About Edward Henry Walford Backhouse
Lived 1895 – 1973 (aged 78). Edward Henry Walford Backhouse was a British military personnel.
Brigadier Edward Henry Walford Backhouse (7 February 1895 – 20 November 1973) was a British Army officer who served in both world wars and was unlucky enough to have been taken prisoner in both conflicts.
Early life Backhouse was born in Suffolk, the son of Rev. Edward Bell Backhouse and Mary Anne Emmeline Walford. He was educated at St. Lawrence College, Ramsgate, before attending the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
Military career Upon passing out from Sandhurst, Backhouse was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Suffolk Regiment, a line infantry regiment of the British Army, on 25 February 1914. Three of his fellow graduates were Eric Dorman-Smith, Ronald Scobie and Gerard Bucknall. and from 1938 to 1939 he was commanding officer (CO) of the 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Personal life He married Eileen Noël Newby Jenks in Colchester in 1920; together they had one son, Colin Backhouse, and one daughter, June Backhouse.
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Edward Henry Walford Backhouse was born on 7 February 1895 in Bosmere.
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Edward Henry Walford Backhouse died on 20 November 1973 in Bury St Edmunds.
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