- First Name(s):Eustace
- Surname:JOTHAM
- Service Number:E0
- Rank:
Captain
- Conflict:WW1
- Service:Army
- Army Sector:Infantry
- Corps:British Indian Army
- Regiment:51st Sikhs (Frontier Force)
- Former Units:None
- Date of Death:7th January 1915
- Age At Death:31
- Place of Death:Unknown
- Place of Burial:Commemorated on Delhi Memorial (India Gate), India, Face 2. (Buried Miranshar Cem. 4. 45. North Waziristan.).
- Place of Birth:Unknown
- Home Town:Unknown
- Casualty's Relatives:
Son of Frederick Charles and Mary G. A. Jotham, of Millington Rd., Cambridge
JOTHAM Eustace Is Named On These Memorials
Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above
Kidderminster War Memorial with the information: V.C. Bromsgrove School Victoria Cross Winners. Bromsgrove School WW1 Memorial with the information: V.C. Capt.
Further Information About JOTHAM Eustace
Awarded the Victoria Cross (V.C.)
Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for army casualties located in Worcester Cathedral.
Eustace Jotham was born in Kidderminster on 28th November 1883. He attended Bromsgrove School from 1899 to 1901 before entering the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst on leaving school. He gained a commission in The Prince of Wales (North Staffs) Regiment in April 1903 and sailed to India with them where he was seconded for service with the Indian Army in 1905, joining the 51st Sikhs in 1908. His entire career was spent in India with periods of home leave.
An extract from Supplement to the London Gazette, dated 23rd July, 1915, records the following:-€œFor most conspicuous bravery on 7th January, 1915, at Spina Khaisora (Tochi Valley). During operations against the Khostwal tribesmen Capt. Jotham, who was commanding a party of about a dozen of the North Waziristan Militia, was attacked in a nullah and almost surrounded by an overwhelming force of some 1,500 tribesmen. He gave the order to retire and could have himself escaped, but most gallantly sacrificed his own life by attempting to effect the rescue of one of his men who had lost his horse.€