12th november 1901
captain noble galloped through our lines to the next ridge,half an hour later,we heard heavy firing,shortly after a volunteer called fern galloped back with Lt holberton in his arms,he had been shot in the chest,but his bandolier had saved him,then two more men came galloping in like mad,one was a regular who was wounded in the shoulder and the other was a volunteer called Rushton who was wounded in the elbow,they said that captain noble had been mortally wounded,the ambulance and the doctor went out and brought in him and jack connery who was severly wounded,captain noble died on reaching the hospital
the regular soldier
pte 3091 a.a murray.2nd manchesters
the volunteer
8333 g.w Rushton
jack connery
pte 4102 john connery.2nd manchesters
Lt Philip,vaughan holberton killed in action in WW1
the man who brought in Lt holberton was pte 8263 William fern.38 craig st,harpurhey,he was 21yrs old
