Kenneth MUSGRAVE

BOND OF SACRIFICE: VOL. 2. A Biographical Record of British Officers who Fell in the Great War

LIEUTENANT (temp.) KENNETH MUSGRAVE, 6th (SERVICE) BATTN. THE KING'S OWN (YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY), attd. 172nd COMPANY, ROYAL ENGINEERS, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. J. Musgrave, of Hove, Sussex, was born at Bradford, Yorkshire, on the 23rd July, 1893.

He was educated at Downsend, Ashstead, Surrey, and the Leys School, Cambridge, afterwards becoming a Mining Student attached to Messrs. Briggs, Son & Co., Whitwood Collieries, Yorkshire. His recreations included singing, riding, swimming, football, tennis and motoring, and he was devoted to his dogs.

He received his commission as temporary Lieutenant in the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in October, 1914, and was acting as Adjutant of his Battalion, when he received urgent orders in March, 1915, to proceed to the front on important mining work with the Royal Engineers.

On the evening of the 22nd March, 1915, he was killed in action while trying to bring in a wounded man from between the two firing lines; the enemy opened a rapid fire and he was shot through the temples, never regaining consciousness; he is buried in Dranoutre Churchyard where his brother officers and men of the 172nd Company, Royal Engineers have erected a beautiful marble cross to his memory. On the 12th March, he had been mentioned to Sir Charles Fergusson, Commander of the IInd Corps, B.E.F., by the late Captain W. H. Johnston, V.C., Royal Engineers, for his gallant bearing, and the initiative and resource he displayed during the very severe fighting on that date, and also for the very gallant effort he made to save the life of Captain Cresswell of the 2nd Battalion the Buffs, in the face of heavy fire he brought in that officer who had been badly wounded, and having got him safely in the trenches stayed with him till he died.

The Lieutenant-Colonel commanding his own Battalion wrote to express the sympathy of the officers and men of the Battalion, and his own appreciation of the late officer's services.

England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966

1916

MUSGRAVE Kenneth of Whitwood Normanton Yorkshire lieutenant in the 6th service battalion Yorkshire Light Infantry died 22 March 1916 [sic] on active service in Belgium Administration Wakefield 6 June to Alfred Simeon Joseph Musgrave manufacturer. Effects £2196 1s. 8d.