Guy Sutton Bocquet

Colonel G.S. Bocquet CIE

Colonel Guy Sutton Bocquet CIE VD FRSA (14 May 1882 – 18 January 1961) was a Lieutenant-Colonel and Deputy Director of Railways in Mesopotamia during World War I, a senior officer in the East Bengal Railway Company between 1925 and 1936, a Colonel commanding the East Bengal Railway Battalion Auxiliary Force in India between 1925 and 1932 and aide-de-camp to the Viceroy of India between 1928 and 1932.[1][2][3][4][5]

Biography

Guy Sutton Bocquet was born on 14 May 1882, the third son of William Bocquet of Liverpool and his wife, Baroness Van Zuylen van Neveldt de Gaesbeck of Brussels.[2][3][6] His brother was the composer, Roland Bocquet, and both boys were educated at Bedford Modern School.[7][8]

Bocquet was apprenticed for two years with the London and North Western Railway before joining the Indian State Railways in 1901[9] as a Transport Officer.[2][3][10] In 1912 he was recorded as being a Captain in the Eastern Bengal State Railway Volunteer Rifles having volunteered on 17 December 1907.[11]

Bocquet served in World War I with the East Bengal Railway Battalion,[12] was mentioned in despatches, attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel[13] and was made Deputy Director of Railways in Mesopotamia.[1][2][3] In recognition of his war service, he was made a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in 1918.[1][4][14]

After World War I Bocquet became a senior officer in the East Bengal Railway[15][16] and attained the rank of Colonel commanding the East Bengal Railway Battalion Auxiliary Force between 1925 and 1932.[2] He served as ADC to the Viceroy of India between 1928 and 1932[1][2][3][6] and was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal in 1935.[6] He retired from the Indian Railways in 1936.[17]

In 1910 Bocquet married Gwynneth (née Macredie), an American citizen from Slayton, Minnesota.[2][3][18] He was fond of golf, tennis, and the fine arts, a member of the Bengal Club and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.[6]

Bocquet died in Crowborough, England on 18 January 1961.[1]

References

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  6. 1 2 3 4 Who Was Who
  7. School of the Black and Red, A.G. Underwood (2010 edition). Hardback p.288: President of the OBM Club in 1952
  8. "Photograph of Old Bedford Modernian XIX Century Luncheon". nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  9. "History of Services of the Officers of the Engineer and State Railway ... - India. Railway Board - Google Books". google.co.uk. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
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  11. Indian Army Quarterly List, 1 January 1912
  12. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31548/page/11480/data.pdf
  13. British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards 1914-1920
  14. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30865/supplement/9964/data.pdf
  15. "Journal". google.co.uk. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  16. "Debrett's Peerage". google.co.uk. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  17. "The India Office and Burma Office List". google.co.uk. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  18. 1911 England Census
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