The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lieutenant H J Vicat

Lieutenant Horatio John VICAT, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, near Missy, during the Battle of Aisne, 18th September 1914, age 29.

Born 24th June 1885, Melbourne P., Quebec, Canada.

Eldest surviving Son of the late Horatio N. Vicat, by his wife Miriam Frances Kate, ((daughter of Henry Augustus Prevost Holland of Quebec, Canada, (grandson of Captain Samuel Holland RA., ADC., to the General of Quebec & Director of Surveys in British North America)) of East Lodge, Sevenoaks, Kent.

Educated Cheltenham College & Royal Military College Sandhurst.

Unmarried.

25th January 1905, Gazetted 2nd Lieutenant, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th May 1908, promoted Lieutenant; seconded for Service with the West African Frontier Force, (Gold Coast Regiment) from November 1910 to October 1912; 21st August 1914, went to France with the Expeditionary Force.

He was in command of his Company when they were forming advanced guard to the Brigade and he was leading his men down to make good a bridge-head which was held by the enemy, when they opened fire with a machine gun, and he was killed instantly. Buried 300 yards East-South-East of Missy bridge on the south side of the river.

12th March 1915, Probate - Horatio John Vicat, of East Lodge, Sevenoaks, Kent, Lieutenant H.M. Royal West Kent Regimentdied 13th September 1914 in France, Administration London 12th March to the Miriam Kate Vicat, widow. Effects £5393 2s 4d.

18th May 1925, Probate - Horatio John Vicat, of East Lodge, Sevenoaks, Kent, died 13th September 1914 in France, Administration London 12th March to Effects £5076 6s 1d. Former GRant P.R. March 1915.

Commemorated at La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial, France / Sevenoaks War Memorial.

NOTE: Officers Died in the Great War shows date of death as 18th September 1914; CWGC shows 13th September 1914.

His brother Frederick Holland Vicat also fell, 2nd Lieutenant, Duke of Wellingtons, West Riding Regiment, (formerly British Red Cross Society, Order of St John of Jerusalem). died 8th December 1917, age 25.

Son of the late Horatio N. Vicat, by his wife Miriam Frances Kate, ((daughter of Henry Augustus Prevost Holland of Quebec, Canada, (grandson of Captain Samuel Holland RA., ADC., to the General of Quebec & Director of Surveys in British North America)) of East Lodge, Sevenoaks, Kent.

4th October 1915, posted BEF.

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