Sir Edward Hamilton Westrow Hulse, 7th Baronet (31 August 1889 – 12 March 1915) was an officer in the British Army during the

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. He had his letters published posthumously detailing his account of the fighting on the

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, describing events such as the Christmas Truce.

Biography

Born in

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to Lady Hulse, only daughter of Sir Edward Levy-Lawson, and Sir Edward Henry Hulse, 6th Baronet and a

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politician. He succeeded to the title of

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in 1903, after his father committed suicide. He was educated at

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and

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, completing his degree studying History in 1912. After a period of training with the Coldstream Guards, he was given a commission in the 1st Battalion Scots Guards on 8 March 1913. In August 1914, after the outbreak of World War I in July, he went to

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with the 1st Battalion. In November he was transferred to the 2nd Battalion. Sir Edward Hulse was killed in action at

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on 12 March 1915. According to a short biography written by

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as an introduction to Hulse's collection of letters, his commanding officer, Major Paynter, fell severely wounded and Hulse was killed crossing open ground after trying to help him. Hulse's name can be found on the

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war memorial, as well as there being a plaque recording his death placed in

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, dedicated by the

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, on 11 March 1916.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hulse, Edward, 7th Baronet 1889 births 1915 deaths Scots Guards officers British military personnel killed in World War I People educated at Eton College Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford British Army personnel of World War I Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain Participants of the Christmas truce of 1914