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Name: YARDLEY, John Henry Reginald DSO, MC (Capt.)
Birth Date: 5 June 1881 Shrewsbury
Death Date: 12 Feb 1938 Dorset
Profession: Military
Married: In Quebec 2 Aug 1906 Louisa de Saumarez née Carey b. 5 Dec 1880 Exeter, d. 1963 Hailsham, Sussex
Children: Peggy Elfreda Geraldine (15 Dec 1909 Kensington-2006)
Author: Parergon, or Eddies in Equatoria, 1931
Book Reference: Sitrep 6, Debrett
War Service: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
School: Marlborough College
General Information:
Sitrep 6 - Africa General Service Medal 1902-56 - East Africa 1918 - Awarded for services under Maj. R.F. White (Essex R), Maj. H. Rayne, MC (KAR) and Capt. J.H.R. Yardley, DSO (Inniskillings) in military operations - 1918 - against the Northern Turkana, Marille, Donyiro and kindred tribes in the vicinity of the Southern Sudan boundary and west of Lake Rudolf. Majority of the troops were from the Equatorial Bn of the Egyptian Army and KAR.
Debrett - formerly Capt. Roy. Inniskilling Fusiliers; S. African War 1899-1901 (Queen's medal with 3 clasps), European War 1914-19 in France, Egypt (as ADC and Acting Mil. Sec. to Com.-in-Ch.) and N. Turkana (wounded, despatches twice, DSO, MC, 4th class of Order of the Nile, 1914 Star, 3 medals)
Edinburgh Gazette - 4/5/1920 - Awarded the Military Cross - for distinguished service in connection with operations against the Northern Turkana and kindred tribes - Dated 3/6/1919 -