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Oates was born in Putney, Surrey, in 1880, the elder son of William Edward Oates, FRGS, and Caroline Annie, daughter of Joshua Buckton, of West Lea, Meanwood, Leeds.The Oates family were wealthy landed gentry, having had land at Dewsbury and Leeds since the 16th century; William Oates moved the family to Gestingthorpe, Essex in 1891 [3] after becoming Lord of the manor of Over Hall at ...
Captain Lawrence 'Titus' Oates was an officer in the regiment. [31] The Royal Dragoon Guards commemorates Oates each year on St Patrick's Day which was his birthday and the day he died on. This is the only case where the British Army commemorates an individual as opposed to a battle honour. [32]
Therefore, on July 28, 1862, Major General Thomas C. Hindman ordered that the 24th Texas Cavalry Regiment be dismounted to serve as infantry at El Dorado, and the order was reiterated on September 1 while the regiment was stationed at Camp Holmes near Pine Bluff. [3] The 25th Texas Cavalry was dismounted at about the same time.
Oates' Sunday. Captain L E G Oates, of the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons, became a legend of self-sacrifice when, as a member of Scott's ill-fated Antarctic Expedition of 1912, he chose to sacrifice himself rather than impede the progress of his comrades. The annual commemoration of Oates' brave action takes place on the Sunday closest to St ...
Captain Oats or Captain Oates may refer to: Lawrence Oates (1880 – 1912), an English cavalry officer with the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons, and later an Antarctic explorer; William Oats (1841 – 1911), an Australian mining engineer and politician; a toy horse belonging to the fictional character Seth Cohen
Lamar Rifles: A History of Company G, Eleventh Mississippi Regiment, C.S.A., with the Official Roll, Giving Each Man's Record from the Time of Enlistment to the Twenty Ninth March, Eighteen Hundred and Sixty–five; Individual and Company Sketches; Incidents of the Camp, the March, and the Battlefield, and Is Intended to Be of Especial Interest ...
The 26th Texas Cavalry Regiment was a unit of mounted volunteers from Texas that fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The unit first organized in August 1861 as the 7th Texas Cavalry Battalion with seven companies for the purpose of patrolling the Texas Gulf Coast. In January 1862, three companies were added, and ...
The 6th Texas Cavalry Regiment was a unit of mounted volunteers that fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The regiment fought at Chustenahlah in 1861. The following year the unit fought at Pea Ridge , First Corinth , Second Corinth , Hatchie's Bridge , and Holly Springs .