Captain Simon William Richmond MEWBURN

1884 - 1916  (31 years)

• Name	Simon William Richmond MEWBURN
  Title	Captain
  Born	9 Sep 1884	Hendon, Middlesex, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	4 Oct 1884	Brondesbury, Middlesex, England   [2]
  Census6	1891	Willesden, Middlesex, England   [3]
  Census7	1901	Eton, Buckinghamshire, England   [4]
  Census 8	1911	St Margaret and St John the Evangelist Westminster, London, England   [5, 6]
  Occupation	army officer, 14th (King's) Hussars
  Died	21 May 1916	Kut el Amara, Mesopotamia   [7]
  Probate	25 Nov 1916	London, England   [8]
  Person ID	I2270	Mewburn
  Last Modified	9 Mar 2024

  
  

  Father	William Richmond MEWBURN,   b. 26 Aug 1834, St John Lee, Northumberland, England ,   d. 3 Jul 1921, Langley, Buckinghamshire, England  (Age 86 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Fanny SAVORY,   b. 3 Sep 1845, Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England ,   d. 2 Jun 1932, Langley, Buckinghamshire, England  (Age 86 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	24 May 1870	Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England   [9]
  Family ID	F1059	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 9 Sep 1884 - Hendon, Middlesex, England Census6 - 1891 - Willesden, Middlesex, England Probate - 25 Nov 1916 - London, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Eton, then Sandhurst. Gazetted 2nd Lieut. 14th Hussars 1903 (The London Gazette, issue 28412; page 6332; September 2, 1910). Served in WW1 in France, Flanders and Mesopotamia in 1914, 1915 and 1916, taking part in the first battle of Ypres; awarded the 1914 Star. Killed in action at Kut-El-Amara 21 May 1916. Also appears in the 1911 census in the Miltary, India list and is given as absent on the census night. At time of death lived at 6 Evelyn Mansions, Westminster. A marble monument to him, in the form of a fallen knight, has been placed in the church at St John's Lee, by Acomb. See www.cwgc.org - death celebrated at the Basra Memorial.

  
  

• Sources

  [S171] Births index (CR) England. Collection: England & Wales Free BMD Births Index, 1837-1984, (Name: Name: Name: Name: freeBMD;;;;), Dec 1884, Hendon, Middlesex. Vol. 3a, page 166. "Mewburn, Simon William R." [S38] Baptisms (PR) England. Collection:Births and Baptisms, London, England, 1813-1906, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.; Location: Provo, Utah, USA; Date: 2010;;;;), 04 Oct 1884, Brondesbury, Brent, Middlesex. Register of Baptisms, DRO/114, item 001. "Brondesbury Christ Church, No 266 Simon William Richmond Mewburn, at St John Lee, Brondesbury. Parents William Richmond, gentleman, and Elizabeth Fanny. Born 9 September 1884" [S181] Census returns. 1891. England, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, Utah, USA; Date: 2005;;;;), 05 Apr 1891, Willesden, Middlesex. Class: RG12; Piece: 1044; Folio: 143; page: 14; GSU roll: 6096154. "St John Lee William R Mewburn, head, mar, 56, bank manager, born Northumberland, St John Lee Elizabeth F. Mewburn, wife, mar, 45, born Bucks, Wendover Dorothea M. R, Mewburn, dau, 8, scholar, born Middx, Willisden Simon W.R. Mewburn, son, 6, scholar, born Middx, Willisden Charlotte E. Bell serv, S, 35, governess, born Cornwall, Truro Julia Hann, serv, S, 38, cook, born Dorset, Yetminster Amelia Moore, serv, S, 26, parlour maid, born Linclon, Doninford Hannah Staffer, serv, S, 23, housemaid, born Cambridge, Sokleton" [S183] Census returns. 1901. England, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, Utah, USA; Date: 2005;;;;), 31 Mar 1901, Eton, Bucks. Class: RG 13; Piece: 1342; Folio: 53; Page: 22. "Eton College Simon [Simion] W.R. Newburn, boarder, 16, student, born London" [S433] Census returns. 1911. England, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.; Location: Provo, Utah, USA; Date: 2011;;;;), 02 Apr 1911, St Margaret & St John, London. Class: RG14; Piece:00488. "6 Evelyn Mansions William Richmond Mewburn, head, 76, mar 40 years, children 3, living 2, died 1, retired bank manager, born Northumberland, St John Lee Elizabeth Fanny Mewburn, wife 65, mar 40 years, born Bucks, Wendover Dorothea Margaret Richmond Mewburn, dau, 28, S, born Middx, Brondesbury Simon William Richmond Mewburn, son, 26, S, army in India, Capn, 14th Hussars, born Middx, Brondesbury Edith Dadswell, serv, 31, S, cook, born Sussex, Burwash Grace Dentry, serv, 38, mar, born Norfolk, Stiffkey Sabrina Price, serv, 31, S, born Hants, Fareham" [S433] Census returns. 1911. England, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.; Location: Provo, Utah, USA; Date: 2011;;;;), 02 Apr 1911. Overseas Military. RG14; piece 34991. ED21. "Simon William Mewburn, Captain, 26, single, 14th King's Hussars; born London; absent" [S412] Deaths & Burials, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, 21 May 1916. Kut el Amara, Iraq. "Mewburn, Simon William Richmond, Captain, 14th (King's) Hussars. Age 31. Basra memorial. Son of William Richmond Mewburn and Elizabeth F Mewburn, of Acomb House, near Hexham, Northumberland" [S349] Testamentary records. England. Collection: England & Wales National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.; Location: Provo, Utah, USA; Date: 2010;;;;), 25 Nov 1916, London. "Mewburn Simon William Richmond of 6 Evelyn Mansions Westminster Middlesex captain 14th Hussars died 21 May 1916 near Kut el Amara Mesopotamia on active service Administration London 25 November to William Richmond Mewburn esquire. Effects £5392 6s 11d" [S360] Marriages index (CR) England. Collection: England & Wales FreeBMD Marriages Index, 1837-1984, (Name: Name: Name: Name: FreeBMD;;;;), Jun 1870, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Vol. 3a, page 600.