Name
John Henry Green
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
06/11/1914
24
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
5392
3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales' Own)
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Panel 3
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hitchin War Memorial,
British Schools Museum Memorial, Hitchin,
St Mary's Church Roll of Honour, Hitchin
Pre War
He was the third son of Mr and Mrs A Green of 18, Bancroft, Hitchin. A well-built lad, he was born in Hitchin, resided there and enlisted in Bedford
Wartime Service
He was given Number 5392 in the 3rd Dragoon Guards and was killed in action in Belgium. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission states that his death occurred on the 6th November 1914.
He was a regular soldier who had joined the Dragoons in 1909 and had served for two years in Egypt and landed in France on the 31st October 1914. The 3rd Dragoons, at the date of his death, were in the 6th Cavalry Brigade of the 3rd Cavalry Division. The unit was being used as dismounted cavalry near Hooge and Gheluvelt in extremely violent fighting in the 1st Battle of Ypres.
He has no known grave, but is remembered on Panel 3 of the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing at Ypres in Belgium.
Acknowledgments
Adrian Dunne, David C Baines, Jonty Wild