Name
Edward Stafford Northcote
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
03/09/1916
32
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Captain
Royal Sussex Regiment
11th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 7 C
France
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Plaque in Church of Our Lady, Upton Pyne, Devon
Pre War
Born on 6 Jan 1884 in Upton Pyne, Devon son of the Rev. Prebendary the Hon. John Stafford and Hilda Cardew Northcote. E ducated at Haileybury College 1897-1902. Worked as a Civil Engineer in Belfast and was Inspecting Engineer on the Atlantic Transport Line.
Wartime Service
Gazetted 2nd Lieutenant 16 Nov 1914. He entered France on 5 Mar 1916 and was killed in action while leading his men into a hailstorm of bombs in the second line of German trenches north of Thiepval.
Additional Information
Brother of 2nd Lieutenant Hugh Farrar Northcote who was killed in action on 28 Apr 1916 and is also commemorated on this memorial.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
