| Missing. | |
|---|---|
| Lieut. T. Williams-Taylor (Who has since been reported Prisoner of War in Turkey.) | November 5, 1917. |
| S.Q.M.S. (Atg. S.S.M.) Tegg, F. J. | November 5, 1917. |
| Pte. Jasper, F. G. | November 5, 1917. |
| Pte. MacDonnell, M. | November 5, 1917. |
| Wounded. | |
|---|---|
| November 3 1917. | |
| L.-Cpl. O’Connor, J. | |
| Pte. | Liddle, A. |
| ” | Pte. Miller. |
| Pte. | Barker, J. H. |
| Pte. | Beales, H. J. |
| November 4 1917. | |
| Pte. | Bell. |
| ” | Bennett, W. |
| November 5, 1917. | |
| L.-Cpl. Reaves, A. E. | |
| L.-Cpl. Lindsey, H. | |
| Cpl. | Hudson, H. |
| Pte. | Stubbs, R. |
| ” | effrey, J. |
| ” | Pte. Halstead, C. |
| ” | Pte. Manby, E. |
| ” | Byrne, J. |
| ” | Williams, D. G. |
| Cpl. | Leutchford, W. |
| Tpr. | Burder, H. A. |
| Pte. | Viney, A. V. |
| ” | Taylor, C. E. |
| ” | Delaney, C. |
| ” | Ward, A. J. F. |
| ” | Andrews, F. |
| ” | Hibbett, A. |
| ” | Wilson. |
| ” | Stewart, H. W. |
Extract from letter from Lieut.-Colonel J. J. Richardson to General Symons, C.M.G., dated 7th Cavalry Brigade, M.E.F., November 9, 1917.
“Dear Symons,—Altho’ this letter may seem to you to be rather belated you must make allowances, for we have been on trek ‘on operation scale’ continually since the 17th of last month.... By great good fortune we bivouacked at Baghdad on Balaclava Day, and I was able to get (from the E.F. canteen) a bottle of beer a man and ½ a bottle of ‘pop’ per officer.
“We have just completed, and are returning to our base from, the operations against Tekrit, where the Rgt. again distinguished itself in a mounted charge against the Turks entrenched, and enabled the complete capture of the strong position to be consummated before nightfall. Our losses, altho’ they include the loss of Bob Robinson (killed), were extraordinarily—and to me unaccountably—light, being 1 officer and 5 O.R. killed, 1 officer and 2 O.R. missing, and 16 O.R. wounded. The missing include Williams-Taylor and S.S.M. Tegg, but I have very great hopes that the former and possibly the latter will prove to be prisoners of war. Two days later I was able to collect and bury together and hold a service over the corpses of Robinson, Sgts. Gray and Newman, and Pte. Francomb. We claim to have accounted for at least 100 Turks, and Sgt. Gray’s sword was thick with blood up to the hilt.
“Please let General B.P. and as many present and past 13ths know this, and that I feel confident they will hear nothing but good of the Rgt. The men were simply splendid, and ipso facto the officers also.—Yours sincerely,
(Signed)J. J. Richardson.”
From Colonel Richardson to Sir Frederick Williams-Taylor.
“7th Cavalry Brigade, M.E.F.,
12th November 1917.