Herbert-Stepney H A Major Irish Guards
MAJOR H. A. HERBERT-STEPΝΕΥ
IRISH GUARDS
HERBERT ARTHUR HERBERT-STEPNEY was the eldest son of George Herbert-Stepney, of Alberta House, Templeogue, County Dublin.
He entered the School in 1893, and passed on to the R.M.C., Sandhurst, in 1897. He was gazetted to the Coldstream Guards in 1898, and served in the South African War, 1900-01, when he was slightly wounded. For his services he received the Queen’s Medal with Three Clasps and the King’s Medal. He was recalled and transferred to the Irish Guards in 1901, of which he was Adjutant in 1902. He was promoted Major in 1912.
He went to France in August, 1914, with the First Expeditionary Force, and was in command of the Regiment during the Retreat from Mons, in the Battles of the Marne and of the Aisne, and afterwards at Ypres.
He was killed in action at Klein Zillebeke, near Ypres, in Flanders, on November 7th, 1914. Age 35.
He was mentioned in Despatches of January 14th, 1915.
Source : Memorials Of Rugbeians Who Fell In The Great War Vol 1
Herbert-Stepney H A Major Irish Guards
Source : The Illustrated London News 26th Dec 1914