18-й гусарский полк, WWI и WW2

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Рядовой Дж. Вуд, 18-й гусарский королевский полк,  группа медалей на Первую и Вторую мировую войну, на первую мировую был в плену, прошу помочь в определение подробностей службы

Family Group: Three: Private J. Wood, 18th Hussars, who was taken Prisoner of War during the Great War 1914 Star, with clasp (5650 Pte. J. Wood. 18/Hrs.); British War and Victory Medals (5650 Pte. J. Wood. 18-Hrs.)

[Алексей Дмитриевич]

Это,как и указано в описании-"семейная" группа. Медали за ПМВ принадлежат отцу - Joseph Wood. На фронте с 15 августа 1914 года(планка к "Звезде 1914" подтверждена в личной карточке(см. ссылку). По поводу плена отметок нет.

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D5977589

 

 

Медали за ВМВ ,видимо сына. Его данные найти сложно.Судя по внешнему виду - награды не носились. Предположу, что сын J.Wood погиб в конце ВМВ во Франции или Германии.

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Документы Красного Креста подтверждают пленение J.Wood в 1914 году:

https://armyservicenumbers.blogspot.com/2018/10/18th-hussars-other-rank-pows-1914.html

Согласно полковым записям попал в плен 24 августа 1914 года(получается, что воевал 9 дней!) при Elouges.

https://www.britishbattles.com/first-world-war/battle-of-mons-2nd-day-elouges/

События того дня согласно Истории полка:

