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223826 Sgt. Joseph Hussey British Army B Sqdn. Queens 9th Royal Lancers from:Wilcox Road, Lambeth (d.24th May 1915) Joseph William Hussey was born in 1878 in Thorncombe, Dorset to Job and Ann Hussey (nee Wellman). He joined the Lancers in 1899 and fought in the Boer War. He was invalided out in April 1900, returning again in April 1901. He then worked on the railways until he rejoined at Sevenoaks for the 1914-1918 conflict. Joseph had married Elsie Ann Cameron in the later half of 1912, they had no children. Joseph was promoted to sergeant in November 1914. B squadron was led by Captain Francis Grenfell VC who was wounded and died. Sergeant Hussey was gassed and died on 24th May 1915. Both were originally interred in the cemetery at Vlamertinghe, Belgium. Sergeant Hussey was later reburied in the Hop Store Cemetery in Belgium. Both are commemorated at Canterbury Cathedral. Sergeant Hussey is also remembered at Waterloo Station and his name appears in the book about the Grenfell twins written by the author John Buchan of `39 Steps' fame. Regrettably we have no photos of my great-uncle Sergeant J W Hussey. He was mentioned in dispatches on 31st of May 1915 and was posthumously awarded The Cross of St George 4th class in August 1915. Pam Smith Add to this record.    Additional Information: Joseph was my great-great uncle, my grandfather was named after him with the same middle name as his uncle, Joseph Wellman (I see the text here is incorrect as he was Joseph Wellman Hussey not William) and my father spoke of his great uncle Joe on many occasions because my grandfather had taken him to see the memorial in Canterbury cathedral on which he is mentioned when he was young. In 2015 a hundred years after his death, my father and I then in his late Eighties (he will be 95 years young soon ) visited my Aunty (my fathers younger sister) who had most of my grandfathers keep-sakes when he passed away many years ago so she had many photos in his collection, one of which had no date or details however she seemed to recall that he had said it was his uncle Joe whom he was named after and she commented on the hat badge that the uniformed man in the photo is wearing. I researched the hat badge and indeed is looks to be the 9th Lancers badge of the early 1900 so I feel My Aunty has a picture of Joseph wellman Hussey B squadron 9th Lancers and would like to submit/display a copy of it here. Trevor C Hussey Reply Related Content: 9th Lancers 1st Battle of Ypres, 1914 2nd Battle of Ypres, 1915 Can you help us to add to our records? Add a record to our website. The names and stories on this website have been submitted by their relatives and friends. If your relations are not listed please add their names so that others can read about them Did your relative live through the Great War? Do you have any photos, newspaper clippings, postcards or letters from that period? Have you researched the names on your local or war memorial? If so please let us know. Do you know the location of a Great War "Roll of Honour?" We are very keen to track down these often forgotten documents and obtain photographs and transcriptions of the names recorded so that they will be available for all to remember. Help us to build a database of information on those who served both at home and abroad so that future generations may learn of their sacrifice. Contact us. Celebrate your own Family History Celebrate by honouring members of your family who served in the Great War both in the forces and at home. We love to hear about the soldiers, but also remember the many who served in support roles, nurses, doctors, land army, muntions workers etc. Please use our Family History resources to find out more about your relatives. Then please send in a short article, with a photo if possible, so that they can be remembered on these pages. The free section of The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers. This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources and we currently have a huge backlog of submissions. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small to help with the costs of keeping the site running. Hosted by: The Wartime Memories Project Website is archived for preservation by the British Library Copyright MCMXCIX - MMXXIV - All Rights Reserved - We do not permit the use of any content from this website for the training of LLMs or for use in Generative AI, it also may not be scraped for the purpose of creating other websites.