{"id":19166,"date":"2025-03-28T12:56:52","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T12:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selwyn-family.me.uk\/~chris\/wordpress\/?page_id=19166"},"modified":"2025-12-24T11:35:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T11:35:55","slug":"1914-2-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/selwyn-family.me.uk\/~chris\/wordpress\/ancestry-resources\/hunts-of-sedgeford\/hunts-in-world-war-1\/1914-2-2\/","title":{"rendered":"1914"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/selwyn-family.me.uk\/~chris\/wordpress\/ancestry-resources\/hunts-of-sedgeford\/hunts-in-world-war-1\/early-lives-of-the-brothers\/\">Early lives<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/selwyn-family.me.uk\/~chris\/wordpress\/ancestry-resources\/hunts-of-sedgeford\/hunts-in-world-war-1\/1914-2-2\/\">1914<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/selwyn-family.me.uk\/~chris\/wordpress\/ancestry-resources\/hunts-of-sedgeford\/hunts-in-world-war-1\/1915-2\/\">1915<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/selwyn-family.me.uk\/~chris\/wordpress\/ancestry-resources\/hunts-of-sedgeford\/hunts-in-world-war-1\/1916-2\/\">1916<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/selwyn-family.me.uk\/~chris\/wordpress\/ancestry-resources\/hunts-of-sedgeford\/hunts-in-world-war-1\/1917-2\/\">1917<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/selwyn-family.me.uk\/~chris\/wordpress\/ancestry-resources\/hunts-of-sedgeford\/hunts-in-world-war-1\/1914-2\/\">1918<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/selwyn-family.me.uk\/~chris\/wordpress\/ancestry-resources\/hunts-of-sedgeford\/hunts-in-world-war-1\/1927-2\/\">1927<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t<!-- Cool Timeline PRO V6.1.1 -->\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ctl-wrapper\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Timeline\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div data-timeline-type=\"story-tm\" data-action=\"story_timeline_cat_filters\" class=\"ctl-category-container ctl-category-default\" data-id=\"cool_timeline_2\"><button aria-haspopup=\"true\" role=\"button\" data-value=\"\" class=\"ctl-category-dropdown-button\"><span>y1914<\/span> <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" height=\"1em\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M240.971 130.524l194.343 194.343c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941l-22.667 22.667c-9.357 9.357-24.522 9.375-33.901.04L224 227.495 69.255 381.516c-9.379 9.335-24.544 9.317-33.901-.04l-22.667-22.667c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941L207.03 130.525c9.372-9.373 24.568-9.373 33.941-.001z\"\/>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/svg><\/button><ul class=\"ctl-category\" role=\"menu\"><li class=\"ctl-category-item\" role=\"menuitem\"><a data-post-count=\"299\" href=\"#\" data-tm-type=\"story-tm\" data-action=\"story_timeline_cat_filters\" data-term-slug=\"all\" aria-label=\"All - 299 posts\">All<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ctl-category-item\" role=\"menuitem\"><a data-post-count=\"5\" href=\"#\"  active-category data-term-slug=\"y1914\" aria-label=\"1914 - 5 posts\">1914<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ctl-category-item\" role=\"menuitem\"><a data-post-count=\"1\" href=\"#\"  data-term-slug=\"donald-y1914\" aria-label=\"Donald - 1 posts\">Donald<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ctl-category-item\" role=\"menuitem\"><a data-post-count=\"4\" href=\"#\"  data-term-slug=\"reggie-y1914\" aria-label=\"Reggie - 4 posts\">Reggie<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\t\t\t\t<div id=\"cool_timeline_2\" class=\"cool-timeline-wrapper ctl-both-sided ctl-vertical-wrapper ctl-default\" data-nav=\"hide\" data-line-filling=\"false\" data-nav-pos=\"right\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ctl-start\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Timeline Container -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ctl-timeline ctl-timeline-container\" data-animation=\"slide-up\" aria-live=\"polite\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Center Line -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ctl-inner-line\" role=\"presentation\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Story Year Section --><div data-cls=\"sc-nv-light vertical\" class=\"timeline-year scrollable-section ctl-year ctl-year-container light-year\" data-section-title=\"1914\" id=\"year-1914\"><div class=\"ctl-year-label ctl-year-text\"><span>1914<\/span><\/div><\/div><!-- Timeline Content --><div id=\"ctl-story-18629\" class=\"ctl-story ctl-story-dot-icon odd ctl-story-left ctl-no-media ctl-y1914 ctl-monthly ctl-reggie-y1914 ctl-reggie-monthly\" data-story-index=\"1\" role=\"article\"><!-- Story Date --><div class=\"ctl-labels\"><div class=\"ctl-label-big story-date\">August 1914<\/div><\/div><!-- Story IconDot --><div class=\"ctl-icondot\"><\/div> <!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"ctl-arrow\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<!-- Story Content --><div class=\"ctl-content\"><!-- Story Title --> <div class=\"ctl-title story-18629\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><a target=\"_self\" title=\"1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;\/sup&gt; King&#8217;s Dragoon Guards mobilise for war\" href=\"https:\/\/selwyn-family.me.uk\/~chris\/wordpress\/timeline\/august-to-october-1914\/\" class=\"story-link\">1<sup>st<\/sup> King&#8217;s Dragoon Guards mobilise for war<\/a><\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"ctl-description\"><h3 class=\"before-more\">Month summary<\/h3>\r\n<p>While in Lucknow, the 1<sup>st<\/sup> King&#8217;s Dragoon Guards Regiment receive the order on 31<sup>st<\/sup> August to mobilise for action in support of the British war effort in Europe.<\/p>\r\n<p><br \/>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/selwyn-family.me.uk\/~chris\/wordpress\/timeline\/august-to-october-1914\/#more-18629\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading 1st King&#8217;s Dragoon Guards mobilise for war\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Timeline Content --><div id=\"ctl-story-19185\" class=\"ctl-story ctl-story-dot-icon even ctl-story-right ctl-no-media ctl-y1914 ctl-donald-y1914 ctl-donald-monthly ctl-monthly\" data-story-index=\"2\" role=\"article\"><!-- Story Date --><div class=\"ctl-labels\"><div class=\"ctl-label-big story-date\">September 1914<\/div><\/div><!-- Story IconDot --><div class=\"ctl-icondot\"><\/div> <!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"ctl-arrow\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<!-- Story Content --><div class=\"ctl-content\"><!-- Story Title --> <div class=\"ctl-title story-19185\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><a target=\"_self\" title=\"The Transvaal Scottish is raised and go to German South West Africa\" href=\"https:\/\/selwyn-family.me.uk\/~chris\/wordpress\/timeline\/the-transvaaal-scottish-is-raised-and-go-into-action\/\" class=\"story-link\">The Transvaal Scottish is raised and go to German South West Africa<\/a><\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"ctl-description\"><h3 class=\"before-more\">Summary<\/h3>\n<p>The South West Africa Campaign of 15<sup>th<\/sup> September 1914 to 9<sup>th<\/sup> July 1915 was a campaign against the German occupation of the territory known as <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/German_South_West_Africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">German South West Africa<\/a> (now a large part of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Namibia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Namibia<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Louis_Botha\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General Louis Botha<\/a> was asked by the British Government whether he could mount a force to invade German South West Africa to which he replied that he could.<\/p>\n<p>Botha gathered together a force along the border between the two countries in September 1914 but the resulting invasion faltered when Lt.Col. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manie_Maritz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Manie&#8221; Maritz<\/a> staged a revolt against the British and its occupation of South Africa and sided with the Germans. This first invasion came to an end with the South African defeat at the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Sandfontein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Battle of Sandfontein<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/selwyn-family.me.uk\/~chris\/wordpress\/timeline\/the-transvaaal-scottish-is-raised-and-go-into-action\/#more-19185\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading The Transvaal Scottish is raised and go to German South West Africa\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Timeline Content --><div id=\"ctl-story-19194\" class=\"ctl-story ctl-story-dot-icon odd ctl-story-left ctl-no-media ctl-y1914 ctl-monthly ctl-reggie-y1914 ctl-reggie-monthly\" data-story-index=\"3\" role=\"article\"><!-- Story Date --><div class=\"ctl-labels\"><div class=\"ctl-label-big story-date\">October 1914<\/div><\/div><!-- Story IconDot --><div class=\"ctl-icondot\"><\/div> <!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"ctl-arrow\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<!-- Story Content --><div class=\"ctl-content\"><!-- Story Title --> <div class=\"ctl-title story-19194\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><a target=\"_self\" title=\"1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;\/sup&gt; King&#8217;s Dragoon Guards set sail\" href=\"https:\/\/selwyn-family.me.uk\/~chris\/wordpress\/timeline\/1st-kings-dragoon-guards-set-sail\/\" class=\"story-link\">1<sup>st<\/sup> King&#8217;s Dragoon Guards set sail<\/a><\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"ctl-description\"><h3 class=\"before-more\">Summary<\/h3>\n<p>They sail from Bombay on 16<sup>th<\/sup> October.<\/p>\n<p>Major R.S. Hunt was listed as being present on 23 Oct 1914 at mobilisation. The 1<sup>st<\/sup> King&#8217;s Dragoon Guards Regiment consisted of &#8211;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>16 officers (Commanding Officer Lt.Col. J.A. Bell-Smyth)<\/li>\n<li>532 men<\/li>\n<li>512 horses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The regiment formed part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/8th_(Lucknow)_Cavalry_Brigade\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">8<sup>th<\/sup> (Lucknow) Cavalry Brigade<\/a>\u00a0in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1st_Indian_Cavalry_Division\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1<sup>st<\/sup> Indian Cavalry Division<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indian_Army_during_World_War_I#Indian_Expeditionary_Force_A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indian Expeditionary Force A<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/selwyn-family.me.uk\/~chris\/wordpress\/timeline\/1st-kings-dragoon-guards-set-sail\/#more-19194\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading 1st King&#8217;s Dragoon Guards set sail\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Timeline Content --><div id=\"ctl-story-19196\" class=\"ctl-story ctl-story-dot-icon odd ctl-story-left ctl-no-media ctl-y1914 ctl-monthly ctl-reggie-y1914 ctl-reggie-monthly\" data-story-index=\"4\" role=\"article\"><!