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Originally Posted by Expat Yeoman
Very nice, thanks for sharing.
My lot (Essex Yeo) served alongside them in the Great War in the 8th Cavalry Bde. Major Whitmore from the Essex was later to command the 10th Royal Hussars when the EY was broken up in April 1918, a rare honour for a territorial officer especially with such a prestigious unit as the 10th.
Whitmore's history of the two units has 2/Lt Lord Scott joining the regiment on 24th May 1915, so just missing the tumultuous action for both units at Frezenberg on 13-14th May.
I can't tell you what his MID and MC were for but I can say the when - awarded on 7/4/1918 and 5/5/1918 respectively according to his book.
Another anecdote from Whitmore; he, Scott and others celebrated with a regimental Old Etonians dinner party in the field on 4th June. While at war, as you do!
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Thanks much for the extra information. I have never been able to find out just what MID and MC were for. Both at the end of the war.
Do you have some of Whitmore's uniforms and insignia?
CB