We remember Hubert Edmund Backhouse

We remember Hubert Edmund Backhouse

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Timeline

Timeline

1881
sibling Juliet Maude Backhouse Source:5487193 18th October 1881
1883
birth Darlington United Kingdom Source:5487193 Source:5487677 4th January 1883
1884
sibling Charles Llewellyn Backhouse Source:5487193 2nd April 1884
1886
sibling Indiana Richenda Backhouse Source:5487677 10th July 1886
1891
dates Age 8 Source:5487677 5th April 1891
1897
education Wellington College Crowthorne, Berkshire United Kingdom Source:7619627 1897 - 1901
1914
service British Army Second Lieutenant Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 4th Battalion Source:7619627 3rd August 1914
1915
service British Army Lieutenant Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) Source:7619627 20th June 1915
1915
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:7619627 16th August 1915
education B.A. Trinity College Cambridge United Kingdom Source:7619627
education Aysgarth School Source:7619627
employment Bank Employee Barclay and Company Limited Leicester United Kingdom Source:9068208
employment Assistant Local Director Barclay's Bank Ltd Leicester United Kingdom Source:7619627
employment Chartered Accountant Sir William B Peat and Co Source:7619627
service British Army Acting Captain Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) Attached 2nd Battalion Source:7619623
1916
death Killed in Action He was killed in the successful attack on German gun pits launched from positions north of Lesboeufs. Lesboeufs France Source:117002 Source:5487195 15th October 1916
burial Thiepval Memorial CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Somme Killed near Gueudecourt on the Somme battle-front, and buried where he fell. France Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A. Source:7619623 Source:7619627

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Hubert Edmund
Initials HE
Last Name Backhouse
Source 117002
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) Attached 2nd Battalion Acting Captain
British Army Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 4th Battalion Second Lieutenant
British Army Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) Lieutenant
Awards
AwardTypeSource
1914/15 Star First World War Campaign/Service Medal
British War Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Victory Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Charles Hubert Backhouse father
Maud Constance Ritchie mother
Siblings
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Charles Llewellyn Backhouse brother 2nd April 1884
Juliet Maude Backhouse sister 18th October 1881
Indiana Richenda Backhouse sister 10th July 1886

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Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription Yvonne27542
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Yvonne27542
De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Transcription Yvonne27542

External Evidence

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The Descendants Of John Backhouse, Yeoman, Of Moss Side, Near Yealand Redman, Lancashire Tim2798
Wellington College Roll of Honour Tim2798
Barclays Bank Active Service Register Yvonne27542
Barclays Bank published list of Casualties - 1919 Yvonne27542

Multimedia

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Portrait photograph of Hubert Edmund Backhouse Yvonne27542
Wellington Year Book Yvonne27542
Captain Hubert Edmund Backhouse James201
Captain Hubert Edmund Backhouse James201
Barclays Bank - We Will Remember Them James201
Detail Page from Barclays Bank Book of Remembrance James201
Barclays Bank printed Roll of Honour James201
Original Barclays Bank Memorial Yvonne27542

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