Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

David:

I went from CH to the WFA forum and found your post on Aganoor. Amazing that the IWM photo records had him. The WFA forum is very addictive and it is also incredible what info people can provide when one is looking for something. P

Good to hear that. Hope some of the Aganoor info was new and useful. P

D....d computers! They are always making mistakes! Of course, 1914! P

David:

QOOH = The Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars, sent by Churchill (it was his own regiment) to France in September 1918 and the first Territorial unit to be in action.

Hope you have success with the WFA Forum because the info on Aganoor is very extensive and interesting. Let me know if you fail ...

There is a post running on the WFA Great War Forum started by 'Moriaty' who was asking for info about 2nd Lieut Aganoor. This name is on the CH war memorial. Responders to the post (under soldiers etc /soldiers) provide a lot of info about Aganoor and the action when he was killed.

David:

The battle I'm most interested in is Rifle Wood, 1st April 1918 and 8 miles SE of Amiens where the German Spring offensive was brought to a halt. Regts involved were QOOH, 3rd (KO) Hussars, and 20th Hussars; and the Canadian Cavalry Brigade who had fought momentously at Moreuil Wood two ...

Dear Foureyes: I'm an Archivist for the Oxfordshire Yeomanry Trust, a position I hold through a) having an uncle in the regiment (Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars) who died in WW1 and b) contributing a lot to the regimental history and helping to get a particular memorial erected in France. Jodie ...

Dear Andy: Many thanks for the ref. and the interesting article. I didn't realize CH would have lost so many men, and I'm still interested in a list of them. No I am not Steve Fuller. If you click on my user name you will see who I am, and Jodie Lovett (Coleridge B) could explain further, except she ...

Can someone post or direct me to a website that lists all the names of the CH Roll of Honour for WW1? I'm interested because I am an Honorary Archivist for a regimental association and specialize in WW1 history.