John Wemyss Hood

a Soldier of the Border Regiment / Remembered with Honour

John Wemyss Hood

Military
Rank	Major (acting) / July 1918 ^[1]^[2] Captain (acting) / 21 March 1917 ^[3]^[4] 2nd Lieutenant
Battalion	6th Battalion Border Regiment
Attached	1st Battalion Border Regiment ^[5]
Transferred	Seconded for service under the Colonial Office / 8 February 1923 ^[6]^[7] Royal Sussex Regiment ^[2]
Theatre(s) of War	Gallipoli / France and Flanders
Decorations	Military Cross ^[2] and Distinguished Service Order ^[2]^[8] DSO Citation reads: T./Capt. John Wemyss Hood, M.C., att'd Bord. R. (1st Bn.). At Hooge, on 28 Sept. 1918, he commanded his company with marked skill and ability. He led an attack on an enemy strong point, personally shot three of a machine-gun crew, and captured the gun and 53 prisoners. On 30 Sept. at Ghelume, he led forward his company without artillery support, and in face of very heavy fire captured his objective, being the first to arrive. Throughout five days' operations he showed fine courage and leadership, and his splendid example inspired all under him. ^[9]^[10]
Medals	Victory Medal / British War Medal / 1914–15 Star ^[2]
Personal
Full Name	John Wemyss Hood DSO, MC
Born	16 November 1890 / Newington, Edinburgh ^[11]
Nationality	Scottish
Remembrance
Casualty Type	Wounded at Messines on 7 June, 1917 ^[12] / Survived the War
Died	18 November 1950
Media
Books	Over the Top with the 3rd Australian Division by G.P. Cuttriss. War poetry written by John: On the Eve of Battle (p.59) Messines (p.88) A Tragedy of the War (p.99)
Biography
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Images
2nd Lieutenant Hood (middle row, centre), Sidi Bashr, Egypt, 1916 2nd Lieutenant Hood Officers Fulton, Stiven, Ridley, Hood and May
References and notes
The information in our Rolls of Honour have been compiled using two primary sources: HMSO's Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19, Volume 39, The Border Regiment and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database. These have been used for consistency to ensure that any transcriptions are as accurate as possible, with the exception of discrepancies between the two sources and typos that occur from time to time. Additional sources, where used, have been referenced separately below. For soldiers that survived the war, their details do not contain the memorial scroll and are not listed in the Rolls of Honour. However, each individual has his own remembrance page to be remembered with honour. For the Lonsdale Battalion Roll of Honour a secondary and carefully researched source, The Lonsdale War Grave Project, has been used to fill in some gaps with information not available in the aforementioned sources. Permission has been kindly granted by the owner for use here. For further information about the fields used above see Notes and definitions for soldier remembrance pages.
↑ Supplement to the London Gazette. 17 September 1918. p.11080. ↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 Medal Card of John Wemyss Hood. Accessed 13 May, 2020. ↑ Supplement to the London Gazette. 9 July, 1917. p.6853. ↑ At this time in his career John was already the Battalion Adjutant and had been awarded a Military Cross. ↑ Supplement to the Edinburgh Gazette. 18 February, 1919. p.917. ↑ The London Gazette. 16 March, 1923. p.2073. ↑ Hood is pictured in the Malayan Saturday Post, 6 June 1925, p.20 at the Johore Volunteer Rifles, 3rd Siglap Camp of 1925. Accessed 14 May, 2020. ↑ The London Gazette. 2 October, 1928. p.6348. ↑ Supplement to the London Gazette. 13 July, 1919. p.9680. ↑ The VC and DSO Volume III. p.176. Accessed 13 May, 2020. ↑ General Record of Scotland record of birth. ↑ 6th Battalion on the Western Front (1916-1918).

[1] Supplement to the London Gazette. 17 September 1918. p.11080.

[medal-card-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 Medal Card of John Wemyss Hood. Accessed 13 May, 2020.

[3] Supplement to the London Gazette. 9 July, 1917. p.6853.

[4] At this time in his career John was already the Battalion Adjutant and had been awarded a Military Cross.

[5] Supplement to the Edinburgh Gazette. 18 February, 1919. p.917.

[6] The London Gazette. 16 March, 1923. p.2073.

[7] Hood is pictured in the Malayan Saturday Post, 6 June 1925, p.20 at the Johore Volunteer Rifles, 3rd Siglap Camp of 1925. Accessed 14 May, 2020.

[8] The London Gazette. 2 October, 1928. p.6348.

[9] Supplement to the London Gazette. 13 July, 1919. p.9680.

[10] The VC and DSO Volume III. p.176. Accessed 13 May, 2020.

[11] General Record of Scotland record of birth.

[12] 6th Battalion on the Western Front (1916-1918).

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