Photograph of Henry Mildmay St.John in army uniform

Captain Henry St.John (1882-1957) in the dress uniform of the Gloucestershire Regiment on the steps of Lydiard House . Henry was the eldest son of Henry St.John, 5th Viscount Bolingbroke and Mary Howard, one of three St.John brothers who fought in World War I.

Henry was to take part in the ill-fated Allied invasion of Gallipoli (in Turkey) where he was severely injured. He was shipped to Alexandria (in Egypt) and after a spell of treatment there he was sent back to England to convalesce at The Lady Islington Hospital in London.

This picture most probably dates to his first commission with the Gloucesters which he took up in 1901.

See Related Items: Lydiard at War by Frances Yeo for an account of Henry's military career