Edmund Rochfort; 20.05.1876 Street · Major · † 1916

Personal data

Name	Street
Initials	E.R.
Christian name	Edmund Rochfort; 20.05.1876
Date and place of birth	London, Ontario
Country of service	Canada
Profession	Career Soldier
Family	Son of the Hon. William Puvis Rochfort, Judge of High Court, Ontario, and Eleanor (nee Smyth) Street, of 10, Mackenzie Avenue, Rosedale, Toronto, Canada

Information: Served as Captain in the Hampshire Regiment at Multa, India. Also served in South Africa (1901)

Rank	Major
Regiment / Unit	3 Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regt)
Date of death	15/10/1916
Age	40
Cemetery / Memorial	Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte, I.B.7

Information 1: Communicants' Roll: "Mrs Langton, 36 Dunbar Rd, Toronto - £10 Major Street". With this gift from Major Street's sister, a picture called 'Venez à Moi' was bought in St. Omer in 1916 and hung in the Upper Room as a memorial.
Information 2: On 05.12.1915, he came round with Tubby to explore the House, prior to its opening the following week. Signed Visitors' Book on 21.12.15.
Information 3: Early Jan. 1916, returning from leave in England, he brought over a portable harmonium for Talbot House. This 'groan-box' was used throughout the war both in the Upper Room and on Tubby's visits to the front line.
Information 4: "Killed in action. D.S.O. Mark XI, Mark Ic." - Mark XI = Leicester