Major, the Hon William George Sidney CADOGAN
Aged 35
His two Honours, the Member of the Royal Victorian Order and Cross of Honour of the Order of the Crown(Wurttemberg)
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William George Sidney Cadogan was born on 31st January 1879 in Chelsea (Chelsea Q1-1879 1A:365), baptised Chelsea Holy Trinity on 3rd March 1879, fifth son
of George Henry, 5th Earl of Cadogan KG and Beatrix Jane, Countess Cadogan(née CRAVEN).
William Cadogan was educated at Eton, where he played cricket for the school's First XI. 1881 census...Aged 2, he was at Chelsea House, Cadogan Place with brothers Lewin [8], Edward [4 months] and sister Sophie [6]. 18 servants were there but no other family. His parents were at Egerton Lodge, Melton Mowbray, visiting Earl of Wilton. 1891 census...Aged 12, he was at Culford Hall with his parents (father Lord Privy Seal); brothers Henry Arthur (1868) and Gerald Oakley (1869) (both Lt in Militia), Lewin Edward (1872) and Edward Cecil (1880) C.G. [10] and Alexander G [6] born born in Chelsea; sisters Emily Julia (1872) and Sophia Beatrix (1875) 1901 census...None of the family have been found in this census. 1911 census...Aged 32, he was a Major in 10th Hussars in Lucknow, India. |
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From November 1896, he was a second lieutenant in the 4th (Eton College) Volunteer Battalion of The Oxfordshire Light Infantry.He went on to the Royal
Military College, Sandhurst, and in February 1899 joined the 10th Royal Hussars. Cadogan was promoted lieutenant the following year, and saw action in the
Boer War, where he was present at the Relief of Kimberley and for operations in the Transvaal, the Orange Free State, and the Cape Colony. He was made a Member of the Royal Victorian Order and Cross of Honour of the Order of the Crown (Wurttemberg) on appointment as Honorary Aide de Camp to the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII). His South Africa clasps were:- The Queen's South Africa (QSA) Medal Clasps: Paardeberg, Dreifontein, Relief of Kimberley The King's South Africa (QSA) Medal Clasps: South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902. His entry in Du Ruvingy's Roll of Honour reads:- "CADOGAN, THE HON. WILLIAM GEORGE SYDNEY, M.V.O.,Major. 10th (Prince of Wales' Own Royal) Hussars, 5th s. of George Henry, 5th Earl Cadogan, K.G, P.C. by his 1st wife,Beatrix Jane, 4th dau.of William, Earl of Craven; b.31 Jan.1879; educ.Eton; gazetted 2nd Lieut.10th Hussars 22 Feb.1899; promoted Lieut.1 Jan.1900, Capt 1 March 1904,and Major 14 Jan.1911; served in the South African War 1899-1902; took part in the Relief of Kimbwerley; operations in the Orange Free State, including operations at Paardeberg; actions at Poplar Grove, Dreifontein,Hontnek (Thoba Mountain), Vet River and Zand River; operations in the Transvaal Oct to 29 Nov.1900; operations in Cape Colony, south of Orange River; operations in the Transvaal 30 Nov. 1900 to July 1901, and those in Cape Colony Aug.1901 to 31 May 1902 (Queen's Medal with four clasps and King's Medal with two clasps):was appointed Equerry to H.R.H.,the Prince of Wales 13 Sept.1912; served woth the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in action 14 Nov. 1914.2 It was the First Battle of Ypres..On November 10th the 6th Brigade supported Lord Cavan's 4th Guards Brigade, and went into the trenches between Zillebeke and Klein Zillebeke. On November 12th Major the Hon. W.G.S. Cadogan, M.V.O., was hit in the groin and died almost immediately. © IWM (Q 3432) King George V visiting William's temporary grave  
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