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Name: MANSERGH, John Loftus Otway (Lieut.)
Birth Date: 24.5.1878 Weston super Mare
Death Date: 25.9.1915 killed in action, France
Nationality: British
First Date: 1902
Profession: Officer with 3/KAR at Kismayu, later EAP Admin, a DC in 1911.
Area: 1905 Kismayu, HBEA 1912 DC Voi, 1914 Kisumu
Book Reference: Gillett, HBEA, EAHB 1905, Hut, North, EA Diary 1903, Drumkey, EAHB 1904, EAHB 1907, Leader14, Red Book 1912, Web
War Service: Royal Irish Regt./3 KAR
School: Haileybury College
General Information:
Drumkey 1909 - Asst. District Commissioner 1907; SA War Queen's and King's Medals; Subaltern 3rd KAR 1902-05; Asst. Collector, EAP, June 8th 1906.
North - dep. Mombasa for Jubaland 7-5-1902; Kismayu; resident at Gobwen 30-9-1904; appt. Officer Commanding Camel Corps 3-2-1905
EAHB 1907 - Sub-Collector - Taveta, Seyidie
EAHB 1907 - South African war 1899-1902; Queen and King's medals; Camel Corps, 3rd KAR Jubaland April 1902 to June 1905; Asst. Collector June 8 1906
Red Book 1912 - J.L.O. Mansergh - Eldama Ravine
Web - John Loftus Otway Mansergh was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the 4th Battalion Irish Regiment in 1898. With the 1st Battalion in December 1899, he was promoted Lieutenant in September 1900. After service seconded to the KAR in 1902, he resigned his commission in 1905. With the outbreak of the Great War, he was recommissioned a Lieutenant with the Warwickshire Regiment on 28 June 1915. Lieutenant Mansergh was killed in action, France/Flanders, on 25 September 1915, aged 37 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Loos Memorial.
EAHB 1905 - Camel Corps.