Name
John Charles Temple Gaskell
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
05/08/1917
34
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Major
69th Punjabis
Attached 129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Dar Es Salaam War Cemetery
1. AA. 7.
Tanzania
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 24 Jun 1883 in Peterborough, Northamptonshire son of the Rev Thomas Kynaston and Horatia Octavia (Hugo) Gaskell. Educated at Haileybury College 1897-1900. He married Mary Agatha Folds in 1914 and lived at Ashdale, Cleardown, Woking. Gazetted 2nd Lieutenant Indian Army 22 Oct 1902 promoted Captain on 22 Oct 1911.
Wartime Service
Having fought on the Western Front in 1914, the battalion sailed for German East Africa. He was killed in action at Nanyabi.
Additional Information
Brother of Lieutenant Commander Gerald Bruce Gaskell RN who was killed in action at the Battle of Coronel, Chile on 1 Nov 1914.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
