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Obituary
HUDSON, Edward Stanley, 2nd Lieut., 11th (Service), 1ttd. 10th (Service) Battn., The Devonshire Regt., elder s. of the Rev, Edward Francis Williams Hudson, of Saunton, Braunton, North Devon, M.A., by his wife, Constance Lyla, dau. of the Rev. Canon Alfred James Carver, D.D., formerly Head Master of Dulwich College; b. Selsley, near Stroud, co. Gloucester, 20 Oct. 1892; educ. Victoria College, Jersey, 1906-11, and Exeter College, Oxford, 1911-14 (Scholar), where he draduated B.A. in 1914, and obtained First Class in Honours School of Modern Languages, with distinction in French; joined the University and Punlic Schools Battn. 19th Royal Fusiliers 7 Sept. 1914, after the outbreak of war; obtained a commission in the Devonshire Regt. 12 May, 1915; left for Egypt 22 Nov. following; served at Lemnos, Egypt and Salonika, and died 13 Feb. 1917, from wounds received in action the previous day, during a trench raid near Lake Doiran. Buried in Janes Military Cemetery. His Colonel wrote: "To a delicate lad and a scholar, brought up to follow so different a path in life, the hardships of trench warfare and the brutal side of fighting must have been particularly repugnant. Yet he carried out his duties conscientiously and well, and with a courage and judgement which do him credit." Unm. |
