Prince Wolrad of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Links:

• The Peerage
• Geneall
• Johann The Younger # 1721 + # 1874
• Wikipedia

Prince Wolrad was a lieutenant in Grand Ducal Hessen Dragoons.

• On the evening of October 17, 1914, he led a cavalry patrol near Moorslede, Belgium. The patrol came under fire from the advancing British troops. Several of the dragoons were hit and fell off their horses and Prince Wolrad's horse was also hit..The Prince and his aide reached a nearby trench, but then Prince Wolrad saw one of his men lying a short distance from the trench. The Prince crawled to the wounded man and tried to pull him to safety, but was fatally hit with gunfire and he died from his wounds at the age of 22.