFAS.