BMS/HWL/63/15

Letter from Guy Sutton Bocquet, in Calcutta. News of his own and brothers' activities.

28 Jun 1925

From: 1925 To: 1925

Hugh Roland Bocquet is touring the continent. He seems to be doing extremely well as a composer. After the war, William Mervyn Bocquet settled in Bournemouth and works in motor engineering. 'He is not likely to make his fortune but is perfectly happy with his hobby. Guy Sutton Bocquet [writer] joined the Indian State Railways and is now deputy traffic manager of the Eastern Bengal Railway. Was in Mesoptomia during the war, was mentioned in dispatches and awarded the CIE [Companion of the Indian Empire]. Is now a major in the Auxiliary Force. Youngest brother Richard Norman Bocquet is a senior major in the Sappers, at present stationed in Chatham. He has a wife and 2 children.

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Bocquet, Guy Sutton,
Bocquet, Hugh Roland,
Bocquet, William Mervyn,
Bocquet, Richard Norman

Bedford Modern School, general correspondence, Calcutta, composers, Bournemouth, engineering, railways, World War One, Mesopotamia, medals, Chatham