Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Helles Memorial | Panel 92 to 97. | |
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.131 | |
| 3. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 42B GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | 1914-15 Star British War Medal Victory Medal | ||
Education & Career :
Worked at: Brakpan Mines Ltd., Brakpan, Transwaal.
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 1/King's Own Scottish Borderers |
1st Battalion August 1914 : in Lucknow, India. Returned to England on 28 December 1914 and attached to 87th Brigade, 29th Division. Moved to Rugby. Sailed from Avonmouth on 18 March 1915 and landed at Cape Helles on Gallipoli 25 April 1915. 8 January 1916 : evacuated from Gallpoli and moved to Alexandra in Egypt. 18 March 1916 : arrived at Marseilles for service in France. |
| Action : Gallipoli |
The Gallipoli Campaign was fought on the Gallipoli peninsula 25th April 1915 to 9th January 1916. in a failed attempt to defeat Turkey by seizing the Dardanelles and capturing Istanbul. Ill-conceived and planned, the initial effort by the Royal Navy failed to force passage through the Dardanelles by sea power alone. It was then realised that a land force was needed to support the project by suppressing the Turkish mobile artillery batteries. By the time all was ready the Turks were well aware and well prepared. Despite amazing heroics on the day of the landings only minor beachheads were achieved and over the succeeding 8 months little progress was made. Eventually the beachheads were evacuated in a series of successful ruses.
Despite Gallipoli rightly becoming a national source of pride to Australians and New Zealanders, far more British casualties were sustained, and these days the substantial French contribution is almost forgotten.
Detail :
Lieutenant Horation Nelson Ormsby, 12th Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), attached 1st Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Denver No. 3167 E.C. | South Africa (Northern) |
| Joined : | Coalfields No. 2653 E.C. | South Africa (Northern) |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
15th November 1907 | 20th December 1907 | 17th January 1908 |
The register of the Denver Lodge No. 3167 shows his final entry to read "Reposted "Missing" February 1916. Presumed Killed. He is not recorded in the roll against his mother lodge, but it appears he is a member of it at the time of his death. He was initiated in 1907, when he was a 25 year old "Chinese Controller" at the Nourse Mines.
He joined the QC Correspondence circle in October 1910 which stated his masonic affiliations as:
3167, Sec.
3167, P.So.
He joined Coalfields Lodge in 1911, listed as a "Timekeeper," from Brakpan. The Lodge shows that he "Died 15.8.16," which is not at all right for this individual.
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley