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Lt. · 5 Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

Edward Alexander Packe

† 20/01/1962

Personal data

NamePacke
InitialsE.A.
Christian nameEdward Alexander
Date and place of birthFeering, Essex; 23.06.1894

Extra information

Information 1
Educated at Haileybury College Public School, Hertford Heath, and Exeter College, Oxford
Information 2
Served as an Intelligence Officer in Ireland during the Sinn Fein rebellion (1920-1921), as an Air Intelligence Liaison Officer in France in 1940 returning through Dunkirk.
Information 3
Died at Bognor Regis. Buried in Feering.

Military data

RankLt.
Regiment / Unit5 Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Date of death

Other information

Information 1
Signed Visitors' Book on 07.01 ("very many thanks") & 17.01.1916. Mentions his visits to TH in his own wartime diary.
Information 2
On the day of his second visit to TH, he is informed that his seconding to the Royal Flying Corps has come through. Served as an observer and a pilot. Distinguished Flying Cross (1919)
Information 3
Witness of the 1914 Christmas Truce.

Media

Sources

Source
VB 1, p.16 & 20