Name
Hugh Farrar Northcote
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Second Lieutenant
Indian Army Reserve of Officers
Attached 41st Dogras
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BASRA MEMORIAL
Panel 43 and 65.
Iraq
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Plaque in Church of Our Lady, Upton Pyne, Devon
Pre War
Born on 21 Jan 1886 in Upton Pyne, Devon son of the Rev. Prebendary the Hon. John Stafford and Hilda Cardew Northcote. Educated at Haileybury College 1900-01. Was District Engineer in United Provinces, India.
Wartime Service
Joined the Indian Army Reserve of Officers and landed at Basra on 21 Dec 1915. Was wounded on 15 Jan 1916 but returned to his unit in Feb 1916. Killed in action after the Battle of Es Sinn.
Additional Information
Brother of Captain Edward Stafford Northcote who was killed in action on 3 Sep 1916 in France and is also commemorated on this memorial.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
