Captain Philip Henry Myles
41st Dogras,
Indian Army
13/01/1916
1914-15 Star
Born: 18 July 1888 in Murree, India. Son
of Maj Edmund Henry Myles (RAMC) and Alice Caroline
Watts. King’s North Gardens Folkestone. Brother
of Maurice
Trevor Myles (3091) and Capt. Andrew Vere Myles
(3090) who survived the War.
Joined Elizabeth College in 1904 and left
in 1906. Prefect, 1st XI Football 1905-06,1st. XI Cricket
1905 - 06, Dramatic Society. Winner of the first Castle
Cornet Swim. He was awarded the Vellum of the Humane
Society, while at College, for saving with his father,
a man from drowning in a rough seas at Havelet Bay in
August 1905. Sandhurst 1907 passed in 4th on the list.
Played football.
Unattached list for the Indian Army.1908.
1909 41st Dogras, Kashmir Valley. Passed Lower standard
Hindustani. Appointed Quarter Master before the outbreak
of war.
War Service: 1915 Captain in the 41st
Dogras. Served in France, Belgium, Oct 1915 - August
1915 and then his regiment was sent to Egypt Suez Canal
Sept - December 1915 and then on to Mesopotamia where
he took part in Operations near Sheikh Saad on the Tigris.
The Ottoman Empire joined the war in 1914
and under German command threatened the town of Kut
in late 1915. A relief force was dispatched from down
river to aid Kut, but ran into Ottoman positions on
5th January 1916 and decided to attack the following
day without waiting for the rest of the relief column
to arrive. Part of the attacking force - 35th Indian
Brigade - was led by Brigadier - General Gerard Beechey
Howard Rice (2330). The remainder of the relief force
including the 41st Dogras arrived on the 7th January.
The Battle lasted until 8th January by which time the
British Forces had 4400 dead and wounded.
Killed in Action, aged 27 years during
action at Sheikh Saad, Mesopotamia.
