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Col. John Body DSO, MID.
British Army 5th Battalion East Kent Regiment
from:Wittersham Court, Wittersham, Kent
John Body became Lt-Col in October 1916 and was awarded Companion of Distinguished Order of the 5th Buffs East Kent Regiment, Territorial Force 1916 at St. James London. He was instrumental in sending The Buffs' memorial Window to Baghdad to be placed in the Mesopotamia Memorial Church to commemorate the part by the 1st Buffs in the near East Campaign. He was made Battalion Colonel of the 5th Buffs on the 21st March 1922.
John was mentioned four times in dispatches, he entered Baghdad at 09.00 hrs on the 11th of March 1917. After defeating the Turks 9 Miles away, Capt. G K Harrison hoisted the Union Jack on the Citadel. The flag was bought back and now hangs in Canterbury Cathedral.
John was Deputy Lt. of the County of Kent in 1945 and opened the Tenterden War Memorial Kent where two of his cousins, once removed were named having given their lives in First World War. He died suddenly at Wittersham Court.
