Christopher Bushell

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title: "Christopher Bushell" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1888-births", "1918-deaths", "british-army-personnel-of-world-war-i", "british-world-war-i-recipients-of-the-victoria-cross", "queen's-royal-regiment-officers", "companions-of-the-distinguished-service-order", "british-military-personnel-killed-in-world-war-i", "people-from-neston", "people-educated-at-rugby-school", "alumni-of-corpus-christi-college,-oxford", "members-of-the-inner-temple", "british-army-recipients-of-the-victoria-cross", "military-personnel-from-cheshire", "lieutenant-colonels"] description: "British Army officer (1888–1918)" topic_path: "history" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Bushell" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary British Army officer (1888–1918) ::

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Field	Value
name	Christopher Bushell
birth_date	31 October 1888
death_date	8 August 1918 (aged 29)
birth_place	Neston, Cheshire, England
death_place	Morlancourt, France
placeofburial	Querrieu British Cemetery
image	Christopher Bushell.jpg
allegiance	United Kingdom
serviceyears	1912–1918
rank	Lieutenant Colonel
branch	British Army
commands	7th (Service) Battalion, Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment
unit	Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment
battles	World War I
awards	Victoria Cross
Distinguished Service Order
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|name=Christopher Bushell |birth_date=31 October 1888 |death_date=8 August 1918 (aged 29) |birth_place=Neston, Cheshire, England |death_place=Morlancourt, France |placeofburial=Querrieu British Cemetery |image=Christopher Bushell.jpg |caption= |nickname= |allegiance=United Kingdom |serviceyears=1912–1918 |rank=Lieutenant Colonel |branch=British Army |commands=7th (Service) Battalion, Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment |unit=Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment |battles=World War I |awards=Victoria Cross Distinguished Service Order |laterwork= Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Bushell VC DSO (31 October 1888 – 8 August 1918) was a British Army officer and an English recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Bushell was 29 years old, and a temporary lieutenant colonel in the 7th (S) Battalion, The Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment, British Army, during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross.

On 23 March 1918 west of St. Quentin's Canal and north of Tergnier, France, Lieutenant Colonel Bushell personally led C Company of his battalion, who were cooperating with an Allied regiment in a counterattack. In the course of this attack he was severely wounded in the head, but continued to carry on, walking in front of both British and Allied troops, encouraging them and visiting every portion of the lines in the face of terrific machine-gun and rifle fire. He refused to go to the rear until he had to be removed to the dressing station in a fainting condition.

He was killed in action to the south of Morlancourt, Somme, France, on 8 August 1918. He is buried at Querrieu CWGC, Somme, France.

In 1923, the Christopher Bushell Prize of books, for Modern History undergraduates, was established at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where Bushell read Modern History from 1906 to 1909.

References

Bibliography

• Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
• The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)

References

1. {{London Gazette. (30 April 1918)
2. [http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/76528 CWGC entry]
3. Corpus Christi College Biographical Register 1880–1974

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