Lieutenant Colonel John O'Brien Minogue

Regiment: West Yorks Regiment
Date published: 24/11/1916
Killed in action: Yes
Date of death: 06/10/1916
Age at death: 55
Cemetery: Mortlake (st. Mary Magdalen) Roman Catholic Churchyard, Surrey, United Kingdom
Plot: Aa, 34.
Information: Lieut.Col. John O'Brien Minogue, C.M.G. West Yorks Regiment, died on October 6th, at 9 Berkeley Square, London. He entered the Army in May, 1886, and received his majority in March, 1905. He served with the Burmese Expedition in 1885-89, being mentioned in despatches, and receiving the medal with two clasps. He held the Star for the Ashanti Expedition, and served as D.A.A.G. in Tibet. In 1908 he took part in the Mohmand operations, and was again mentioned in despatches, and received the medal with clasp. He retired in 1909, and in March, 1915, was appointed to the command of a battalion of the West Yorks Regiment.
Additional information: Husband of A. Minogue, (now Mrs Bannister), of Cleve Lodge, 40 Hyde Park Gate, London.