Battle of Loos - Notable Deaths

Notable Deaths

  • Brigadier General Norman Nickalls (3 April 1864 - 26 September 1915), commander of the 63rd Infantry Brigade
  • Lieutenant John "Jack" Kipling (August 17, 1897 - 27 September 1915), only son of the writer Rudyard Kipling
  • Captain Fergus Bowes-Lyon (18 April 1889 – 27 September 1915, an older brother of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and uncle of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
  • Major General Sir Thompson Capper (20 October 1863 – 27 September 1915), commander of the 7th Infantry Division
  • Major General George Handcock Thesiger (6 October 1868 – 27 September 1915), commander of the 9th (Scottish) Division
  • Major General Frederick Wing (29 November 1860 – 2 October 1915), commander of the 12th (Eastern) Division

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