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Lt.-Col. · 7 The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

Christopher ("Kit") Bushell

† 08/08/1918 · 29 jaar · Querrieu British Cemetery (France), E.6

Persoonlijke gegevens

NaamBushell
InitialenC.
VoornaamChristopher ("Kit")
Geboortedatum en -plaatsNeston, Cheshire; 31.10.1888
BeroepBarrister
FamilieMarried to Rachel (nee Lambert), 24.08.1915; Boughton Aluph, Kent

Extra informatie

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Educated at Rugby and Corpus Christi College, Oxford (Law)

Militaire gegevens

RangLt.-Col.
Regiment / Eenheid7 The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Sterfdatum
Leeftijd29
Begraafplaats / GedenktekenQuerrieu British Cemetery (France), E.6

Andere informatie

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Visited Talbot House on 17.01.1918 and "begged for waste-paper and sandbags of sufficient quality, if possible, to make gaiters and snow-boots for his depleted battalion." (P.B. Clayton - Tales of Talbot House)
Information 2
D.S.O., V.C., Mentioned in Despatches (4)
Information 3
'The Cradock Lamp' - Valparaiso Branch, Chile. Endowed on 03.07.1929. First lit on 07.12.1929 at The Royal Albert Hall, London by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. "To the undying memory of Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock and the officers and men lost at the Battle of Coronel, November 1914; and in memory of Lt.-Col. Christopher Bushell, V.C., D.S.O., Queen's Royal West Surrey Regt., Morlancourt, August, 1918; and of Robert George Hassall, Pte., 43rd Canadian Inf., Arras, September 1918; and of Mrs Florence Maude Hassall, V.A.D., Clermont Ferrand, September 1929." (Donated by Branch members). Brass plaques held at Toc H archive, Birmingham.

Media

Bronnen

Source 1
Handwritten addition in Liber Vitae 1928 (copy Jan Louagie)
Source 2
Roll of the Lamps of Maintenance of Toc H, 1922-1936