Captain Gerard Lourdes Edward Sherlock

Regiment: 3rd King's Own Hussars
Panel reference: Unknown
Date published: 04/12/1914
Killed in action: Yes
Date of death: 25/08/1914
Age at death: 30
Cemetery: Zaria Memorial, Nigeria, Africa
Information: Captain Gerard Lourdes Edward Sherlock, 3rd King's Own Hussars, killed in action in Togoland on August 25th, 1914. Captain Sherlock, who was the second son of Mr. David Sherlock, D.L., of Rahan, King's Co., entered the service through the Militia Artillery with which he had been in action in South Africa. He was gazetted 2nd Lieutenant in the 3rd Hussars in July, 1906, and first Lieutenant in December, 1908. He was seconded for special service in Nigeria, and during a short leave last year he entered the Army Flying School at Brooklands, where he qualified in an incredibly short time and obtained his Pilot's certificate. Returning to Nigeria he took part in several small expeditions and accompanied the British Force to Togoland on the outbreak of hostilities.