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Ralph Mark Milbanke (1907-1949)

Soldier
Service No:37124
Rank:Major
Squadron:C
Role:C Squadron Leader
Service:Posted to 23H "from 8th Commando", 8 Dec 1940. Posted to 10th Royal Hussars, 18 Sep 1941
Award(s):Military Cross (Gazetted 27 Sep 1940)
Mentioned in:
War Diary
8 Dec 1940, 18 Sep 1941
23H Story
Page 12, Page 17
Press
The Times, 7 Jun 1947
Other
Army List
Civilian
Occupation:Insurance Broker. 12th Baronet Milbanke of Halnaby
Residence:23 Down Street, London W1 (1949)
Birth:11 Apr 1907 in Ballymore Eustace, County Kildare
Death:24 Nov 1949 at 23 Down Street, London (suicide)
[The Times, 25 Nov 1949] [The Times, 26 Nov 1949]
[Yorkshire Post, 26 Nov 1949] [The Times, 28 Nov 1949]
[The Times, 3 Dec 1949]
Burial:Rosslyn Chapel Cemetery, Roslin, Midlothian [Grave]
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Parents
Sir John Peniston Milbanke VCAmelia Madeline Louisa Crichton
10th Baronet Milbanke of Halnaby.
44 St Georges Road, London (1911).
Birth 9 Oct 1872 in Belgravia, London.
KIA 21 Aug 1915 at Suvla, Gallipoli, Turkey.
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Birth 20 January 1876 at Hartford House, County Meath, Ireland.
Death 6 Dec 1927 in Kildare, County Kildare, Ireland.
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Marriage 6 Dec 1900 registered in St George Hanover Square district, London.

Notes

Ralph's father was a Boer War Victoria Cross Recipient. He was gazetted with the award on 6 Jul 1900 for his actions as a Lieutenant in the 10th Hussars:

"On the 5th January, 1900, during a reconnaissance near Colesberg, Sir John Miibanke, when retiring under fire with a small patrol of the 10th Hussars, notwithstanding the fact that he had just been severely wounded in the thigh, rode back to the assistance of one of the men whose pony was exhausted, and who was under fire from some Boers who had dismounted. Sir John Miibanke took the man up on his own horse under a most galling fire and brought him safely back to camp."

In 1910 he retired from the British Army but at the outbreak of WWI, he rejoined with the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry as a Lieutenant-Colonel and was killed in combat at the age of 42 near Suvla, Turkey during the Gallipoli Campaign. His body was never recovered. He is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Panel 16.