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King Edwards Horse (Oversea Dominions Regiment)



   King Edward's Horse (Oversea Dominions Regiment) was an Imperial Service unit of the Territorial Force until 1912 when it became part of the Special Reserve. It was based at the Duke of York's Headquarters, Kings Road, Chelsea and was made up of Colonial Subjects living in London, organised into four Squadrons; A (British Asian) Squadron, B (Canadian) Squadron, C (Australiasian) Squadron and D (South African) Squadron.

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King Edwards Horse (Oversea Dominions Regiment)

during the Great War 1914-1918.

  • Bowker John Ryther Steer. Pte.
  • Carter Edwin Righton. Tptr. (d.3rd November 1916)
  • Crowley John Nicholas.
  • Watt Norman Lindley. 2nd Lt. (d.27th July 1917)

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  Pte. John Ryther Steer Bowker King Edwards Horse (Overseas Dominions Regiment)

Born the 29th July 1888 in NSW, Australia, John Bowker travelled to London in 1909 to study to become a doctor. There, he joined the Military in 1914, enlisting as a private with King Edward's Horse (Kings Oversea Dominions Regiment). He was discharged from the Military on the 14th December 1918, whereupon he returned to Australia.

Robin Hyland






  Tptr. Edwin Righton Carter 1st King Edward's Horse (d.3rd November 1916)

Trumpeter Carter was the Son of R. A. Carter, of 13, Somali Rd., Cricklewood, London.

He is buried north-east of the church in the Carlingford (Holy Trinity) Church of Ireland Churchyard in Co. Louth, Ireland.

s flynn






  2nd Lt. Norman Lindley Watt (d.27th July 1917)

Norman Lindley Watt was a Rhodes Scholar at Pembroke College, Oxford, as was his younger brother Bill. He was born in the Orange Free State at the town of Lindley. Their father, an Irish doctor, had been a Boer Medical Officer in the Boer War, including the siege of Ladysmith. Medical officers were non-combatant but he had been captured by the British. Norman Watt, like many Southern Hemisphere soldiers, joined King Edward's Horse, and then later transferred to the Royal Flying Corps, as did his brother. Norman was killed in July 1917; he is remembered by inscriptions in Rhodes Hall and in St. Columba's church in Oxford. Bill survived the War although he was badly wounded. Many mementoes of Norman Watt have been kept by his sister, Fay and her family.

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