Regiment/Service: 40th Pathans
Honours: Mentioned in Despatches
De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, 1914-1919
Son of Major General Patrick Carfrae Dalmahoy, Indian Army of 13 Buckingham Terrace, Edinburgh & Emily Wylly.
Extract from The Roll of Honour, A Biographical record of all members of His Majesty's Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in the War, by the Marquis de Ruvigny, Volume I., The Standard Art Book Company, Ltd, December, 1916:
DALMAHOY, JOHN FRANCIS CECIL, Captain, 40th Pathans, Indian Army, yr. son of Major-Gen. Patrick Carfrae Dalmahoy, Indian Army, of 13, Buckingham Terrace, Edinburgh, by his wife, Emily, daughter of Edward Michael Wylly, Bengal Civil Service; b. Allahabad, India, 25 Feb. 1881; educ Edinburgh Academy and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; joined the Indian Army, 8 Jan. 1901; promoted Lieutenant 4 Aug. 1903, and Captain 8 Jan. 1910; was attached for one year to the King's Royal Rifles at Rawal Pindi, then for a short time was with the 18th Bengal Lancers, being afterwards posted to the 40th Pathans in 1902, with which last named Regiment he served in the Tibet campaign of 1904, taking prominent part in several engagements, including the action of Niani, the operations at Gyantse, and in the march to Lhassa, for which he received the medal with clasp. He again saw service in 1908 in the Mohmand campaign on the North-West Frontier of India, in the Khyber Pass, his coolness under fire being commented upon by his commanding officer (medal with clasp). On the outbreak of the European War his Regiment, which was at Hong Kong, was despatched to France, landing there on 1 April, 1915, its first action being the Battle north of Ypres, 26 April, 1915, when nearly all the officers were killed or wounded, including Captain Dalmahoy, who lost his life while leading his double company to the attack. Although wounded in six places and advised to go back, he refused to do so, but continued to lead his men till he fell under machine-gun fire. His noble death is spoken of with admiration by the officers and men of the Regiment and by others. "Eye-Witness." in his report of the battle published in the "Times" of 6 May, 1915, speaks of the gallantry of a Pathan Battalion Captain Dalmahoy is specially mentioned in a letter published in "The Times" of 7 May, also by Mr. John Buchan in the account of the battle given in "The Times" of 13 July, and also in the seventh volume of his "History of the War." Captain Dalmahoy married at St. Andrew's, Fife, 19 Sept. 1911, Violet Cecily, daughter of the Rev. R. Arthur Hull; s.p
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He is also commemorated on the Edinburgh Academy WW1 memorial plaque in the Edinburgh Academy Memorial Gymnasium, Edinburgh Academy, Henderson Row, Edinburgh, Scotland (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/198193), on a memorial plaque in the Church of St John the Evangelist, Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/170866/) and on the Indian Army WW1 Memorial in the Royal Memorial Chapel, RMA Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey Heath Borough, Surrey, England.
Cenotaph here
Honours: Mentioned in Despatches
De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, 1914-1919
Son of Major General Patrick Carfrae Dalmahoy, Indian Army of 13 Buckingham Terrace, Edinburgh & Emily Wylly.
