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William Torquil MacLeod Bolitho plaque in Invergordon Museum.

 

Quite a number of memorials to him Cornwall also.

 

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Western Times - Saturday 05 June 1915

Image © Trinity Mirror. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.

The Death of Lieut. W. T. M. Bolitho
Lieutenant William Torquill MacLeod Bolitho, 19th Hu6sars, killed in action Flanders on May 24, was educated at Warren Hill, Eastbourne, from where he passed into Osborne College, and then Dartmouth, leaving head of each college. He also passed first out of the cruiser H.M.S. "Cumberland," taking three prizes. As midshipman in H.M.S. "Bellerophon." he won the Stoddart Cup for boat sailing, presented by Admiral Sir John Jellicoe. He left the Navy in 1912, passing into the Army tnrough the Special Reserve and joining the 19th Hussars June 23, 1913. He crossed to France with "B"  Squadron on August 23, and served with it till his death .

 

 

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