Captain Gerald Maurice Ponsonby

Regiment: 3rd Batt. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Date published: 14/05/1915
Killed in action: No
Information: Captain Gerald Maurice Ponsonby, of the 2nd Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, was gazetted 2nd Lieutenant in May, 1898, Lieutenant in March, 1899, and received his Captaincy in 1908 (Captain Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 1902). He served in the South African War, 1902, where he was employed with Mounted Infantry. He was slightly wounded, and obtained the Queen’s medal with four clasps.