Hi all I have no connection. Cheers Andy Colonel John BODY. D.S.O. & bar, O.B.E., T.D., J.P. 5th Bn, EAST KENT REGIMENT. (T.F.) Distinguished Service Order (GV) with second award clasp. Order of the British Empire (Military Division) Officer (OBE), 1st type Britannia, silver gilt, hallmark for London 1919. 1914- 15 Star: Captain, E. Kent R., BWM & Victory Medals (with Mention in Despatches oakleaves): Lt Col. GSM 1st type (GV) clasp KURDISTAN: Lt Col. 1935 Silver Jubilee Medal, 1937 Coronation Medal, Territorial Decoration (GV) silver gilt hallmark for London 1919, Special Constabulary Medal GV coinage head: John Body. Born: 27th August 1875. Eldest son of John Body, J.P., and Mary Body; Educated Tonbridge School: Entered Army, January 1894: Served European War 1914-19. Lieutenant Colonel, 1/5th Buff. In Command from 31st October 1916. Served four years in Mesopotamia (30 November 1915 to 31st October 1918.): Commanded his Battalion, which was the first to enter and occupy Baghdad on the 10th of March 1917: Then June to August 1919, was in command of a column (known as Body's Column) against Sheik Mahmud's followers in Southern Kurdistan: Commanded 5 Bn Buffs (TA) 1916-22. Hon. Colonel 4 Bn Buff since 1934. Club: Junior Army And Navy Club. Married 1901 Mabel , daughter of Trayton Kenward JP of Icklesham, Sussex. Despatches. After the Armistice was Master of the Tigris Vale Foxhounds in Mesopotamia. Justice of the Peace for Kent. Deputy Lord Lieutenant for Kent. Residing at Wittersham Court, Wittersham, Kent. (telephone no. Wittersham 6.)