Extract from The Roll of Honour, A Biographical record of all members of His Majesty's Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in the War, by the Marquis de Ruvigny, Volume I., The Standard Art Book Company, Ltd, December, 1916:
DALMAHOY, JOHN FRANCIS CECIL, Captain, 40th Pathans, Indian Army, yr. son of Major-Gen. Patrick Carfrae Dalmahoy, Indian Army, of 13, Buckingham Terrace, Edinburgh, by his wife, Emily, daughter of Edward Michael Wylly, Bengal Civil Service; b. Allahabad, India, 25 Feb. 1881; educ Edinburgh Academy and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; joined the Indian Army, 8 Jan. 1901; promoted Lieutenant 4 Aug. 1903, and Captain 8 Jan. 1910; was attached for one year to the King's Royal Rifles at Rawal Pindi, then for a short time was with the 18th Bengal Lancers, being afterwards posted to the 40th Pathans in 1902, with which last named Regiment he served in the Tibet campaign of 1904, taking prominent part in several engagements, including the action of Niani, the operations at Gyantse, and in the march to Lhassa, for which he received the medal with clasp. He again saw service in 1908 in the Mohmand campaign on the North-West Frontier of India, in the Khyber Pass, his coolness under fire being commented upon by his commanding officer (medal with clasp). On the outbreak of the European War his Regiment, which was at Hong Kong, was despatched to France, landing there on 1 April, 1915, its first action being the Battle north of Ypres, 26 April, 1915, when nearly all the officers were killed or wounded, including Captain Dalmahoy, who lost his life while leading his double company to the attack. Although wounded in six places and advised to go back, he refused to do so, but continued to lead his men till he fell under machine-gun fire. His noble death is spoken of with admiration by the officers and men of the Regiment and by others. "Eye-Witness." in his report of the battle published in the "Times" of 6 May, 1915, speaks of the gallantry of a Pathan Battalion Captain Dalmahoy is specially mentioned in a letter published in "The Times" of 7 May, also by Mr. John Buchan in the account of the battle given in "The Times" of 13 July, and also in the seventh volume of his "History of the War." Captain Dalmahoy married at St. Andrew's, Fife, 19 Sept. 1911, Violet Cecily, daughter of the Rev. R. Arthur Hull; s.p
(Contributor: A Fifer in Exile #49902043)
He is also commemorated on the Edinburgh Academy WW1 memorial plaque in the Edinburgh Academy Memorial Gymnasium, Edinburgh Academy, Henderson Row, Edinburgh, Scotland (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/198193), on a memorial plaque in the Church of St John the Evangelist, Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/170866/) and on the Indian Army WW1 Memorial in the Royal Memorial Chapel, RMA Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey Heath Borough, Surrey, England.
Cenotaph here
Regiment/Service: 40th Pathans
Honours: Mentioned in Despatches
De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, 1914-1919
Son of Major General Patrick Carfrae Dalmahoy, Indian Army of 13 Buckingham Terrace, Edinburgh & Emily Wylly.
Extract from The Roll of Honour, A Biographical record of all members of His Majesty's Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in the War, by the Marquis de Ruvigny, Volume I., The Standard Art Book Company, Ltd, December, 1916:
DALMAHOY, JOHN FRANCIS CECIL, Captain, 40th Pathans, Indian Army, yr. son of Major-Gen. Patrick Carfrae Dalmahoy, Indian Army, of 13, Buckingham Terrace, Edinburgh, by his wife, Emily, daughter of Edward Michael Wylly, Bengal Civil Service; b. Allahabad, India, 25 Feb. 1881; educ Edinburgh Academy and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; joined the Indian Army, 8 Jan. 1901; promoted Lieutenant 4 Aug. 1903, and Captain 8 Jan. 1910; was attached for one year to the King's Royal Rifles at Rawal Pindi, then for a short time was with the 18th Bengal Lancers, being afterwards posted to the 40th Pathans in 1902, with which last named Regiment he served in the Tibet campaign of 1904, taking prominent part in several engagements, including the action of Niani, the operations at Gyantse, and in the march to Lhassa, for which he received the medal with clasp. He again saw service in 1908 in the Mohmand campaign on the North-West Frontier of India, in the Khyber Pass, his coolness under fire being commented upon by his commanding officer (medal with clasp). On the outbreak of the European War his Regiment, which was at Hong Kong, was despatched to France, landing there on 1 April, 1915, its first action being the Battle north of Ypres, 26 April, 1915, when nearly all the officers were killed or wounded, including Captain Dalmahoy, who lost his life while leading his double company to the attack. Although wounded in six places and advised to go back, he refused to do so, but continued to lead his men till he fell under machine-gun fire. His noble death is spoken of with admiration by the officers and men of the Regiment and by others. "Eye-Witness." in his report of the battle published in the "Times" of 6 May, 1915, speaks of the gallantry of a Pathan Battalion Captain Dalmahoy is specially mentioned in a letter published in "The Times" of 7 May, also by Mr. John Buchan in the account of the battle given in "The Times" of 13 July, and also in the seventh volume of his "History of the War." Captain Dalmahoy married at St. Andrew's, Fife, 19 Sept. 1911, Violet Cecily, daughter of the Rev. R. Arthur Hull; s.p
(Contributor: A Fifer in Exile #49902043)
He is also commemorated on the Edinburgh Academy WW1 memorial plaque in the Edinburgh Academy Memorial Gymnasium, Edinburgh Academy, Henderson Row, Edinburgh, Scotland (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/198193), on a memorial plaque in the Church of St John the Evangelist, Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/170866/) and on the Indian Army WW1 Memorial in the Royal Memorial Chapel, RMA Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey Heath Borough, Surrey, England.
