PAUL ALOYSIUS KENNA (Captain,
now Major) 21st LancersOn September 2nd 1898, at the battle of Khartoum, Major Crole
Wyndham?s horse was killed in the charge of the 21st Lancers, and
he was in a most dangerous position, until Captain Kenna rode to him, and,
taking him up behind, rode into safety.When
the charge was over, he returned and assisted Lieutenant De Montmorency (V.C.),
in his heroic endeavour to rescue the body of Lieutenant Grenfell.Major Kenna, born on August 16th 1862,
is the son of Mr. James Kenna.Was
educated at St. Augustine?s College, Stoneyhurst, and Sandhurst, passing from
the latter into the 2nd West Indian Regiment in 1886.After two years service in the West Indies and West Africa, joined the 21st
Lancers.Served as Assistant
Provost Marshal in South Africa 1899-1902.Served in Somaliland Campaign 1904.Received the Royal Humane Society?s Medal in 1895 for jumping off
Carlisle Bridge into the Liffey to rescue a drowning man.
THE HONOURABLE RAYMOND HARVEY LODGE JOSEPH
DE MONTMORENCY (Lieutenant,
afterwards Captain) 21st LancersOn September 2nd 1898, during the battle of Khartoum,
Lieutenant de Montmorency, when the charge of the 21st Lancers had
taken place, returned to the help of Lieutenant R. G. Grenfell, who had fallen
wounded and was lying surrounded by a number of Dervishes.Finding on reaching him, that the officer was dead, he endeavoured to put
the body on a horse, but the animal broke away, and he would himself have been
killed but for the help of Corporal Swarbrick and Captain Kenna (V.C.).He was son of the late General Viscount Frankfort
de Montmorency, and was born on February 5th 1867.Enetred the 21st Lancers September 1887 became Lieutenant
1889, Adjutant 1893, and Captain 1899.While
serving in the Boer War 1899-1902, he was killed on February 23rd
1900, when in command of the corps of scouts, which bore his name.
THOMAS BYRNE (Private) 21st LancersOn September 2nd 1898, at the battle of
Khartoum, during the celebrated charge of the 21st Lancers,
Lieutenant the Honourable R. F. Molyneux had been wounded, dismounted and
disarmed, though himself severely wounded, went to the officer?s rescue,
attacked those surrounding him, receiving another severe injury, and by his
brave exertions enabled the officer to escape.
Omdurman, Charge of the 21st Lancers by Stanley Berkeley.
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Omdurman, Charge of the 21st Lancers by Stanley Berkeley. - Editions Available
The Charge of the 21st Lancers at the Battle of Omdurman by Richard Caton Woodville.
Depicting the charge of the Lancers against what they first thought was a small group of Dervishes, but was in fact thousands hidden in a depression in the desert. The Lancers had to ride straight through. For this bravery three Victoria crosses were won. The 21st lancers lost 5 officers and 65 men with 120 horses lost. Winston Churchill was one of the Officers who survived the charge.
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The Charge of the 21st Lancers at the Battle of Omdurman by Richard Caton Woodville. - Editions Available