Great War Lives Lost

Edward Alexander Pope DSO

• Lieutenant Colonel Edward Alexander Pope DSO (Welsh Regiment) dies at home. He is the son of Alfred Pope JP and is one of eleven brothers and four sisters, all of whom (except one son predeceased) fought or worked for their country in the Great War.  Two brothers were killed, one in October 1915 the other in May 1917.
• Ernest Michael dies in Durban, South Africa at age 30. He served in the 6th African Infantry during the Great War and lost a brother in 1915 to enteric fever.

Today’s losses include:

• A Baron and Brigadier General
• A man whose son was killed in 1916
• A Civilian Chaplain

Today’s highlighted casualties include:

• Brigadier General George Limbrey Sclater-Booth CB (Royal Dragoons) dies at home at age 59. He is the 2nd Baron Basing.
• Lieutenant Colonel J C Battersby (Royal Army Medical Corps) dies on service at home. His son was killed in action in October 1916.
• Civilian Chaplain the Reverend A E Spence (Scottish Churches Huts) dies while serving the forces in Germany at age 58. He is the son of the Reverend A Spence

Private Charles John Bruce (Gloucestershire Regiment) dies on service at home at age 37. His brother was killed in July last year.