Sargent Wadland, attached to ‘B’ Squadron 1/1st Warwickshire Yeomanry set sail from Avonmouth on 11th  for Egypt on H.M.T Saturnia. ‘The horses had been put on board the transport Wayfarer along with 189 officers and men of the Warwickshire Yeomanry under the command of Major Richardson and it  sailed on 10th April. Just off the Scilly Isles it was torpedoed and the crew and Yeomen had to take to the boats. They were picked up by  a small steamer the S.S. Framfield, then after a few hours Major Richardson decided t take a party of Yeomen back aboard the Wayfarer to help save the horses as the boat appeared to have stopped sinking…’ ‘…The Yeomen throughout the two days worked  continuously in great danger but 760 of the 763 horses were saved. Sadly, four Yeomen lost their lives in this affair.’ Extract from ‘The Warwickshire Yeomanry’