Patterson, John Henry J.H. DSO

Birth Name Patterson, John Henry J.H. DSO
Birth Name פטרסון, ג'ון
Call Name John Henry
Call Name ג'ון
Gender male

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth November 10, 1867 Forgney, Ballymahon, County Longford, Leinster, Ireland  

 
Military Service 1894 British Army, Her Majesty’s Armed Forces, Ministry of Defence MoD John Patterson joined at age seventeen, and rose quickly through the ranks

Event Note

John Patterson earned the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Essex Yeomanry,
In 1898, Lieutenant-Colonel John Patterson was commissioned by the British East Africa Company to oversee the construction of a railway bridge over the Tsavo River in Kenya.
In 1911, he resigned his commission.

Event Note

John Patterson went on to serve in the Boer War and World War I.

Event Note

In 1920, John Patterson retired from the British Army, as a Lieutenany after thirty-five years of service.

 
Military Service   Jewish Legion הגדודים העבריים Zion Mule Corps, Royal Fusiliers, Her Majesty’s Armed Forces, Ministry of Defence MoD John Patterson served as the first commander

Event Note

In 1918, Colonel John Henry Patterson , who knew the British well, especially those being appointed to administer and implement the Balfour Declaration, warned the Zionist leadership, the British would prove themselves supportive of the Balfour Declaration on paper, and hostile on the ground.
The Yishuv leadership ignored his warnings

 

Pedigree

    1. Patterson, John Henry J.H. DSO