August 24th.-Just before daybreak-it must have been near 5 a.m.-we got permission to fall back to a good position on the ridge, which here ran parallel to and S.S.E. of the MonsValenciennes Road. Leveson's and Thackwell's Squadrons were on the left and right respectively, and held a sunken road which ran N.N.W. and S.S.E. about half-mile to the N.W. of Elouges, Stewart's Squadron was quarter-mile to the left rear. (See Map I .) One machine gun was with Leveson, Headquarters were with Stewart, and Stobart's troop of " C" Squadron (Thackwell's) and one machine gun under Holdsworth were poSted in a small house at the cross-road by the 17th kilo stoneon the Mons-Valenciennes Road. A sunken road also ran from the position occupied by the forward squadrons to where Stewart's squadron was posted. On the left we were in touch with the 1st Cavalry Brigade and with the 9th Lancers on our right. An infantry rearguard, retiring from the Canal, took a long time to get back to the rising ground on our right or east flank, so Stobart could not withdraw his men and uncover their flank and the enemy in many places gained a footing on the railway and were alrnoft on the top of him. It was then about 6 a.m. The troop had its horses hidden behind the wall of the little house, but immediately this friendly cover was left a long open Stretch had to be crossed before our cutting could be reached. When it was impossible to hold on any longer the troop mounted and galloped for safety under heavy fire from a German machine gun which had been brought up to the railway embankment. It was an exciting ride both to participants and to onlookers, who could see the bullets flick up the dust all round the retreating troop. All the troop reached cover, but Sergeant Sutherland, Corporal O'Melia and two others were wounded, the two former non-commissioned officers being so badly hit that we were unable to move them. Corporal O'Melia died that day and we learnt later-from the Germans-that Sergeant Sutherland had died on the 25th. Four horses were also killed during this retirement. For a time the enemy did not press on : evidently he did not like the look of our position, much to our chagrin, as we had prepared a hearty reception for him ; but he very wisely held on to the line of railway and proceeded with his encircling movement to the weft, at the same time shelling our line and the position in general. About 8 a.m. the Regiment, in conjunklion with the re& of the Brigade-to which it formed the rearguard,-received orders to retire to a second position, which we had already reconnoitred. This position was occupied as follows : on the left two troops of " A " Squadron were poaed near a mine shaft a mile S.E. of Quiivrain and the other two troops of " A " on a mound about 300 yards S.W. of the level crossing on the AudregniesThulin road. On the right "B" Squadron were a little retired in a large cutting, through which a mineral line from a spot about a mile S.W. of Elouges ran to " Monceaux Hake." " C " 1914 Squadron and machine guns were in support at the western end of the same line. We got shelled a good bit during this retirement as we were ascending the ridge all the time ; we were also hampered a good deal by Belgian refugees, who, poor people, were at their wit's ends to know what to do. The bicyclists were the greatest trouble, as we couldn't let them through without passes, and naturally they had not been able to obtain such formalities, but nevertheless they had to be turned back, as it was quite possible their interests might be with our enemy, and having probed our position they might have hid and then retraced their steps. A few no doubt evaded us, but the retirement went at such a pace from about midday of the 24th that any information they might have transmitted could not have been of much use. We halted in this second position for some time and it must have been nearly XI o'clock when we received orders to retire through Audregnies on Angre. Audregnies lay in the valley of the Honnelle rivulet, and the high ground we were on sloped pretty steeply down to that village from about a mile in rear of our position, the intervening ground being nearly dead level. We kept two squadrons, " A " and " B " at the top of the rise while " C " was sent to the ridge beyond Audregnies. The two rear squadrons were preparing to follow " C ', when at about 12 noon the Brigade was ordered to retrace its steps and the 18th to re-occupy the position it had just left. The G.O.C. 5th Division was naturally very anxious about his left flank, and why the cavalry and the 19th Infantry Brigade, which was temporarily attached to the cavalry, withdrew as soon as they did from the fine position north of Audregnies puzzled us all a good deal, for Brigades of the 5th Division were Still north of Dour at 11 a.m. and ahally did not retire south of Blaugies till after 2 p.m., while these places are only three miles away from Audregnies. However we did move south, and had in consequence to respond to the urgent message despatched at I I .45 a.m. by the G.O.C. 5 th Division requesting the cavalry to move to his assistance, while he himself was also compelled to send the 1st Norfolks and 1st Cheshires, together with the 119th Battery, to fill the gap S.W. of Elouges MEMOIRS OF THE I~TH ROYAL HUSSARS 1914 on his left flank and left rear, which was brought about by our retirement. The Germans had been working away steadily to their right, but as their cavalry seemed to leave all initiative to the other arms, their progress, fortunately for us, was slow. Not liking the glacis-like slopes which lay to the east of Quievrain, they had now collected in the valley of the Honnelle and were preparing to advance in two columns, one from Quikvrain and the other from Baisieux, in a S.E. direftion. This movement took place about 12.30 p.m., and proved that General Sir Charles Fergusson was right in his conjehre that trouble might eventuate on his exposed flank. In consequence of this appeal for help, the 2nd Cavalry Brigade proceeded to re-occupy its former position and the Regiment was disposed as before, with the exception of " B " Squadron, which for some reason re-crossed for a short distance the mineral railway which ran west from " Monceaux Halte." Almost as soon as we had dismounted from our horses the enemy's attack commenced. Rifle and shell fire opened on the houses where " C " Squadron were and on the mine shaft and mound which " A " occupied. Riding about on the ridge between these localities soon became a bit awkward ; the ground was hard and the shells, mostly bursting on contaft, threw up masses of stones and brickbats off the buildings and slagheaps there were in the vicinity ; but a much larger number of shells passed by as " overs," directed, for the most part, as far as we could divine, from field batteries about La Croix. We were on the top of a long swelling ridge, on which the tactical points we occupied were very conspicuous and, though they gave the only cover obtainable, they at the same time drew the maximum amount of the enemy's fire. However, there was just room for the Regiment, and if left to ourselves we could, no doubt with some loss, have withdrawn our men after inflifting considerable loss on the enemy, when the moment for retirement arrived. However matters were otherwise ordained, for within a few minutes the remaining two regiments of our Brigade came up mounted on to the ridge and attempted a charge. Their objeflive was hidden to us, but whatever the motive was-it is believed that they had been ordered to make a mounted attack northwards,-it met with no success. The " 9th " appeared on our left flank, just beyond the houses where '' C " Squadron were busily engaged with hoftile skir- 1914 mishers, who as yet were too far away to be caught by the charging horsemen. The latter, in column of squadrons, led by Colonel Campbell, moved across our front, followed by a squadron or so of the 4th Dragoon Guards, while another squadron of that regiment advanced towards Baisieux. After passing in front of the mine shaft the charge, shattered by shell and rifle fire, spent itself to the N.E., beyond the large slag heap or mound on which two troops of '' A " were posted. Immediately redoubled fire opened from the enemy's guns ; the locality became a miniature volcano, and what was hardly sufficient cover for the horses of one regiment became absolutely worse than none for the mob of men and horses which now endeavoured to avail themselves of this protection. Many of the charging horsemen swept round in rear of the mine shaft and of the mound, while others rallied behind '' C " Squadron and to our right along the mineral railway towards Elouges. Shell and rifle-fire increased in intensity, and it became very apparent that no horses would be left alive if they remained much longer in that inferno. Many had already broken loose and a confused mob of riderless horses and perspiring footmen in pursuit was streaming away towards the south-east. In fa& confusion reigned supreme. There was no getting away from the fa& that the 2nd Cavalry Brigade was scattered to the winds. The 18th had lost a great number of horses and a very difficult task ensued in withdrawing the Regiment on foot and in rounding up, mounting and re-grouping the horses into their respective squadrons. However, under cover of another Cavalry Brigade, posted N.W. of Witheries, and a friendly battery, which was for the moment on the outskirts of the rain of projectiles, we withdrew the Regiment by scattered parties towards the south. From this time onwards for the remainder of the day no orders were received from Brigade, and in fact we got very few from the 2nd Cavalry Brigade Headquarters for some days to come. The scattered portions of the three Regiments had to get along as best they could. '' A " Squadron was ordered to retire from the mine shaft and mound, and Major Stewart got his men away from the former place and Gore-Langton and Lawrence 1914 withdrew from the latter, a good commanding position from which they had had a long field of fire. " B " Squadron were sought for beyond the railway, but no trace of them could be found, and though the country was searched almost up to the Mons-Valenciennes Road south of Thulin. neither the squadron nor the enemy were met with in that direkon, and it transpired that the former were along the mineral railway near Monceaux, where they had been required as escort to guns. In consequence of this disconnexion, " B," under Major Leveson, had to look after themselves, and very much the same fate befell

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