Name
Edward Lyon Bostock
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
05/04/1917
30
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Second Lieutenant
Princess Charlotte of Wales’ (Royal Berkshire) Regiment
4th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BRAY MILITARY CEMETERY
II. H. 55.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 9 Nov 1886 in Horsham, Sussex son of Edward Ingram Bostock J.P. and Sarah Southey (Baker) Bostock. Educated at Haileybury College 1900-04. Emigrated to Canada but returned on the outbreak of war. He was unmarried.
Wartime Service
Enlisted Private Duke of Edinburgh’s (Wiltshire Regiment) and served in France from Mar 1915, but was wounded after ten days. He recovered, obtained a commission as 2nd Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment and returned to France. He was again wounded while leading his men in an attack on three villages but died in hospital at Bray on the Somme.
Additional Information
Brother of 2nd Lieutenant Neville Stanley Bostock who was killed in action on 22 Apr 1917 and is also commemorated on these memorials and of Captain Archibald Thomas Bostock who was killed on 30 Sep 1915.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
