First World War Centenary. 12: 2nd Lieutenant John Legge Bulmer

Source: Newsletter. Merton College, Oxford 2016
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2nd Lieutenant John Legge Bulmer (1913)

4th Battalion, attached to 5th (Service) Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

John Bulmer was born on 18th September 1894 in Yorkshire, the third son of Revd Edward Philips Bulmer and Elizabeth, née North, of 1 Brooklands, Filey, North Yorkshire. He had four brothers and a sister.

He was educated at Marlborough College where he was head boy in 1913, and knew TS Eliot while at Merton College.

He volunteered for service in October 1915, and went to France the following March. Wounded on 6th September 1916, he was sent home; he rejoined his regiment in January 1917.

He was posted as missing, presumed killed in action, aged 22, during an attack near Cherisy on 3rd May 1917.

He is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France. 

Source: Merton@750 Anniversary Collection

• BBC article
• Find a Grave Memorial
• Merton College News
• Pintrest
• Merton at War 1914-1918

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Record (Grave Registration Document)

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

Date of Death:

03/05/1917

Age:

22

Regiment/Service:

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

 

"A" Coy. 4th Bn. attd. 5th Bn.

Panel Reference:

Bay 6 and 7.

Memorial:

ARRAS MEMORIAL

Additional Information:

Son of the Rev. Edward and Elizabeth Bulmer, of 1, Brooklands, Filey, Yorks. Educated at Marlborough College. Postmaster of Merton College, Oxford, 1913-1915.

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