Private Hubert Kendrick Maddox (3172)
1/1st Worcestershire Yeomanry, 5th Mounted Brigade, M.E.F.
Malvern Commemoration: Malvern Library
Burial/Commemoration: Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq
Nature of Death: Died as a prisoner of war at Angora, Turkey 21/7/1916
Age: 19
Next of Kin: Son of Olive Maddox of Colwall, Herefordshire
Hubert Maddox was born in Kinver, Staffordshire according to the 1901 Census, circa 1897 and at this time was living in Colwall. He later moved to Malvern. He joined the Worcestershire Yeomanry [1] at Worcester and embarked with the Second Draft of the Yeomanry at Devonport on the 15th November 1915, disembarking at Alexandria on the 6th December. He was probably taken prisoner at Qatia [2] on the 23rd April 1916 and died in captivity.
Worcestershire Yeomanry History London 1924
Richard Maddox 2006
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[1] Worcestershire Yeomanry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Own_Worcestershire_Hussars
[2] Qatia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Katia
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