-- Story Date --><div class=\"ctl-labels\"><div class=\"ctl-label-big story-date\">November 1914<\/div><\/div><!-- Story IconDot --><div class=\"ctl-icondot\"><\/div> <!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"ctl-arrow\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<!-- Story Content --><div class=\"ctl-content\"><!-- Story Title --> <div class=\"ctl-title story-19196\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><a target=\"_self\" title=\"1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;\/sup&gt; King&#8217;s Dragoon Guards cross the Mediterranean\" href=\"https:\/\/selwyn-family.me.uk\/~chris\/wordpress\/timeline\/1st-kings-dragoon-guards-cross-the-mediterranean\/\" class=\"story-link\">1<sup>st<\/sup> King&#8217;s Dragoon Guards cross the Mediterranean<\/a><\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"ctl-description\"><h3 class=\"before-more\">Summary<\/h3>\n<p>Aboard the H.T. Franz Ferdinand the 1<sup>st<\/sup> King&#8217;s Dragoon Guards cross the Mediterranean Sea from Suez and arrive in France. Eventually the entire Lucknow Cavalry Brigade assembles in Orl\u00e9ans.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/selwyn-family.me.uk\/~chris\/wordpress\/timeline\/1st-kings-dragoon-guards-cross-the-mediterranean\/#more-19196\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading 1st King&#8217;s Dragoon Guards cross the Mediterranean\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Timeline Content --><div id=\"ctl-story-19197\" class=\"ctl-story ctl-story-dot-icon odd ctl-story-left ctl-no-media ctl-y1914 ctl-monthly ctl-reggie-y1914 ctl-reggie-monthly\" data-story-index=\"5\" role=\"article\"><!-- Story Date --><div class=\"ctl-labels\"><div class=\"ctl-label-big story-date\">December 1914<\/div><\/div><!-- Story IconDot --><div class=\"ctl-icondot\"><\/div> <!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"ctl-arrow\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<!-- Story Content --><div class=\"ctl-content\"><!-- Story Title --> <div class=\"ctl-title story-19197\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><a target=\"_self\" title=\"1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;\/sup&gt; King&#8217;s Dragoon Guards move nearer to the Western Front in Northern France\" href=\"https:\/\/selwyn-family.me.uk\/~chris\/wordpress\/timeline\/1st-kings-dragoon-guards-arrive-in-france\/\" class=\"story-link\">1<sup>st<\/sup> King&#8217;s Dragoon Guards move nearer to the Western Front in Northern France<\/a><\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"ctl-description\"><h3 class=\"before-more\">Summary<\/h3>\n<p>Having assembled with the rest of the brigade in Orl\u00e9ans, the 1<sup>st<\/sup> King&#8217;s Dragoon Guards relocate near the Western Front at Lisbourg.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/selwyn-family.me.uk\/~chris\/wordpress\/timeline\/1st-kings-dragoon-guards-arrive-in-france\/#more-19197\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading 1st King&#8217;s Dragoon Guards move nearer to the Western Front in Northern France\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ctl-end\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/selwyn-family.me.uk\/~chris\/wordpress\/ancestry-resources\/hunts-of-sedgeford\/hunts-in-world-war-1\/early-lives-of-the-brothers\/\">Early lives<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/selwyn-family.me.uk\/~chris\/wordpress\/ancestry-resources\/hunts-of-sedgeford\/hunts-in-world-war-1\/1914-2-2\/\">1914<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/selwyn-family.me.uk\/~chris\/wordpress\/ancestry-resources\/hunts-of-sedgeford\/hunts-in-world-war-1\/1915-2\/\">1915<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/selwyn-family.me.uk\/~chris\/wordpress\/ancestry-resources\/hunts-of-sedgeford\/hunts-in-world-war-1\/1916-2\/\">1916<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/selwyn-family.me.uk\/~chris\/wordpress\/ancestry-resources\/hunts-of-sedgeford\/hunts-in-world-war-1\/1917-2\/\">1917<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/selwyn-family.me.uk\/~chris\/wordpress\/ancestry-resources\/hunts-of-sedgeford\/hunts-in-world-war-1\/1914-2\/\">1918<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/selwyn-family.me.uk\/~chris\/wordpress\/ancestry-resources\/hunts-of-sedgeford\/hunts-in-world-war-1\/1927-2\/\">1927<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":19094,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"hunt-ancestry","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19166","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/selwyn-family.me.uk\/~chris\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/selwyn-family.me.uk\/~chris\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/selwyn-family.me.uk\/~chris\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selwyn-family.me.uk\/~chris\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selwyn-family.me.uk\/~chris\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19166"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/selwyn-family.me.uk\/~chris\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20539,"href":"https:\/\/selwyn-family.me.uk\/~chris\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19166\/revisions\/20539"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selwyn-family.me.uk\/~chris\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/selwyn-family.me.uk\/~chris\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}