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Lt. · 19 (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars

William Torquill Macleod Bolitho

† 24/05/1915 · Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 5

Persoonlijke gegevens

NaamBolitho
InitialenW.T.M.
VoornaamWilliam Torquill Macleod
Geboortedatum en -plaatsPendrea, Penzance; 13.11.1892
FamilieSon of Lt. Col. W. E. T. Bolitho, D.S.O., and Mrs. Ethel G. Bolitho, of York House, Trevelloe, Penzance.

Extra informatie

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Educated at Royal Naval College, Osborne, Isle of Wight, and Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth

Militaire gegevens

RangLt.
Regiment / Eenheid19 (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars
Sterfdatum
Begraafplaats / GedenktekenYpres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 5

Andere informatie

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Served 2 years in the Royal Navy, as midshipman.
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Killed in action (near Chateau Hooge)
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Commemorated on plaque in St Gulval Church, Penwith, Cornwall
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Commemorated on the Bolitho Memorial Windows at St John the Baptist, Leusdon, Devon
Information 5
'The Bolitho Lamp' - Exeter Branch. Endowed in Aug. 1920. First lit on 15.12.1922 at The Guildhall, London by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. "In memory of W.T.M. Bolitho, Lt., 19th Royal Hussars. Chateau Hooge, 24.5.1915." (Donated by his father.)
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'The Penzance Lamp' - Penzance Branch. Endowed on 3 Dec. 1928. First lit on 27.04.1929 at The Great Hall of Church House, Westminster by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. "In memory of W.T.M. Bolitho, Lt., 19th Royal Hussars. Chateau Hooge, 24.5.1915; and of the Elder Brethren of Penzance" (Donated by his mother)

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Source
Liber Vitae 1923
Source 2
Liber Vitae 1928