Michael Pegum Posted 18 May , 2005 Share Posted 18 May , 2005 I have found, on two adjacent Great War memorials, the name of an officer in the 6th Gurkha Rifles who was killed in the war in Afghanistan on 16th July, 1919. Is this an aberration, or was this campaign counted as part of the Great War? Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Coulson Posted 19 May , 2005 Share Posted 19 May , 2005 Michael, 11/11/18 was only the armistice, 31/8/21 was when the government deemed the war was over. Bob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Pegum Posted 19 May , 2005 Author Share Posted 19 May , 2005 Yes, but this war did not even begin until May, 1919, when Afghanistan invaded India (see http://www.khyber.org/pashtohistory/britis...shretreat.shtml (This address will not come through properly. The middle bit should read /british/britishretreat/. The repetition is being edited out.) Surely it doesn't count as part of the Great War? Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HERITAGE PLUS Posted 19 May , 2005 Share Posted 19 May , 2005 Michael The 3rd Anglo-Afghan War of 1919 is indeed a separate to the Great War. However the officer concerned may have been included in the local war memorial as the locals felt it fitting to do so - decisions as to who were included on town/village memorials were made locally and the criteria differed from locale to locale. It is also probable that your man saw Great War service elsewhere as the 3rd/6th Ghurka Rifles who saw service in Afghanistan were only raised in 1917. The war service of the 1/6th and 2/6th. Ghurkas can be found on this site which forum member Wienand Drath runs. http://regiments.org/regiments/southasia/gurkha/06GR.htm Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swizz Posted 20 May , 2005 Share Posted 20 May , 2005 The decisions on local memorials could certainly take account of later casualties - I know of one memorial where the dates of the war were extended into 1920 to allow the inclusion of a local man who won the VC in that year - off the top of my head I think he won it in Afghanistan. Swizz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Posted 20 May , 2005 Share Posted 20 May , 2005 I have found, on two adjacent Great War memorials, the name of an officer in the 6th Gurkha Rifles who was killed in the war in Afghanistan on 16th July, 1919. Is this an aberration, or was this campaign counted as part of the Great War? Michael <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello Michael Just out of interest have you got the details of the officer concerned? Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Coulson Posted 20 May , 2005 Share Posted 20 May , 2005 A good example from CWGC. Sgt Alfred George Harman, Royal Fusiliers, August 19th 1921. Bob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Pegum Posted 24 May , 2005 Author Share Posted 24 May , 2005 Just out of interest have you got the details of the officer concerned? Yes: Name: DOBBIN, F. Le F. (Fergus LeFanu) Initials: F L F Nationality: Indian Rank: Second Lieutenant Regiment: Indian Army Reserve of Officers Secondary Regiment: 1st King George's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) Secondary Unit Text: attd. 3rd Bn. Date of Death: 16/07/1919 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Face 31 or 41. Cemetery: DELHI MEMORIAL (INDIA GATE) He is one of the few I have found in de Ruvigny (vol 5). He was born in December, 1899, and didn't get into the army until October, 1918. It is clear, from this case and that of Sgt. Alfred Harman, above, that this campaign was taken under the wing of the CWGC, even though not part of the Great War. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Posted 24 May , 2005 Share Posted 24 May , 2005 Thanks for that Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Roberts Posted 25 May , 2005 Share Posted 25 May , 2005 How tragic: young enough to miss the Great War; gets killed in some old-style colonial war before his twentieth birthday. Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff. Hobson Posted 26 May , 2005 Share Posted 26 May , 2005 I came across one, on the Village War Memorial Lt.,John Lindley Godley, Rifle Bde,(MGC Inf.) 31 August 1919 research shows no known grave? commemorated:- Delhi Memorial, Pershawar, India. Cliff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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