Michell J C Captain 12th Lancers
CAPTAIN J. C. MICHELL
12TH (PRINCE OF WALES’S ROYAL) LANCERS
JOHN COLLORYAN MICHELL was the eldest son of John Michell, 1.s.O., Consul-General at Petrograd.
He entered the School in 1886. He joined the Militia in the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry in 1889, and resumed his Commission in 1894 as a Captain.
He served in the Matabele Rebellion in 1896 as a Lieutenant in the Maxim Gun Section. In the South African War, 1899-1902, he joined the Salisbury Contingent, which formed part of Colonel Plumer’s Column, and with it took part in the Relief of Mafeking, and was present at the Battle of Eland’s River. He was mentioned in Despatches, and received the Queen’s Medal with four Clasps, and the King’s Medal with two.
He went to the Front with the First Expeditionary Force and took part in the Retreat from Mons. He was killed at Moy (Aisne) while gallantly leading his Squadron in what proved to be a most successful charge against German Cavalry on August 28th, 1914. Age 43-
He married, in 1910, Ella, eldest daughter of Alfred Macnaghten, but left no children.
Source : Memorials Of Rugbeians Who Fell In The Great War Vol 1