Thursday, April 10, 2014

Bostock, John Southey (1927-1929)

updated April 10, 2014.

b. July 8, 1875, Horsham, Sussex, England - d. August 12, 1930, Oxfordshire (while on leave), bur. St Mary the Virgin Church, Horsham. Denstone School, Uttoxeter; Lancing College 1888-1893; MB, ChB (Edin.) 1900. RAMC, promotions: Lieutenant January 29, 1901, Captain January 29, 1904, Major October 29, 1912, Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel June 23, 1915, Brevet Colonel January 1, 1918, Lieutenant-Colonel February 1, 1923, Colonel May 1, 1930; service: Aldershot 1901, Malta September 7, 1901, Commanding Officer, St. Francis, Floriana January 1905, Crete February 1905, Cairo May 1906, Aldershot 1911, Agra, India 1911-13, the Great War, France August 18, 1914, England 1915, Commandant,  Summerdown Convalescent Hospital, Eastbourne 1915, seconded to Ministry of Pensions, Director of Medical Services 1919-23, Commanding Officer, Depot and Training Officer, RAMC 1923, Hong Kong nlt.1927-29, Commandant, RAMC College, Westminster January 1, 1930. Honor: MID June, 1915 and February 1917; CBE June 29, 1923.

HONG KONG 1927- November, 1929. Senior (Military) Medical Officer. Sanitary Board (vice Samuel Boylan Smith) November 10, 1927 - December 2, 1929.

s/o Dr. Edward Ingram Bostock (MRCS, JP, general practitioner) and Sarah Southey Baker. Siblings: 1. subject person; 2. Lionel Southey Bostock (Corporal, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, Canadian Engineers, KIA September 20, 1916); 3. Archibald Thomas Bostock (Captain, 14th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, KIA September 30, 1915); 4. Neville Stanley Bostock (2nd Lieutenant, B Battery 162nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, KIA April 22, 1917).
m. Olivia Emslie St Luke's Church, Chelsea October 19, 1909 (d/o Horniman Emslie of Burford Priory and Chelsea). Had issues: 1. John Oliver Bostock (b. July 18, 1910, BA (Oxon.), solicitor, WWII, Flight Lieutenant, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, #415 Squadron, KIA August 16, 1943, bur. Bergen General Cemetery, The Netherlands); 2. Agnes Laurie Bostock (b. November 21, 1912, India - D. November 4, 1932, London); 3. Sheila Mavis Bostock (b. September 22, 1915- d. February 4, 1917); 4. Michael Ingram Bostock (b. August 2, 1922, m. Anne Yvonne Wood 1990).

Publications: Ambulance Car for Hong Kong, Vol. 54, 1930, p.128.

Selected bibliography: Commonwealth War Graves Commission [internet]. The Hong Kong Government Gazette, November 10, 1927, #657; December 6, 1929, #633. Lancing College War Memorial [internet]. Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser, November 27, 1929, p.12.

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