Obituary: Maj Gen R. K. Hewer, C.B., C.B.E., M.C.
Maj Gen R. K. Hewer, C.B., C.B.E., M.C. served with the 7th Hussars. He died on the 15th of November 1970.
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Obituary: Capt W. Reeves, MC, DCM
Capt W Reeves served with the 7th Hussars. He died in November 1967.
Obituary: Pte L. Pay
Pte L Pay served with the 7th Hussars. He died on the 16th of September 1967.
Obituary: Col R. C. Jones, O.B.E.
Colonel RC Jones served with the 7th Hussars. He died in September 1961.
Capt W Reeves MC, DSO – 7th Hussars
William (Billy) Reeves was a policeman and already held the Jubilee (Police) Medal of 1897 before he joined the 7th Hussars in 1899.
Brig R M Poore CIE, DSO – 7th Hussars
Robert Montagu Poore was born at Carysfort House, near Dublin, 20 March 1860, eldest son of Major Robert Poore, late 8th Hussars, and of Juliana Benita, daughter of Rear Admiral Sir Armar Lowry Corry, KCB.
Brig G L Holdsworth CB, CMG – 7th Hussars
George Holdsworth was born in September 1862 and educated at Eton and Cambridge.
Brig C H Rankin CB, CMG, DSO – 7th Hussars
Charles Herbert Rankin, was born 26 May 1873, second son of Sir James Rankin, 1st Baronet, and Annie Laura, second daughter of Christopher Bushell, JP, of Hinderton, Cheshire.
Maj Gen R Younger CB, CBE, DSO, MC, DL – 7th Hussars
On 5th August 1985 at the age of 81 Major General Ralph Younger, Colonel of the 7th Hussars from 1952 and of The Queen’s Own Hussars from amalgamation to 1961 died.
Maj Gen RK Hewer CB, CBE, MC – 7th Hussars
Rex Hewer was educated at Bloxham School, where he was a member of the Officer Training Corps. He commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery on 12 October 1914, and saw active service in the First World War.
