Name
John Loftus Otway Mansergh
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
25/09/1915
37
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lieutenant
Royal Warwickshire Regiment
3rd Bn., attached 2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LOOS MEMORIAL
Panel 22 to 25.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 24 May 1878 in Ashton, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset son of Major Neville Mansergh (Royal Warwickshire Regt.), and Ann Elizabeth (Gibbs) Mansergh. Educated at Haileybury College 1892-94. Gazetted 2nd Lieutenant 1st Bn. Royal Irish Regiment on 9 Dec 1899. Served in South Africa 1899-1902 and Swaziland 1902-05. He retired from the army and entered the Colonial Service spending 8 years in East Africa. He married Mary Isabel Mumby of Udimore Cottage, Otterbourne, Winchester and had one daughter.
Wartime Service
On the outbreak of the war he returned to England and received a commission in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment on 19 Jun 1915. He entered France on 4 Aug 1915 and was killed during the Battle of Loos.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
