Blencowe Edward P 1877

 

Edward Prowett Blencowe DSO  [4019]

1877-1960

Fathers Name: Rev Alfred James Blencowe 1848: Oldest Known Ancestor – Rev Samuel Jackson Blencowe 1709 Marston St Lawrence.

Mothers Name: Sophia Louisa Sarah Walcot 1851.

Marriage Dt: 20 Feb 1919 to Irene Maude-Roxby, Parish: St Peter, Cranley Gardens, County: Middlesex, Borough: Kensington and Chelsea, Father Name: Wilfrid Maude-Roxby.

Kin Comments:

WW1: Brother Charles Bernard Lieutenant Commander Royal Navy and brother (Rev)  John Walcot. was Chaplain Captain with 1/1 Suffolk Yeomanry.

WW2: Daughter Ruth Irene Margaret was a Volunteer Nurse in WW2

Spouse Comments: Irene Maude-Roxby.

Children: Ruth Margaret Irene  1921.

(Research): GR[B] Northwich Sept 1877 JD PB GR[D], Bridgwater June 1960 1881 Census.

Birth 9 June 1877 Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK

Source 1939 Census

Education

Marlborough, Keble College, Oxford and Sandhurst.

1881 Census with parents at the Vicarage, Witton cumTwambrooks Cheshire

Name spelt Bleusowe

1891 Census

Age: 14, Residence, Hartley Wintney, Hampshire, England, UK May have then attended St Edwards School Oxford where he is recorded playing for old boys at cricket in 1895.

1892 Keble College Oxford BA
1900 Census

Age: 23. Military

  • Joined the 2nd Hampshire Regiment, Sent almost at once to South Africa to serve with his regiment in the Boer War.
  • London Times – “Dateline Albert Docks, April 26 1900. Two ships sailed from here today, the Englishman and the Montfort, carrying a total of 27 officers, 895 men and 634 horses.” Amongst the troops E.P. Blencowe and 166 men reporting to him.
  • London Times 25 Dec 1901 The hospital ship Dunera left for England December 25 with the following invalids: 2nd Bn. Hampshire – 2/Lt. E.P. Blencowe
  • Campaigns included Pretoria, Quagga Kop, the siege of Ladysmith, General Buller’s headquarters, a Boer prisoner-of-war camp and much more besides. Edward seems to have transferred to the Army Service Corp in South Africa and his medals for the South African Campaign delineated by Harts 1908 Army List.

Queens South African Medal with three Clasps awarded. Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Transvaal.

1900 -1910
1902
  • 1 April . The Hampshire Regiment, Lieutenant Edward P. Blencowe is seconded for service with the Army. Service Corps. Dated London Gazette

Age: 29. Military

Seconded to the Egyptian Army. During that time he was sent on an expedition to take supplies from Khartoum to the border of Sudan, a perilous journey. Recorded in Harts Army List 1908 as serving from 17th Feb. 1900 as a Captain Hampshire Regiment attached to the Egyptian army.

1911 Census 

2 Apr 1911 Buller Barracks Area 5, Stanhope Lines Aldershot, Hampshire,  with events at
First name(s) Edward Prowett Captain ASC
Last name Blencowe
Sex Male
Birth year 1878

23 October-16 November 1911

Officers School of Musketry at Hythe, Kent

This photo posted at the Great war forum indicates to have Edward ina list of Officers photographed

Some help from Great war forum members its seems this was an unidentified Officer 34 of the ASC . This comparison in my mind clinches it.

 

Army Service Corps 
WW1

Blencowe Edward Prowett, Colonel, Royal Army Service Corps.

1914 -1918

He was attached to the Royal Army Service Corps and rose to Acting Lieut. Major. 

Lieutenant-Col. R.A.S.C. attached 56th Divisional Train. France, 1914-19.

1914
  • 29th August 1914 Chester Chronicle announces Captain ASC.
  • 2nd Nov. Made Assistant Deputy Landing Officer for BEF. Birmingham Daily Post.
  • 11th Dec. Promoted from Captain to Major .1
1915
  • 22nd Jun. Mentioned in Despatches 22 June 1915 London Gazette page 5976.
1916
  • 1st Jan. Mentioned in Despatches 1 Jan 1916 London Gazette page 2.
  • 17 Jan. Awarded the Distinguished Service Order, Edinburgh Gazette.
  • 27th Mar. Deputy Assistant- Quartermaster-General—
    Major Edward P. Blencowe, D.S.O., The
    Army Service Corps, vice Major R. K. Heal-
    ing, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding
    Regiment). Dated 27th March, 1916

 

 

1917
  • 4th Jan. Mentioned in Despatches 4 Jan 1917, London Gazette page 193
  • 11th Dec. Mentioned in Despatches 11 Dec 1917, London Gazette page 12909
1919
  • 3rd June. TO BE BREVET LIEUTENANT-COLONEL.
    (On Retired . List, Reserve of Officers, Special
    Reserve, New Army, or Territorial Force,
    in the case of Officers belonging to these
    categories, as applicable.)
Sources
  1. London Gazette.
  2. Article by Peter Blencowe BFA Newsletter Vol. 26 No. 1 February 2011.

Medals

EP Blencowe medalsAwarded the Distinguished Service Order, 1914 ‘Mons” Star with Clasp and Rosette, British and Victory medals. Also awarded 4 Mentions in Despatches oak leaves to be worn on the Victory medal,

MSM plus TFEM

Meritorious Service Medal and Territorial Force Efficiency Medals were also earned.

After the War

Living in Kenya as evidenced by several sailings from Enland to Mombas in the 1920s

1924 & 1925

Golf Champion of Ceylon ( now Sri-Lanka), His name is on the honours board in the Nuwara Golf Club.

1939

Returned to England perhaps on Reserve for WW2

1939 Census The Vicarage Backford, Chester R.D., Cheshire

Alan H Blencowe 08 Nov 1887 Male Clerk In Holy Orders Single
Sophia L S Blencowe 06 Feb 1851 Female Private Means Widowed
Edith C Blencowe 19 Apr 1889 Female Private Means Single
Edward P Blencowe 09 Jun 1877 Male Retired Colonel Regular Army Late Rasc Married
Richard H Courtenay 03 May 1869 Male Clerk In Holy Orders Married
Louisa Minlon 08 Oct 1883 Female Domestic Service Single29

Jul 1949

Age: 72, Arrival, Southampton, England, UK. Arrived from Durban, South Africa.

1950 -1960

Age: 73, Retirement.

Curry Rival, Somerset, England, UK.

He still enjoyed a round of golf.

Death 1960 age 83 years
Gallery

Note: there are 9 service records for this man that exist that are not shown in this gallery for copyright reasons.