Cenotaph here
Honours: Mentioned in Despatches
De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, 1914-1919
Son of Major General Patrick Carfrae Dalmahoy, Indian Army of 13 Buckingham Terrace, Edinburgh & Emily Wylly.
Extract from The Roll of Honour, A Biographical record of all members of His Majesty's Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in the War, by the Marquis de Ruvigny, Volume I., The Standard Art Book Company, Ltd, December, 1916:
DALMAHOY, JOHN FRANCIS CECIL, Captain, 40th Pathans, Indian Army, yr. son of Major-Gen. Patrick Carfrae Dalmahoy, Indian Army, of 13, Buckingham Terrace, Edinburgh, by his wife, Emily, daughter of Edward Michael Wylly, Bengal Civil Service; b. Allahabad, India, 25 Feb. 1881; educ Edinburgh Academy and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; joined the Indian Army, 8 Jan. 1901; promoted Lieutenant 4 Aug. 1903, and Captain 8 Jan. 1910; was attached for one year to the King's Royal Rifles at Rawal Pindi, then for a short time was with the 18th Bengal Lancers, being afterwards posted to the 40th Pathans in 1902, with which last named Regiment he served in the Tibet campaign of 1904, taking prominent part in several engagements, including the action of Niani, the operations at Gyantse, and in the march to Lhassa, for which he received the medal with clasp. He again saw service in 1908 in the Mohmand campaign on the North-West Frontier of India, in the Khyber Pass, his coolness under fire being commented upon by his commanding officer (medal with clasp). On the outbreak of the European War his Regiment, which was at Hong Kong, was despatched to France, landing there on 1 April, 1915, its first action being the Battle north of Ypres, 26 April, 1915, when nearly all the officers were killed or wounded, including Captain Dalmahoy, who lost his life while leading his double company to the attack. Although wounded in six places and advised to go back, he refused to do so, but continued to lead his men till he fell under machine-gun fire. His noble death is spoken of with admiration by the officers and men of the Regiment and by others. "Eye-Witness." in his report of the battle published in the "Times" of 6 May, 1915, speaks of the gallantry of a Pathan Battalion Captain Dalmahoy is specially mentioned in a letter published in "The Times" of 7 May, also by Mr. John Buchan in the account of the battle given in "The Times" of 13 July, and also in the seventh volume of his "History of the War." Captain Dalmahoy married at St. Andrew's, Fife, 19 Sept. 1911, Violet Cecily, daughter of the Rev. R. Arthur Hull; s.p
(Contributor: A Fifer in Exile #49902043)
He is also commemorated on the Edinburgh Academy WW1 memorial plaque in the Edinburgh Academy Memorial Gymnasium, Edinburgh Academy, Henderson Row, Edinburgh, Scotland (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/198193), on a memorial plaque in the Church of St John the Evangelist, Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/170866/) and on the Indian Army WW1 Memorial in the Royal Memorial Chapel, RMA Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey Heath Borough, Surrey, England.
Cenotaph here
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Also a cenotaph in St John's Episcopal Church, Edinburgh.
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