CARDEN, JOHN, C.M.G., Lieut.-Col. 5th (Service) Battn. The Duke of Edinburgh’s (Wiltshire Regt.), s. of the late Capt. Charles Wilson Carden, of Barnane, co. Tipperary, by his wife. Jane, dau. of Bolton Edward King; b. at Southam, co. Warwick, 13 May. 1870; educ. at Royal Naval School, New Cross, S.E.; joined the British South African Forces in 1890: served in Matabele Wars, 1893-1896, as Capt. and Adjutant of Bulawayo Field Force (Medal and clasp), and the South African War, 1899-1902 (Queen’s and King’s Medals with clasps); was appointed Commandant of the Northern Rhodesia Police in 1906, which post he held until he retired in 1912; volunteered for Imperial Service on the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914, being gazetted Lieut.-Col. 5th Wiltshire Regt. in April, 1915; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at Gallipoli from 16 July, and was killed in action at Chunuk Bhair 11 Aug. 1915. He was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 28 Jan. 1916] by General Sir Ian Hamilton, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. Lieut.-Col. Carden was also invested with the C.M.G. by the Duke of Connaught on his visit to Rhodesia in 1910. He m. at St. Barnabas’ Church, Pimlico, 25 Oct. 1909. Susan (53, Egerton Gardens, London, S.W.), dau. of the late Drury Wake, of Pitsford House, co. Northampton, and had a son, Andrew, b. 4 Aug. 1910.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5