CHAMPION Eric Osborne
Died 11 June 1917 Age 21
Buried Bedford House Cemetery Enc II Belgium
Photograph of Eric and his grave
CHAMPION Eric Osborne
Service Record
Second Lieutenant South Lancashire Regiment 11th Battalion C Company
He entered Rugby School in 1910 and was Head of his house when he left at the end of 1914. He also received his commission that year. After training in a Pioneer Battalion, he went to the Front in October 1915.
Eric took part in the Battle of the Somme in July 1916 and again in October. He later spent three months in England suffering from a heart ailment. He returned to France in April 1917. He was killed by a high explosive shell while returning to billets with other soldiers during the Bombardment of the Third Battle of Ypres near Menin.
Son of the late Francis Coverley and Amelia Charles Champion
The data is the editor’s interpretation of documents from:
- The National Archive
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Find My Past (this can be viewed free of charge in local UK libraries if you are a library member).
- Ancestry.co.uk (this can be viewed free of charge in local UK libraries if you are a library member).
- Everyone Remembered.