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Home
Background
- Introduction & Acknowledgements
- Dedication
History
Camps
Uniforms
KC Reg Badges
KC Squadron Headdress & Collar Badges
KC NCO Arm, Pouch, Shoulder Titles, Buttons, Mess Dress & Sweetheart Badges
KEH Badges
Badges of 2nd KEH
Commemorations
KC/KEH Nominal Roll
2KEH Nominal Roll
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2KEH Uniform Photographs

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Group photograph of the Officer's of the Reserve Squadron of the 2nd King Edward's Horse including Lieutenant Arthur Vincent Piggott, MC (left in the rear row) at Kilkenny Barracks circa 1917 (Photograph and information courtesy of the Great War Forum).

The Officer on the left is Lieutenant Arthur Vincent Piggott, MC, 2nd King Edward's Horse with Captain Joseph P. T. Mackesy, of 5th Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers at Kilkenny Barracks in 1917. Captain Mackesy had been recruiting officer for Waterford District from at least September 1913 thru April 1914, and took over duties as recruiting officer for Kilkenny District (in Kilkenny Barracks) as of at least late August 1914, and remained there until invalided out of the Army, 5/3/1918, due to ill-health and granted rank as honorary Major. He was from Carmel, Tramore, Co. Waterford, but the family owned over 1,000 acres of land in South Kilkenny, and Joseph was an alumnus of Kilkenny College. Father - Dr. G. I. Mackesy, JP, of Lady Lane, Waterford (died September 1917) (Photograph and information Great War Forum).

Group photograph of the senior Officer's of the Reserve Squadron of the 2nd King Edward's Horse at Kilkenny Barracks circa 1917. A number of the Officer's are wearing shoulder chains. Brevet Colonel Harry Newman Morgan Thoyts (often mis-spelled as Thoytes), late 8th Hussars, who assumed command of the Reserve Squadron, 2nd KEH (and simultaneously Officer in Command of Kilkenny Barracks), 17/3/1917 is in the centre of the front row. He was still in command at Kilkenny when the Lord Lieutenant, Sir John French, visited Kilkenny, 18-20/1/1919. He is noteworthy for being the second most senior member on the sensationalised court martial of Captain J. C. Bowen-Colthurst in June 1916 for the murder of Francis Sheehy Skeffington and two others during the Easter Rebellion. Brevet Colonel Thoyts's father was Colonel Newman Burfoot Thoyts (died 20/9/1918), the Mythe House, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire; his brother - Major Francis Gordon Grant Thoyts, 1st Battalion, Shropshire Light Infantry, Died of Wounds as a German POW, 26/8/1914 (Photograph and information courtesy of the Great War Forum).

Private of 2nd King Edward’s Horse in Service Dress with shoulder chains and cloth leggings on his wedding day circa 1915. He is wearing a 2nd King Edward’s Horse headdress badge and 2KEH shoulder titles (Peter Nemaric collection).

Privates Ford, Poulain, Saunders and an un-named Private (left to right) of 2nd King Edward’s Horse in Service Dress. They are wearing shoulder chains, white lanyards around their left shoulders, cloth leggings and 1903 pattern leather webbing. Their headdress badges are that of the 2nd King Edward’s Horse as are their shoulder titles. Private Ford is wearing a good conduct stripe on his left forearm (Photograph courtesy of the Simon Jervis collection).

Un-named young Private of 2nd King Edward's Horse in Service Dress.

Group photograph of the Officer's of the Reserve Squadron of the 2nd King Edward's Horse including Lieutenant Arthur Vincent Piggott, MC (left in the rear row) at Kilkenny Barracks circa 1917 (Photograph and information courtesy of the Great War Forum).

The Officer on the left is Lieutenant Arthur Vincent Piggott, MC, 2nd King Edward's Horse with Captain Joseph P. T. Mackesy, of 5th Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers at Kilkenny Barracks in 1917. Captain Mackesy had been recruiting officer for Waterford District from at least September 1913 thru April 1914, and took over duties as recruiting officer for Kilkenny District (in Kilkenny Barracks) as of at least late August 1914, and remained there until invalided out of the Army, 5/3/1918, due to ill-health and granted rank as honorary Major. He was from Carmel, Tramore, Co. Waterford, but the family owned over 1,000 acres of land in South Kilkenny, and Joseph was an alumnus of Kilkenny College. Father - Dr. G. I. Mackesy, JP, of Lady Lane, Waterford (died September 1917) (Photograph and information Great War Forum).

Group photograph of the senior Officer's of the Reserve Squadron of the 2nd King Edward's Horse at Kilkenny Barracks circa 1917. A number of the Officer's are wearing shoulder chains. Brevet Colonel Harry Newman Morgan Thoyts (often mis-spelled as Thoytes), late 8th Hussars, who assumed command of the Reserve Squadron, 2nd KEH (and simultaneously Officer in Command of Kilkenny Barracks), 17/3/1917 is in the centre of the front row. He was still in command at Kilkenny when the Lord Lieutenant, Sir John French, visited Kilkenny, 18-20/1/1919. He is noteworthy for being the second most senior member on the sensationalised court martial of Captain J. C. Bowen-Colthurst in June 1916 for the murder of Francis Sheehy Skeffington and two others during the Easter Rebellion. Brevet Colonel Thoyts's father was Colonel Newman Burfoot Thoyts (died 20/9/1918), the Mythe House, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire; his brother - Major Francis Gordon Grant Thoyts, 1st Battalion, Shropshire Light Infantry, Died of Wounds as a German POW, 26/8/1914 (Photograph and information courtesy of the Great War Forum).

Private of 2nd King Edward’s Horse in Service Dress with shoulder chains and cloth leggings on his wedding day circa 1915. He is wearing a 2nd King Edward’s Horse headdress badge and 2KEH shoulder titles (Peter Nemaric collection).

Privates Ford, Poulain, Saunders and an un-named Private (left to right) of 2nd King Edward’s Horse in Service Dress. They are wearing shoulder chains, white lanyards around their left shoulders, cloth leggings and 1903 pattern leather webbing. Their headdress badges are that of the 2nd King Edward’s Horse as are their shoulder titles. Private Ford is wearing a good conduct stripe on his left forearm (Photograph courtesy of the Simon Jervis collection).

Un-named young Private of 2nd King Edward's Horse in Service Dress.

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Background
- Introduction & Acknowledgements
- Dedication
History
Camps
Uniforms
KC Reg Badges
KC Squadron Headdress & Collar Badges
KC NCO Arm, Pouch, Shoulder Titles, Buttons, Mess Dress & Sweetheart Badges
KEH Badges
Badges of 2nd KEH
Commemorations
KC/KEH Nominal Roll
2KEH Nominal Roll
Contact

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