We remember Roy Thornhill Sweet

We remember Roy Thornhill Sweet

Timeline

Timeline

1892
birth Source:8581801 1892
internment pow Turkey Source:8581804
service British Army Lieutenant Gurkha Rifles Source:4335833
service Indian Army Captain 2nd/7th Ghurkha Rifles Source:8581801
1918
death War Related Sickness Died of pneumonia as a Prisoner or War of the Turks, having been captured at Kut. Yozgad Turkey Source:8581801 17th October 1918
burial Baghdad (north Gate) War Cemetery CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Iraq Source:8581801

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Roy Thornhill
Initials RT
Last Name Sweet,
Source 8581801
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army Gurkha Rifles Lieutenant
Indian Army 2nd/7th Ghurkha Rifles Captain
Awards
AwardTypeSource
DSO British Award/Decoration

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Medal Index Cards Transcription Guy74824
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription Guy74824
Prisoners of War 1914-1920 Transcription Guy74824

External Evidence

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The Project Gutenberg eBook, A Kut Prisoner, by H. C. W. Bishop Guy74824

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