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Picture No 10694138
Date 1915
Description Thomas Agar-Robartes
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Thomas Agar-Robartes (1880-1915), British Liberal politician and heir to the 6th Earl of Clifden. At the outbreak of World War I he joined the Royal Bucks Hussars as an officer. Tommy then joined the Coldstream Guards and was subsequently posted to France & Flanders. Captain The Honourable Thomas Charles Reginald Agar-Robartes, in command of No. 2 Coy, 1st Bn, the Coldstream Guards, was wounded in the Battle of Loos on 28 September and killed by a sniper on 30 September 1915 after rescuing a wounded comrade under heavy fire for which he was recommended for the Victoria Cross.
Source Photograph in The Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News, 9 October 1915
Credit © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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