Royal Victorian Order

The Royal Victorian Order is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. It recognises distinguished personal service to the monarch of the Commonwealth realms, members of the monarch’s family, or to any viceroy or senior representative …

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CMG

The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later King George IV, while he was acting as regent for his father, King George …

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Campaign Medals 3

The 1914 Star (also known as ‘Pip’) was authorised under Special Army Order no. 350 in November 1917 and by an Admiralty Fleet Order in 1918, for award to officers and men of the British and Indian Expeditionary Forces who …

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Broughall Cottage

Miss Muriel Bulkeley Of Oak Cottage, Whitchurch, Salop Served at V.A.D. Hospital, Shropshire 26, Broughall, Whitchurch, Salop From 28/01/1915 to 03/03/1919   Further Information Muriel was the sister of Charles Ivor Rivers Bulkeley and Thomas Henry Rivers Bulkeley, both of …

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Charles Bulkeley

The Great War History Hub Whitchurch, shropshire - War dead missing image

Charles Ivor Rivers Bulkeley, born in Oak Cottage, New Woodhouse, Whitchurch, Shropshire in 1885, the second son of Col Charles Rivers Bulkeley and the late Constance Clementine Bulkeley of the same address. Charles’s elder brother, Captain Thomas Henry Rivers Bulkeley …

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The Scotsman 28 October 1914

Report in The Scotsman 28 October 1914 regarding the death of Thomas Henry Rivers Bulkeley “SCOTS GUARDS OFFICER KILLED: Captain Thomas Henry Rivers Bulkeley, C.M.G., M.V.O., Scots Guards (killed), was a son of Lieutenant-Colonel Bulkeley, C.B. Educated at Eton, he …

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Thomas Bulkeley

The Great War History Hub Whitchurch, shropshire - War dead missing image

Thomas Henry Rivers Bulkeley, born in Oak Cottage, New Woodhouse, Whitchurch, Shropshire on 23 June 1876, the eldest son of Col Charles Rivers Bulkeley and the late Constance Clementine Bulkeley of the same address. Husband of Annie Evelyn, Lady of …

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